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Bob Probert
Bob Probert (1965-2010), Canadian NHL enforcer for Detroit and Chicago; 935 games, 384 points, 3,300 penalty minutes (fifth all-time); expelled in 1989 cocaine case; posthumous CTE diagnosis.
Bob Richards
Bob Richards (1926–2023), the "Vaulting Vicar," was an American pole vaulter and Brethren minister who won Olympic gold in 1952 and 1956 and was first athlete on a Wheaties box.
Bob Ryan
Bob Ryan (born 1946), American sportswriter; Boston Globe columnist 1968-2012, Celtics beat writer from 1969; Red Smith Award, Curt Gowdy Award, NSSA Hall of Fame; author of Scribe.
Bob Sanders
Bob Sanders, former Indianapolis Colts safety from Erie, Pennsylvania, and Iowa Hawkeyes star; 2007 AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year, two-time All-Pro, and Super Bowl XLI champion despite a 5'8" frame and injury-shortened 50-game career.
Bob Sapp
Bob "The Beast" Sapp (born 1973), American super heavyweight fighter, ex-NFL lineman (Washington, Chicago Bears third-rounder), K-1 star in Japan who beat Ernesto Hoost twice, MMA record 12-20, first Black IWGP heavyweight champion.
Bob Schul
Bob Schul (Robert Keyser Schul, 1937-2024), American distance runner, West Milton, Ohio; won the 1964 Tokyo Olympic 5,000m in 13:48.8 and remains the only US Olympic champion at that event.
Bob Seagren
Bob Seagren (Robert Lloyd Seagren), American pole vaulter born 1946 in Pomona, California; 1968 Olympic gold and 1972 silver medalist, world record holder at 5.63 m from 1972 to 1975, later Superstars champion, actor, and RunRacing CEO.
Bob Skelton
Bob Skelton (Robert Danforth Skelton, 1903-1977), American breaststroke swimmer, 1924 Paris Olympic gold medalist in the 200 m breaststroke and first US breaststroke Olympic champion; not the WNEC wrestling coach.
Bob Stoops
Bob Stoops (born 1960, Youngstown, Ohio) is a retired American football coach; Oklahoma head coach 1999-2017 (190-48, 2000 national title, 10 Big 12 championships), later XFL/UFL Dallas-Arlington Renegades coach and 2023 XFL champion.
Bob Sutton
Bob Sutton (Robert Mandel Sutton, 1911-1977), American Olympic sailor; gold medal in the 8-metre class at Los Angeles 1932 aboard Owen Churchill's Angelita, 10th at Berlin 1936; electrical engineering executive.
Bob Watt
Bob Watt (Robert McDonald Watt, "Nipper"), 1927–2010, Canadian ice hockey forward with the Edmonton Mercurys; won gold at the 1950 World Championships and the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics, scoring 3 goals in 8 games.
Bob Webster
Bob Webster (Robert David Webster, born 1938) is an American diver who won Olympic gold in the 10 m platform at Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964, matching Sammy Lee's back-to-back feat, and later coached at Minnesota, Princeton, and Alabama.
Bob Will
Bob Will (Robert Ide Will, 1925-2019), American rower who won gold in the men's coxed four at the 1948 London Olympics for the University of Washington, then built University Volkswagen and Audi Seattle.
Bob Willis
Bob Willis (Robert George Dylan Willis, 1949–2019), England fast bowler and captain: 325 Test wickets in 90 Tests (1971–84), famous 8-43 at Headingley 1981, later Sky commentator.
Bob Windle
Bob Windle (Robert George Windle, born 1944), Australian freestyle swimmer; 1964 Tokyo Olympic 1500 m freestyle gold in Olympic record 17:01.7, four Olympic medals, six world records, Commonwealth Games champion 1962 and 1966.
Bob Woolmer
Bob Woolmer (Robert Andrew Woolmer, 1948-2007), England Test batsman and pioneering coach of Warwickshire, South Africa, and Pakistan, died in Jamaica during the 2007 World Cup; his death was first treated as murder, later ruled natural causes.
Bob Wyman
Bob Wyman (James Robert Wyman, 1909-1978), English ice hockey defenceman and speed skater; won 1936 Winter Olympics gold with Great Britain, 20 caps in four World Championships, British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame 1993.
Boban Marjanović (Бобан Марјановић)
Boban Marjanović (Бобан Марјановић), Serbian 7'3"–7'4" center born 1988; EuroLeague rebounding leader and All-EuroLeague First Team 2015 with Crvena Zvezda, nine NBA seasons (Spurs, Pistons, Clippers, 76ers, Mavericks, Rockets), later Fenerbahçe.
Bobby Abreu
Bobby Abreu (El Comedulce), Venezuelan MLB outfielder 1996-2014 for the Astros, Phillies, Yankees, Angels, Dodgers, and Mets; 2,470 hits, 288 HR, 400 SB; 30.8% on his 7th Hall of Fame ballot in 2026.
Bobby Allison
Bobby Allison (1937-2024), American NASCAR Cup Series driver, 1983 champion, three-time Daytona 500 winner, and Alabama Gang founder; 85 Cup wins, fourth all-time after his 1971 Bowman Gray win was restored in 2024.
Bobby Benson
Bobby Benson (Robert John Benson, 1894–1965), Canadian defenseman with the Winnipeg Falcons; won the first Olympic ice hockey gold at Antwerp 1920, later played eight NHL games for the Boston Bruins.
Bobby Bonds
Bobby Bonds (1946-2003), American MLB outfielder 1968-1981, father of Barry Bonds; five 30-30 seasons, 332 home runs, 461 stolen bases, three Gold Gloves, grand slam in 1968 debut.
Bobby Bonilla
Bobby Bonilla (Roberto Martin Antonio Bonilla), born 1963, former MLB switch-hitting third baseman/outfielder, 2,010 hits, 287 HR, 1997 World Series champion; famous for the Mets' $1.19 million annual July 1 deferred payments through 2035.
Bobby Bowden
Bobby Bowden (Robert Cleckler Bowden, 1929-2021), American college football head coach at Samford, West Virginia, and Florida State; won 1993 and 1999 national championships, 377-129-4 Division I record, second-winningest Division I coach.
Bobby Charlton
Sir Bobby Charlton (1937–2023), English footballer; Manchester United deep-lying forward, 758 games and 249 goals, 1968 European Cup captain; England 106 caps, 49 goals, 1966 World Cup winner and Ballon d'Or holder.
Bobby Clarke
Bobby Clarke (Robert Earle Clarke, born 1949) is a Canadian former NHL centre who played 15 seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers, captained the 1974 and 1975 Stanley Cup teams, won three Hart Trophies, and later served as Flyers general manager.
Bobby Cox
Bobby Cox (Robert Joe Cox, 1941–2026), Hall of Fame MLB manager of the Atlanta Braves and Toronto Blue Jays; 2,504 wins (fourth all-time), record 14 straight division titles 1991–2005, 1995 World Series champion, record 158 ejections.
Bobby Dodd
Bobby Dodd, born Robert Lee Dodd, was an American college football coach at Georgia Tech from 1945 to 1966 who compiled a 165-64-8 record and won the 1952 national championship.
Bobby Dodd Stadium
Bobby Dodd Stadium, historically known as Grant Field, is the on-campus football stadium of Georgia Tech's Yellow Jackets in Midtown Atlanta. Opened in 1913, it seats 51,913.
Bobby Eaton
Bobby Eaton (1958–2021), "Beautiful" Bobby, American professional wrestler from Huntsville, Alabama; Midnight Express member with Dennis Condrey and Stan Lane under Jim Cornette; NWA and WCW tag team champion.