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Bill Hobbs

1949 - 2020

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William Barton Rogers Hobbs (July 30, 1949 – January 4, 2020) was an American rower who competed in the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico and is the younger brother of Franklin Hobbs. In 1968 he stroked the American coxed pair which finished fifth in the Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico. In 1970 he competed on the Dating Game for a date with Karen Carpenter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Hobbs is the 1,790th most popular athlete (up from 2,466th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Puerto Rico (up from 44th in 2019) and the most popular Puerto Rican Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bill Hobbs ranks 1,790 out of 6,025. Before him are Charilaos Vasilakos, Ivan Kizimov, Leni Schmidt, Vyacheslav Vedenin, Zygmunt Chychła, and Folke Alnevik. After him are Paula Ivan, Hugo Simon, Victor Verschueren, Bruno Junk, Chris Berger, and Renaud Lavillenie.

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Among people born in 1949, Bill Hobbs ranks 595. Before him are György Gedó, Fayez Tarawneh, Gennady Novitsky, Per Røntved, Boris Plotnikov, and Olga Morozova. After him are Toller Cranston, Griselda Pollock, Nadezhda Ilyina, Dan Ar Braz, Roy Bittan, and Günther Schumacher. Among people deceased in 2020, Bill Hobbs ranks 638. Before him are Spencer Davis, Hadi Khosroshahi, Nicette Bruno, Boris Plotnikov, Folke Alnevik, and Gabriel Ochoa Uribe. After him are Michael Wheeler, José Jiménez Lozano, Johnny Mandel, Leonid Potapov, Antonina Ryzhova, and Tony Dunne.

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In Puerto Rico

Among people born in Puerto Rico, Bill Hobbs ranks 38 out of 77. Before him are Luis Muñoz Marín (1898), Sila María Calderón (1942), Tego Calderón (1972), Carly Colón (1979), Gigi Fernández (1964), and Giannina Braschi (1953). After him are Gina Lynn (1974), Pedro Pierluisi (1959), Héctor Camacho (1962), Holly Woodlawn (1946), Olga Tañón (1967), and Carlos Ponce (1972).

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Among ATHLETES In Puerto Rico

Among athletes born in Puerto Rico, Bill Hobbs ranks 1. After him are Alison (null), Javier Culson (1984), Jonny Moseley (1975), Aleksandra Jarecka (1995), Alex Bjurberg Kessidis (1995), Melanie Díaz (1996), José Victor Toledo (1931), Melissa Mojica (1983), Chantel Malone (1991), Wesley Vázquez (1994), and Enrique Figueroa (null).

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