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Bob Gutowski
Bob Gutowski (Robert Allen Gutowski, 1935-1960), American Marine and Occidental College pole vaulter; 1956 Olympic silver medalist who broke Warmerdam's 15-year world record with 4.78 m in 1957; killed in a car accident at 25.
Bob Hawkes
Bob Hawkes (Robert Murray Hawkes, 1880-1945), English left half for Luton Town and five-cap England international; won football gold with Great Britain at the 1908 London Olympics, scoring twice against Sweden.
Bob Hayes
Robert Lee "Bullet Bob" Hayes (1942–2002), American sprinter and Dallas Cowboys wide receiver; two Tokyo 1964 golds, 100-yard world record 9.1, only athlete with both Olympic gold and Super Bowl ring.
Bob Horner
Bob Horner (1957-2026), American MLB third baseman; Braves first overall pick in 1978 who skipped the minors, won 1978 NL Rookie of the Year, hit four homers in a game in 1986, and batted .277 with 218 home runs.
Bob Huggins
Bob Huggins, born 1953 in Morgantown, WV, is a Hall of Fame college basketball coach with 935-414 over 41 seasons at Walsh, Akron, Cincinnati, Kansas State, and West Virginia; two Final Fours (1992, 2010); resigned from WVU in 2023 after a DUI arrest.
Bob Hunter
Bob Hunter refers chiefly to two Olympians: American golfer Robert Edward Hunter (1886-1971), 1904 team gold medalist, and Canadian rower Robert Sinclair Hunter (1904-1950), 1924 eights silver medalist; also a Hall of Fame baseball writer.
Bob Hurley
Bob Hurley Sr. (born 1947, Jersey City) is a Hall of Fame high school basketball coach who led St. Anthony High School from 1972 to 2017, winning about 1,184 games, four USA Today national titles, and 26-28 state championships.
Bob Jeangerard
Bob Jeangerard (Robert Eugene Jeangerard, 1932–2014) was an American basketball forward who won gold at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, starred for the University of Colorado's 1955 Final Four team, and later founded the Gerard Tire chain.
Bob Kenney
Bob Kenney (Robert Earl Kenney, 1931–2014) was an American basketball player, 1952 Olympic gold medalist with the US team and co-captain of Kansas' 1952 NCAA champions, later an Air Force and AAU player and Kansas City real estate executive.
Bob Kiesel
Bob Kiesel (Robert Allan Kiesel, 1911-1993), American sprinter nicknamed Bullet Bob; gold medalist in the 4x100 m relay at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, where the US team set world records of 40.6 and 40.0 seconds.
Bob King
Bob King (Robert Wade King, 1906-1965) was an American high jumper and Stanford athlete who won the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic high jump gold at 1.93 m, distinct from the basketball coach and strength coach of the same name.
Bob Knight
Bob Knight (1940–2023), American college basketball coach, won three NCAA titles at Indiana including the 1976 undefeated 32-0 season, coached 1984 Olympic gold, and was fired in 2000.
Bob Kurland
Bob Kurland (Robert Albert Kurland, "Foothills"), 1924-2013, American 7-foot center; two NCAA titles with Oklahoma A&M, first two-time tournament MOP, two Olympic basketball golds 1948/1952, Hall of Fame 1961, never played pro ball.
Bob Lilly
Bob Lilly (Robert Lewis Lilly), nicknamed Mr. Cowboy, is a former Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle who played from 1961 to 1974 and became the first Cowboy enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Bob Love
Bob Love (1942-2024), nicknamed Butterbean, was a three-time NBA All-Star forward for the Chicago Bulls, 21.3 ppg there, No. 10 retired in 1994; after retirement he overcame a severe stutter to become the Bulls' community ambassador.
Bob Martin
Bob Martin (Robert Doud Martin, 1925-2012), American rower and University of Washington athlete; won gold in the men's coxed fours at the 1948 London Olympics with Westlund, Will, Giovanelli, and cox Morgan; WWII Navy veteran and Weyerhaeuser executive.
Bob Mathias
Bob Mathias (1930-2006), American decathlete, won Olympic decathlon gold at London 1948 at 17, the youngest track and field champion, and again at Helsinki 1952; later a Republican U.S. congressman from California.
Bob McAdoo
Bob McAdoo (Robert Allen McAdoo Jr., born 1951) is an NBA Hall of Fame center-forward, 1975 MVP, three-time scoring champion with Buffalo, two-time Lakers champion, and longtime Miami Heat assistant coach.
Bob McNair
Bob McNair (Robert C. McNair, 1937-2018), Houston businessman, founder of Cogen Technologies, and owner who won the NFL's 32nd expansion franchise for a record $700 million in 1999, founding the Houston Texans (play began 2002).
Bob Melvin
Bob Melvin (Robert Paul Melvin, born 1961) is a former MLB catcher and manager who led the Mariners, Diamondbacks, Athletics, Padres, and Giants from 2003 to 2025, winning Manager of the Year in both leagues.
Bob Meyers
Bob Meyers (Robert Roderick Meyers, 1924-2014), Canadian ice hockey defenseman with the Edmonton Mercurys; won gold for Canada at the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics, Canada's last men's hockey gold until 2002.
Bob Moch
Bob Moch (Robert Gaston Moch, 1914-2005), American coxswain and attorney who steered the University of Washington eight to 1936 Berlin Olympic rowing gold; later Harvard Law graduate, MIT crew head coach, and Seattle lawyer.
Bob Morey
Bob Morey (Robert Willis Morey, Jr., 1936-2019), American rower and 1956 Melbourne Olympic gold medalist in the men's eight, stroking the Yale crew; later a Navy officer and California reinsurance executive.
Bob Murray
Bob Murray (Robert Cook Murray, 1870–1948), British small-bore rifle shooter; won team prone rifle gold for Great Britain at Stockholm 1912, also sixth and fifth in individual small-bore events.
Bob Myers
Bob Myers, American sports executive; Golden State Warriors GM and president of basketball operations 2012-2023, four NBA titles (2015, 2017, 2018, 2022), two-time Executive of the Year; later ESPN analyst and president of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment.
Bob Orton
Bob Orton Jr., born 1950, is an American retired professional wrestler whose plaster arm cast became a famous weapon and who appeared in the first WrestleMania main event.
Bob Orton Jr.
"Cowboy" Bob Orton Jr. (Robert Keith Orton Jr., born 1950) is an American retired professional wrestler, WWE Hall of Fame class of 2005, famous for his loaded arm cast, his Superplex finisher, his alliance with Roddy Piper at WrestleMania I, and as father of Randy Orton.
Bob Paisley
Bob Paisley (1919-1996), Liverpool FC manager 1974-1983, won 20 trophies including three European Cups (1977, 1978, 1981) and six league titles; first coach to win three European Cups.
Bob Pearce
Bob Pearce (Robert Edward Pearce, 1908-1996), American freestyle wrestler, Oklahoma State; won 1932 Olympic bantamweight (123.5 lbs) gold after failing 1928 trials; later pro wrestler and coach in Canada. Namesake of rower Bobby Pearce.
Bob Pettit
Bob Pettit (1932–2026), NBA power forward/center for the Milwaukee/St. Louis Hawks 1954–65; first NBA MVP (1956), first to 20,000 points, 1958 champion with 50-point Finals Game 6.