Baseball •
Bob Addie (1910–1982), American sportswriter who covered baseball •
Bob Addy (1842–1910), Canadian baseball player •
Bob Allison (1934–1995), American baseball outfielder •
Bob Anderson (baseball) (1935–2015), American baseball pitcher •
Bob Black (baseball) (1862–1933), American baseball player •
Bob Boone (born 1942), American retired Major League Baseball player and manager •
Bob Bowman (outfielder) (1930–2017), American outfielder •
Bob Brown (pitcher) (1911–1990), American professional baseball player •
Bob Brown (baseball, born 1876) (1876–1962), American-born Canadian professional baseball player •
Bob Caruthers (1864–1911), American pitcher and right fielder •
Bob Casey (baseball announcer) (1925–2005), American baseball announcer •
Bob Casey (third baseman) (1859–1936), Canadian baseball player •
Bob Conley (baseball) (1934–2022), American pitcher •
Bob Coulson (1887–1953), American outfielder •
Bob Countryman (1894–1965), American minor league player and coach •
Bob Chance (1940–2013), American baseball player, a first baseman •
Bob De Carolis (born 1952), American athletic director and softball coach •
Bob Didier (born 1949), American baseball catcher •
Bob Dillinger (1918–2009), American baseball player •
Bob DiPietro (1927–2012), American baseball player, a right fielder •
Bob Ewing (1873–1947), American pitcher •
Bob Feller (1918–2010), American Hall of Fame MLB pitcher •
Bob Ferguson (infielder) (1845–1894), American player, manager, and umpire •
Bob Ferguson (pitcher) (1919–2008), American pitcher •
Bob Gibson (1935–2020), American Hall of Fame MLB pitcher •
Bob Gibson (1980s pitcher) (born 1957), American baseball pitcher •
Bob Gorinski (born 1952), American designated hitter and outfielder •
Bob Hansen (baseball) (born 1948), American professional baseball player •
Bob Humphreys (baseball) (born 1935), American baseball pitcher •
Bob Johnson (catcher) (born 1959), American baseball catcher •
Bob Johnson (infielder) (1936–2019), American baseball infielder •
Bob Johnson (outfielder) (1905–1982), American baseball left fielder •
Bob Johnson (pitcher) (born 1943), American baseball pitcher •
Bob Jones (third baseman) (1889–1964), American baseball player •
Bob Kipper (born 1964), American baseball coach •
Bob Lee (baseball) (1937–2020), American relief pitcher •
Bob Lemon (1920–2000), American Major League Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher, and Manager •
Bob Melvin (born 1961), American Major League Baseball player and manager •
Bob Meusel (1896–1977), American Major League Baseball player •
Bob Milacki (born 1964), American baseball pitcher •
Bob Nieman (1927–1985), American outfielder •
Bob O'Brien (baseball) (born 1949), American baseball pitcher •
Bob O'Farrell (1896–1988), American baseball player and manager •
Bob Ojeda (born 1957), American baseball pitcher •
Bob Patrick (1917–1999), American outfielder •
Bob Peterson (baseball) (1884–1962), American catcher •
Bob Pettit (baseball) (1861–1910), American outfielder •
Bob Quinn (baseball, born 1870) (1870–1954), American baseball executive, grandfather of below •
Bob Quinn (baseball, born 1936), American baseball executive, grandson of the above •
Bob Robertson (born 1946), American first baseman •
Bob Ross (baseball) (born 1928), American baseball pitcher •
Bob Schmidt (baseball) (1933–2015), American baseball player •
Bob Shirley (born 1954), American baseball pitcher •
Bob Short (1917–1982), American baseball owner •
Bob Skinner (born 1931), American baseball player, coach, and manager •
Bob Stanley (baseball) (born 1954), American pitcher •
Bob Turley (1930–2013), American pitcher •
Bob Vines (1897–1982), American pitcher •
Bob Zick (1927–2017), American pitcher •
Bob Zupcic (born 1966), American outfielder
Basketball •
Bob Brown (basketball, born 1921) (1921–2001), American professional basketball player in the NBL •
Bob Brown (basketball, born 1923) (1923–2016), American professional basketball player in the NBA •
Bob Carney (1932–2011), American basketball player •
Bob Carrington (born 1953), American basketball player •
Bob Cousy (born 1928), American Hall-of-Fame basketball player •
Bob Davies (1920–1990), American basketball player •
Bob Delaney (basketball) (born 1951), American basketball referee •
Bob Dille (1917–1998), American basketball player •
Bob Duffy (basketball, born 1922) (1922–1978), American basketball player •
Bob Duffy (basketball, born 1940) (born 1940), American basketball coach •
Bob Gibbons, American high school basketball talent scout and coach •
Bob Griffin (born 1950), American-Israeli basketball player, and English Literature professor •
Bob Hansen (born 1961), American professional basketball player •
Bob Hoffman (basketball) (born 1957), American basketball coach •
Bob Kinney (1920–1985), American basketball player •
Bob Knight (1940–2023), American college basketball coach •
Bob McAdoo (born 1951), American basketball player •
Bob McKillop (born 1950), American basketball coach •
Bob Myers (born 1975), American basketball executive •
Bob Peterson (basketball) (1932–2011), American basketball player •
Bob Pettit (born 1932), American basketball player •
Bob Quick (basketball) (born 1946), American basketball player •
Bob Sura (born 1973), American basketball player •
Bob Zuffelato (born 1937), American-born Canadian basketball scout
Cricket •
Bob McLoed (1868–1907), Australian cricketer •
Bob Simpson (born 1936), Australian cricketer •
Bob Willis (1949–2019), English cricketer •
Bob Cottam (born 1944), English cricketer •
Bob McLeod (cricketer) (1868–1907), Australian cricketer •
Bob Willis (1949–2019), English cricketer
Football People listed below are associated with the various football codes, which include gridiron football, association football (soccer), rugby league, rugby union, Gaelic football, and Australian rules football. •
Bob Ackles (1938–2008), Canadian football administrator •
Bob Anderson (American football) (born 1938), American football halfback •
Bob Anderson (footballer) (1924–1994), British goalkeeper •
Bob Bellinger (1913–1955), American football player •
Bob Beattie (American football) (1902–1983), American football tackle •
Bob Beattie (footballer) (born 1943), Australian rules footballer •
Bob Beatty (born 1955), American football coach •
Bob Bergeron (born 1961), American football player, a placekicker •
Bob Bird (footballer) (1875–1946), Australian rules footballer •
Bob Bjorklund (1918–1994), American football player •
Bob Blackman (American football) (1918–2000), American football player and coach •
Bob Books (American football) (1903–1954), American football player •
Bob Bostad (born 1966), American football coach •
Bob Bosustow (1934–1997), Australian rules footballer •
Bob Bowlsby (born 1952), American football administrator •
Bob Boyle (footballer) (1876–1927), Australian rules footballer •
Bob Brown (Canadian football) (1943–2022), Canadian football player •
Bob Brown (defensive lineman) (1940–1998), American football player •
Bob Brown (footballer, born 1869) (1869–after 1901), British footballer •
Bob Brown (footballer, born 1870) (1870–after 1901), British footballer •
Bob Brown (footballer, born 1895) (1895–1980), British footballer •
Bob Brown (offensive lineman) (1941–2023), American football player •
Bob Brown (rugby league) (c. 1905–after 1940), British rugby league player •
Bob Brown (rugby union) (born 1953), Australian rugby union player •
Bob Carroll (footballer) (1941–2021), Australian rules footballer •
Bob Casey (rugby union) (born 1978), Irish rugby union player •
Bob Chandler (1949–1995), American football wide receiver •
Bob Collins (footballer, born 1934) (1934–2018), Australian rules footballer •
Bob Collins (footballer, born 1937) (1937–2018), Australian rules footballer •
Bob Coverdale (1928–?), English rugby league player •
Bob Crampsey (1930–2008), Scottish soccer reporter •
Bob Damewood (1940–2009), American football coach •
Bob Davie (American football) (born 1954), American football coach •
Bob DeBesse (born 1959), American football coach •
Bob Dee (1933–1979), American football defensive end •
Bob Dees (1929–1997), American football defensive tackle •
Bob Delanty (born 1940), Australian rules footballer from Tasmania •
Bob deLauer (1920–2002), American football player •
Bob Delgado (born 1949), Welsh footballer •
Bob Denton (1934–2014), American football defensive end and tackle •
Bob Diaco (born 1973), American football coach •
Bob Dixon (footballer) (1904–1980), English goalkeeper •
Bob Duff (rugby union) (1925–2006), New Zealand rugby union player and coach •
Bob Dyce, Canadian football coach •
Robert Forbes (American football) (1886–1947), known as Bob Forbes, American football coach •
Bob Gibson (American football) (1927–2015), American football coach •
Bob Gibson (footballer) (1927–1989), English soccer player •
Bob Goodridge (born 1946), American football player •
Bob Gould (rugby union) (1863–1931), Welsh rugby union player •
Bob Green (footballer) (1911–1949), Australian rules footballer •
Bob Griese (born 1945), American football quarterback •
Bob Gude (1918–1998), American football center •
Bob Guelker (1923–1986), American soccer coach •
Bob Hainlen (1926–2024), American football player •
Bob Hantla (1931–2020), American football player •
Bob Hayes (1942–2002), American Olympic sprinter and football wide receiver •
Bob Hempel (born 1936), Australian rules footballer •
Bob Humphreys (American football) (born 1940), American football player •
Bob Hoffman (American football) (1917–2005), American football player •
Bob Horn (American football) (born 1954), American linebacker •
Bob Jackson (American football) (born 1940), American running back •
Bob Jackson (footballer, born 1934) (born 1934), English footballer •
Bob Jackson (football manager) (died after 1952), English association football manager •
Bob Jenkins (American football) (1923–2001), American football halfback •
Bob Johnson (Australian footballer, born 1902) (1902–1981), Australian rules football player •
Bob Johnson (Australian footballer, born 1935) (1935–2001), Australian rules football player •
Bob Johnson (American football) (born 1946), American football player •
Bob Johnson (footballer, born 1905) (1905–1987), British soccer player •
Bob Johnson (footballer, born 1911) (1911–1982), British soccer defender •
Bob Jones (Australian footballer) (born 1961), Australian rules footballer for St. Kilda •
Bob Jones (rugby union) (1875–1944), Welsh rugby union forward •
Bob Joswick (born 1946), American football player •
Bob Jury (born 1955), American football defensive list •
Bob Holburn, Canadian football player •
Bob Kalsu (1945–1970), American football player •
Bob Kiddle (1869–1918), British footballer •
Bob Kilcullen (1935–2019), American football player, a defensive end •
Bob Kimoff (1932–2003), Canadian football player •
Bob Kingston (born 1944), Australian rules footballer •
Bob Latchford (born 1951), British footballer •
Bob Lee (quarterback) (born 1946), American quarterback •
Bob Lee (Australian footballer) (1927–2001), Australian rules footballer •
Bob Lee (footballer, born 1953) (born 1953), British forward •
Bob Lenarduzzi (born 1955), Canadian soccer player •
Bob Livingstone (1922–2013), American football player •
Bob Lutz (American football), American high school football coach •
Bob MacLeod (1917–2002), American football halfback •
Bob McChesney (American football, born 1912) (1912–1986), American football player •
Bob McChesney (American football, born 1926) (1926–2002), American football player •
Bob McLean (Australian footballer) (1914–1989), Australian rules footballer •
Bob McLean (rugby union) (born 1949), Australian rugby union player •
Bob McLean (Scottish footballer) (1902–1970), Scottish soccer player •
Bob McLellan (1916–2007), Australian rules footballer •
Bob McLeod (American football) (1938–2019), American tight end •
Bob Moore (American football) (born 1949), American football tight end •
Bob Moore (Australian footballer) (1872–1938), Australian rules footballer •
Bob Moore (Irish footballer) (died after 1887), Irish footballer •
Bob Newland (1948–2021), American football wide receiver •
Bob Nicholson (rugby league) (died after 1950), British rugby league player •
Bob Nicholson (sports executive) (born 1955), Canadian football and baseball administrator •
Bob Nielson (born 1959), American football coach •
Bob O'Billovich (born 1940), Canadian football player •
Bob O'Connor (American football) (1904–1998), American football player •
Bob O'Dea (1930–1986), New Zealand rugby union player •
Bob Odell (American football) (1922–2012), American football player in the College Football Hall of Fame •
Bob O'Leary (1951–1993), American soccer player •
Bob Olson (born 1949), American football player •
Bob O'Neill (1905–1978), Australian rules footballer •
Bob O'Reilly (born 1949), Australian rugby league player •
Bob Parker (footballer) (born 1935), English defender •
Bob Petrich (born 1941), American football defensive end •
Bob Petrie (1874–1947), Scottish halfback •
Bob Peyton (born 1954), English halfback •
Bob Quickenden (2010), New Zealand soccer player •
Bob Quinn (American football) (born 1976), American football scout •
Bob Quinn (Australian footballer) (1915–2008), Australian rules footballer •
Bob Roberts (Australian footballer) (born 1930), Australian rules footballer •
Bob Roberts (footballer, born 1859) (1859–1929), English goalkeeper •
Bob Roberts (footballer, born 1863) (1863–1950), Welsh full back •
Robert Roberts (footballer, born 1864) (1864–1932), known as Bob Roberts, Welsh midfielder •
Bob Robson (soccer) (1957–1988), American goalkeeper •
Bob Rose (footballer) (1928–2003), Australian rules footballer and coach •
Bob Ross (Australian footballer) (1908–1988), Australian rules footballer •
Bob Ryan (rugby league) (died 2009), British rugby league forward •
Bob Sanders (born 1981), American football safety •
Bob Schmidt (American football) (born 1936), American football player •
Bob Schmit (born 1950), American football player •
Bob Shiring (1870–1957), American football coach •
Bob Stoops (born 1960), American football coach •
Bob Sweiger (1919–1975), American football player •
Bob Van Doren (1929–2012), American defensive end •
Bob Van Duyne (born 1952), American football guard •
Bob Voigts (1916–2000), American football coach •
Bob Vogel (born 1941), American offensive lineman •
Bob Waterfield (1920–1983), American quarterback •
Bob Waters (1938–1989), American quarterback •
Bob Westfall (1919–1980), American football player •
Bob Wilson (footballer, born 1941), Scottish goalkeeper and broadcaster •
Bob Winkel (born 1955), American football player •
Bob Yates (1938–2013), American football player •
Bob Young (American football) (1942–1995), American offensive guard •
Bob Young (American football coach), American football coach •
Bob Young (footballer, born 1886) (1886 – after 1920), Scottish right back •
Bob Young (footballer, born 1894) (1894–1960), English footballer and manager •
Bob Zeman (1937–2019), American football defensive back •
Bob Zimny (1921–2011), American football tackle
Golf •
Bob Byman (born 1955), American golfer •
Bob Dickson (born 1944), American golfer •
Bobby Jones, American amateur golfer •
Bob Kirk (1845–1886), Scottish golfer •
Bob Toski (born 1926), American golfer
Ice hockey •
Bob Bergloff (born 1958), American hockey player •
Bob Blackburn (ice hockey) (1938–2016), Canadian hockey player •
Bob Brown (ice hockey) (born 1950), Canadian hockey player •
Bob Courcy (born 1936), Canadian hockey player •
Bob Dickson (ice hockey) (born 1947), Canadian hockey player •
Bob Dill (1920–1991), American hockey player •
Bob Dillabough (1941–1997), Canadian hockey player •
Bob DiLuca (born 1946), Canadian Olympic hockey player •
Bob Gainey (born 1953), Canadian Hall-of-Fame hockey player, coach and general manager in the NHL •
Bob Johnson (ice hockey, born 1931) (1931–1991), American hockey coach •
Bob Johnson (ice hockey, born 1948) (born 1948), American hockey goalkeeper •
Bob Jones (ice hockey) (born 1945), Canadian professional hockey player •
Bob Kirkpatrick (1915–1988), Canadian hockey player •
Bob Nicholson (ice hockey) (born 1953), Canadian hockey administrator •
Bob Nystrom (born 1952), Swedish-born Canadian hockey player •
Bob MacMillan (born 1952), Canadian hockey player •
Bob Probert (1965–2010), Canadian hockey player •
Bob Robertson (ice hockey) (1927–2012), Canadian hockey player
Motorsports •
Bob Akin (1936–2002), American race car driver •
Bob Anderson (racing driver) (1931–1967), British motorcycle race driver •
Bob Atchison, Canadian drag racer •
Bob Brown (motorcyclist) (1930–1960), Australian motorcyclist •
Bob Burman (1884–1916), American racing driver and open-wheel racing pioneer •
Bob Cortner (1927–1959), American racing driver •
Bob Flock (1918–1964), NASCAR driver •
Bob Holden (racing driver) (born 1932), Australian racing driver •
Bob Jane (1929–2018), Australian race car driver •
Bob Kilby (1944–2009), British motorcyclist •
Bob Kubica (born 1984), Polish racing driver •
Bob McLean (racing driver) (1933–1966), Canadian racing driver
Swimming •
Bob Jackson (swimmer) (born 1957), American swimmer •
Robert J. H. Kiphuth (1890–1967), known as Bob Kiphuth, American swim coach at Yale University •
Bob Windle (born 1944), Australian swimmer
Tennis •
Bob Bryan (born 1978), American tennis player •
Bob Green (tennis) (born 1960), American tennis player •
Bob Hewitt (born 1940), Australian-South African tennis player convicted in 2015 of sex crimes •
Bob Lutz (tennis) (born 1947), American tennis player
Track and field •
Bob Anderson (runner) (born 1947), American runner and photographer •
Bob Beamon (born 1946), American long jumper •
Bob Gutowski (1935–1960), American pole vaulter •
Bob Humphreys (athlete) (1936–2022), American discus thrower and shot putter •
Bob Kiesel (1911–1993), American Olympic sprinter •
Bob Richards (1926–2023), American pole vaulter and politician
Wrestling •
Bob Armstrong (1939–2020), American professional wrestler •
Bob Backlund (born 1949), American professional wrestler •
Bob Brown (wrestler) (1938–1997), Canadian professional wrestler •
Bob Orton (1929–2006), American professional wrestler •
Bob Orton Jr. (born 1950), American professional wrestler, son of the above •
Bob Anderson (wrestler) (born 1944), American wrestler
Announcers and sportscasters •
Bob Blackburn (announcer) (1924–2000), American basketball announcer •
Bob Carpenter (sportscaster) (born 1953), American sportscaster •
Bob Costas (born 1952), American sportscaster •
Bob DeLaney (sportscaster) (1924–2008), American sportscaster •
Bob Dillner (born 1969), American motorsports journalist and sportscaster •
Bob Jenkins (1947–2021), American sportscaster •
Bob Ley (born 1955), American sports anchor •
Bob Papa (born 1964), American sportscaster •
Bob Rodgers (born 1928), American sportscaster •
Bob Tallman (born 1947), American rodeo announcer
Other sports •
Bob Anderson (darts player) (born 1947), British world darts champion •
Bob Anderson (fencer) (1922–2012), British fencer •
Bob Baffert (born 1935), American Hall-of-Fame horse owner and trainer •
Bob Beattie (skiing) (1933–2018), American skiing coach •
Bob Biver (born 1985), Luxembourgish alpine skier •
Bob Blum (1928–2022), American Olympic fencer •
Bob Burnquist (born 1976), Brazilian-American skateboarder •
Bob Chow (1907–2003), American shooter •
Bob Cottingham (born 1966), American fencer •
Bob Diry (c. 1890 – after 1913), German boxer •
Bob Fitzsimmons (1863–1917), British boxer •
Bob Foster (1938–2015), American boxer •
Bob Hall (wheelchair athlete) (1951–2026), American wheelchair racer and wheelchair designer •
Bob Hoffman (sports promoter) (1898–1985), American sports promoter •
Bob Jungels (born 1992), Luxembourgish cyclist •
Bob McLeod (cyclist) (1913–1958), Canadian cyclist •
Bob O'Keeffe (1881–1949), Irish hurler •
Bob Ormsby (born 1963), American alpine skier •
Bob Parker (rower) (1934–2009), New Zealand rower •
Bob Pereyra, American street luger •
Bob Schrijber (born 1965), Dutch mixed martial artist •
Bob Shillinglaw (born 1953), American lacrosse coach •
Bob Shirlaw (born 1943), Australian rower ==In science, medicine and technology==