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Bill Nieder
Bill Nieder (William Henry Nieder, 1933-2022), American shot putter, 1960 Rome Olympic champion (19.68 m OR), 1956 Melbourne silver medalist, and first man over 20 metres with three 1960 world records ending at 20.06 m.
Bill Northam
Bill Northam (William Herbert Northam, 1905-1988), Australian sailor and businessman who won 5.5-metre class gold at Tokyo 1964 aboard Barrenjoey, Australia's first Olympic sailing gold and, at 59, the oldest Australian Olympic champion.
Bill O'Brien (American football)
Bill O'Brien, American football coach; Houston Texans head coach 2014-2020 (52-48, four AFC South titles), Penn State 2012-13, Alabama OC, Patriots OC 2023, Boston College head coach from 2024.
Bill Parcells
Bill Parcells (Duane Charles Parcells, "Tuna"), born 1941, NFL head coach with Giants, Patriots, Jets, Cowboys; 183-138-1, two Super Bowls (XXI, XXV), Hall of Fame 2013, Patriots Hall of Fame 2025.
Bill Peacock
Bill Peacock (William Peacock, 1891-1948), Paisley SC water polo player; Olympic gold with Great Britain at Antwerp 1920, 3-2 final win over Belgium; reserve 1912 and 1924; five Scottish titles 1910-14. Not the sprinters Eulace or Jonnie Peacock.
Bill Pickett
Bill Pickett (1870-1932), Texas-born African American cowboy who invented bulldogging, or steer wrestling, by biting a steer's lip; starred with the 101 Ranch Wild West Show and entered the Rodeo Hall of Fame in 1971-72.
Bill Polian
Bill Polian (born 1942, Bronx, NY), Hall of Fame NFL executive; GM of Bills, Panthers, Colts; six-time Executive of the Year; built five Super Bowl teams, won XLI with 2006 Colts.
Bill Porter
Bill Porter (William Franklin Porter, 1926-2000), American hurdler, 1948 London Olympic 110m hurdles champion in an Olympic record 13.9, leading a US sweep; Northwestern graduate, later hospital supply executive.
Bill Quash
Bill Quash (William Francis Patterson Quash, 1868–1938), English amateur footballer, left-half for Upton Park FC; won gold in men's football at the 1900 Paris Olympics, also excelling at cycling, swimming, skating, and cricket.
Bill Roberts
Bill Roberts (William Roberts, 1912-2001), English 400 m runner for Salford Harriers: 1936 Olympic 4x400 m relay gold with a 46.4 leg, fourth in the Berlin 400 m final, 1938 Empire 440y champion, and Britain's captain at London 1948.
Bill Rodgers
Bill Rodgers (William Henry Rodgers, born 1947), American marathoner nicknamed Boston Billy and King of the Roads; four-time winner of both the Boston and New York City marathons, 1975-1980, world #1 in 1975, 1977, 1979.
Bill Romanowski
Bill Romanowski (William Thomas Romanowski, born 1966) is a former NFL linebacker, Boston College and 1988 third-round pick, who played 16 seasons for the 49ers, Eagles, Broncos, and Raiders, won four Super Bowls, and was later tied to BALCO's THG steroid scandal.
Bill Roycroft
Bill Roycroft (James William George Roycroft, 1915–2011) was an Australian Olympic eventing rider who won team gold at Rome 1960 after leaving hospital with a broken collarbone, and competed in five Olympics, taking bronze in 1968 and 1976.
Bill Russell
Bill Russell (1934-2022), Boston Celtics center, won a record 11 NBA titles and five MVPs, revolutionized defense and shot blocking, became the NBA's first Black head coach, and had No. 6 retired league-wide in 2022.
Bill Sawchuk
Bill Sawchuk (William Sawchuk, born 1959) is a Canadian swimmer from Roblin, Manitoba, who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, won Commonwealth and Pan American Games medals, and was selected for the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games.
Bill Sefton
Bill Sefton (William Healy Sefton, 1915-1982), American pole vaulter for USC, fourth at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and co-holder with Earle Meadows of the 'Heavenly Twins' world records of 4.48 m and 4.54 m in 1937.
Bill Self
Bill Self (born 1962, Okmulgee, Oklahoma) is a Hall of Fame college basketball coach, Kansas head coach since 2003, with NCAA titles in 2008 and 2022, 17 Big 12 regular-season championships, and an 855-272 career record.
Bill Shankly
Bill Shankly (1913-1981), Scottish football manager, led Liverpool FC from December 1959 to July 1974, winning three First Division titles, two FA Cups, and the 1973 UEFA Cup; born in Glenbuck, died aged 68.
Bill Sharman
Bill Sharman (1926-2013), American basketball Hall of Famer enshrined as player (1976) and coach (2004); won titles in three leagues (ABL, ABA, NBA) and led the 1971-72 Lakers' 33-game win streak.
Bill Shoemaker
Bill Shoemaker (William Lee Shoemaker, "The Shoe"), 1931–2003, American Hall of Fame jockey; won a then-record 8,833 races, four Kentucky Derbies, and 11 Triple Crown races over a 1949–1990 career.
Bill Silkworth
Bill Silkworth (William Sylvester Silkworth, 1884–1971), American trap shooter and financier; won 1924 Paris Olympic gold in men's team trap with the US team, later convicted of mail fraud. Not the physician William Duncan Silkworth.
Bill Smith (olympedia 51569)
Bill Smith, born William Melvin Smith, Jr. in Honolulu, was an American swimmer who won two gold medals at the 1948 London Olympics and set seven world records.
Bill Snyder
Bill Snyder (born 1939) is a retired American college football coach, Kansas State head coach 1989-2005 and 2009-2018, credited with the greatest turnaround in college football history, 215 wins, two Big 12 titles, and 2015 College Football Hall of Fame induction.
Bill Steinkraus
Bill Steinkraus (William Clark Steinkraus, 1925–2017), American show jumper and first US rider to win an individual Olympic equestrian gold (Snowbound, Mexico City 1968); four Olympic medals, 17-year USET captain.
Bill Stevenson
Bill Stevenson was an American quarter-miler who won gold in the 4 × 400 meters relay at the 1924 Paris Olympics, and later president of Oberlin College.
Bill Stewart
Bill Stewart, full name William Donald Stewart, is a Canadian-born former NHL defenseman who became an Italian citizen and played for Italy at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics.
Bill Terry
Bill Terry (1898-1989), New York Giants first baseman 1923-36 and manager 1932-41; last NL player to hit .400 (.401, 254 hits, 1930); career .341, 2,193 hits; won 1933 World Series; Hall of Fame 1954.
Bill Thompson
Bill Thompson (William Gluyas Thompson, 1908–1956), American rower from Napa, California, who won gold in the men's eights for the United States at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics rowing for Cal, Berkeley; distinct from Don, Daley, and William Thompson.
Bill Tilden
Bill Tilden (William Tatem Tilden II, 1893-1953), "Big Bill," American tennis champion: seven US National and three Wimbledon singles titles, world No. 1 1920-25, Davis Cup leader, then pioneering professional from 1931.
Bill Toomey
William "Bill" Toomey (born January 10, 1939) is an American decathlete, 1968 Mexico City Olympic gold medalist with an Olympic-record 8,193 points and 1969 decathlon world record holder at 8,417 points.