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1971–
Adegboyega "Bo" Oshoniyi (born November 3, 1971) is an American former soccer player who played as a goalkeeper and spent eight seasons in Major League Soccer. Having parted ways with Dartmouth after eight years, he is now the head men's soccer coach at…
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Marquis Donnell "Bo" Porter (born July 5, 1972) is an American former professional baseball player, manager, and coach. He is the current first base coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a special assistant to the Atlanta…
1935–2001
Irvin "Bo" Roberson (Pronounced: ROE-ber-sun) (July 23, 1935 – April 15, 2001) was an American track and field athlete and professional football player. At Cornell University he excelled in basketball, football, and track and field. At the 1960 Summer…
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Bob Armstrong (September 4, 1873 – January 5, 1933), was a heavyweight boxer known as the "King of the Battle Royal". He was born in Rogersville, Tennessee, but he moved with his family to Washington, Ohio when he was three years old. Before he got into…
1926–2002
Robert "The Grinder" Baker (October 26, 1926 – April 23, 2002) was a heavyweight boxer whose professional career spanned from 1949 until 1960. Baker was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania and originally fought out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Robert Beamon (born August 29, 1946) is an American former track and field athlete, best known for his world record in the long jump at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968.
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Robert Barrett Boyd (March 7, 1928 – May 14, 2009) was an American professional football player who was an end and defensive back for eight seasons with the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). His most spectacular season was in 1954,…
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Robert Chance (September 10, 1940 – October 3, 2013) was an American first baseman and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators and California Angels in part of six seasons spanning 1963 through 1969.
1903–1971
Robert Alfred Clarke (January 8, 1903 – January 1971), nicknamed "Eggie", was an American professional catcher and player-manager in the Negro leagues from the 1920s through the 1940s. A native of Richmond, Virginia, Clarke made his Negro leagues debut in…
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Pack Robert Gibson Jr. (November 9, 1935 – October 2, 2020), nicknamed "Gibby" and "Hoot", was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played his entire career for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1959 to 1975.
1912–1977
Robert Lee Griffith (October 1, 1912 – November 8, 1977) was an American professional baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues who played for several teams between 1934 and 1951. A native of Liberty, Tennessee, Griffith served in the US Army during World War…
1918–1992
Robert Alexander Harvey (May 28, 1918 – June 27, 1992) was an American outfielder in Negro league baseball. He played for the Newark Eagles, Birmingham Black Barons, and Houston Eagles between 1943 and 1950.
1959–
Robert Joseph Hazell (born 14 June 1959) is a former professional footballer who made 266 league appearances in a 12-year career in the English Football League between 1977 and 1989. Born in Jamaica, he represented England at under-21 level. His nephew is…
?–2020
Robert Hitchens (January 30, 1952 – July 7, 2020) was an American college football player who was a running back for the Miami Redskins from 1971 to 1973. He was named a third-team All-American in 1972.
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Bobby Earl Johnson (born July 31, 1959) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher. He played during three seasons at the major league level for the Texas Rangers.
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Bob Kendrick (born June 15, 1962) is the President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) in Kansas City, Missouri. Prior to that he served as the museum's first Director of Marketing and was promoted to Vice President of Marketing in 2009. He left to…
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Robert Mann (April 8, 1924 – October 21, 2006) was an American professional football player in the National Football League (NFL). A native of New Bern, North Carolina, Mann played college football for the Hampton Pirates in 1942 and 1943 and the Michigan…
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Robert Allen McAdoo Jr. ( MAK-ə-doo; born September 25, 1951) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he was a five-time NBA All-Star and named the NBA Most…
1932–2019
Bob Mitchell (November 12, 1932 – June 12, 2019) was an American pitcher who played in Negro league baseball.
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Bob Montgomery (February 10, 1919 – August 25, 1998) was an American lightweight boxer who took the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) World Lightweight Championship in May 1943, and again in March 1944. Known as the Philadelphia Bobcat, his…
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Robert Lee Nash (born August 24, 1950) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played college basketball for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and was the ninth overall pick in the 1972 NBA draft. Nash played six seasons in the…
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Robert Lee Oliver (February 8, 1943 – April 19, 2020) was an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1965), Kansas City Royals (1969–72), California Angels…
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Bob Owens (born c. 1946) is an American former football coach. He was the head football coach for Chapman University, a position he held from 2006 until his retirement in 2024. Owens served as head football coach at Whittier College in Whittier, California…
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Robert Wayne Pate (born December 3, 1953) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played in 1980 and 1981 with the Montreal Expos. Listed at 6' 3", 200 lb., he batted and threw right handed.
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