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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Hobbs has received more than 2,340 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Hobbs is the 2,382nd most popular athlete, the 44th most popular biography from Puerto Rico and the most popular Puerto Rican Athlete.

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  • 15

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  • 1.57

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bill Hobbs ranks 2,382 out of 6,025. Before him are Fortune Gordien, Aleksandr Karshakevich, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Gerhard Heer, Fyodor Simashev, and Elena Georgescu. After him are Coenraad Hiebendaal, Tijjani Reijnders, Alonzo Babers, Leslie Claudius, Naftali Bon, and Darius Kasparaitis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Bill Hobbs ranks 743. Before him are Zbigniew Jaremski, Anneli Saaristo, Warren Treadgold, Erwin Sellering, Alfredo Quesada, and Evgenij Ermenkov. After him are Fan Chung, Tapio Kantanen, James S. Voss, Jane Smiley, Antony Sher, and Osamu Muramatsu. Among people deceased in 2020, Bill Hobbs ranks 761. Before him are Lori Nelson, William Yorzyk, Benito Sarti, Vadão, Chung Hae-won, and Don Edmunds. After him are Tamás Wichmann, Nadhim Shaker, Derek Fowlds, Lyle Waggoner, Mary Pat Gleason, and Geoffrey Palmer.

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In Puerto Rico

Among people born in Puerto Rico, Bill Hobbs ranks 44 out of 77. Before him are Carlos Ponce (1972), Gigi Fernández (1964), Olga Tañón (1967), Félix Trinidad (1973), Holly Woodlawn (1946), and Adria Arjona (1992). After him are Ozuna (1992), Anuel AA (1992), Ivy Queen (1972), Luis Fortuño (1960), Dayanara Torres (1974), and Zuleyka Rivera (1987).

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Among ATHLETES In Puerto Rico

Among athletes born in Puerto Rico, Bill Hobbs ranks 1. After him are Javier Culson (1984), Jonny Moseley (1975), Manny Santiago (1985), Melissa Mojica (1983), Aleksandra Jarecka (1995), Alison (null), José Victor Toledo (1931), Jesús Vega (1955), Wesley Vázquez (1994), Alex Bjurberg Kessidis (1995), and Yarimar Mercado (1995).

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