On March 13, 1954, Milwaukee Braves left fielder Bobby Thomson fractured his ankle while sliding into second base during a spring training game.

* 1923 – Bobby Thomson, Scotland born American baseball player ( d. 2010 )

* 1951 – The " Shot Heard ' Round the World ", one of the greatest moments in Major League Baseball history, occurs when the New York Giants ' Bobby Thomson hits a game winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning off of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca, to win the National League pennant after being down 14 games.

As the New York Giants, they won 14 pennants and 5 World Championships, from the era of John McGraw and Christy Mathewson to that of Bobby Thomson and Willie Mays.

In addition to Bobby Thomson and Willie Mays, other memorable members of the Giants teams during the 1950s include: Hall of Fame manager Leo Durocher, coach Herman Franks, Hall of Fame outfielder Monte Irvin, outfielder and runnerup for the 1954 NL batting championship ( won by Willie Mays ) Don Mueller, Hall of Fame knuckleball relief pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm, starting pitchers Larry Jansen, Sal Maglie, Jim Hearn, Marv Grissom, Dave Koslo, Don Liddle, Max Lanier, Rubén Gómez, and Johnny Antonelli, catcher Wes Westrum, catchers Ray Katt and Sal Yvars, shortstop Alvin Dark, third baseman Hank Thompson, first baseman Whitey Lockman, second basemen Davey Williams and Eddie Stanky, outfielder, pitcher Clint Hartung, Hall of Fame second baseman Red Schoendienst and utility players: Bill Rigney, Daryl Spencer, Bobby Hofman, and Dusty Rhodes among others.

* October 3 – " Shot Heard ' Round the World ": One of the greatest moments in Major League Baseball history occurs when the New York Giants ' Bobby Thomson hits a game winning home run in the bottom of the 9th inning off of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca, to win the National League pennant after being down 14 games.

Some of the most prominent names include The Grateful Dead, Tom Waits, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Bobby " Werner " Strete, Mod Fun, Virgil Thomson, Jeff Beck, Chick Corea, Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Thunders, Phil Lynott, Henri Chopin, John Cale, Édith Piaf, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Alice Cooper, Alejandro Escovedo, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Peter Walker, Canned Heat, Sid Vicious, Vivian Stanshall, Richard Hell, Jobriath Boone, Little Annie, Rufus Wainwright, Lance Loud, Abdullah Ibrahim / Sathima Bea Benjamin / Jean Grae, Vasant Rai, Jacques Labouchere, and Leonard Cohen.

Winfield was born the same day Bobby Thomson hit his pennant-winning home run for the New York Giants, known as " the shot heard ' round the world ", and grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota.

" Long " Jim Barnes was resident professional of the course at the time ( James Kelly Thomson was the course's first pro ), and every major golfer of the day competed in the event except for Bobby Jones.

* Bobby Thomson, baseball great, who died at his home there on August 16, 2010.

Sports figures from Watching include Bobby Thomson, Billy Ard and Carl Banks.

In the early postwar years The Open was dominated by golfers from the Commonwealth, with South African Bobby Locke and Australian Peter Thomson winning the Claret Jug in eight of the 11 championships from 1948 and 1958 between them.

* October 3 – In one of the most famous finishes in baseball history, Bobby Thomson of the New York Giants hits a three-run walk-off home run, immortalized as the Shot Heard ' Round the World, to give the Giants a 5 – 4 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers for the National League title.

* Bobby Thomson – Great Britain

The core of the team were Pars stalwarts, Dr Hugh Whyte in goal, John Salton, Kenny Thomson and Dr Bobby Robertson in defence and Sandy McNaughton up front.

Past winners at St Andrews include Tiger Woods ( twice ), John Daly, Nick Faldo, Seve Ballesteros, Jack Nicklaus ( twice ), Tony Lema, Kel Nagle, Bobby Locke, Peter Thomson, Sam Snead, Dick Burton, Denny Shute, Bobby Jones, Jock Hutchison, James Braid ( twice ), John Henry Taylor ( twice ), Hugh Kirkaldy, Jack Burns, Bob Martin ( twice ), Jamie Anderson, Tom Kidd, Lorena Ochoa, and most recently Louis Oosthuizen at the 2010 Open Championship.

In the memorable playoff game between the Dodgers and the Giants at the end of the 1951 season, Newcombe was relieved by Ralph Branca in the bottom of the ninth inning before Branca surrendered the walk-off home run to Bobby Thomson.

Robert Brown " Bobby " Thomson ( October 25, 1923 – August 16, 2010 ) was a Scottish-born American professional baseball player.

Joshua Prager detailed the revelations in a book titled The Echoing Green: The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca and The Shot Heard Round the World.

Scottish baseball team, the Edinburgh Diamond Devils, named their home " Bobby Thomson Field.

The UK Chapter of The Society for American Baseball Research ( SABR ) is named the Bobby Thomson Chapter.

* Bobby Thomson ( 1923 – 2010 ), Major League baseball player who hit " The Shot Heard Round the World "

Sir Robert " Bobby " Charlton CBE ( born 11 October 1937 ) is an English former football player.

* Bobby Darwin, ( born 1943 ), American baseball player

Robert Louis " Bobby " Drake was born in Port Washington, Long Island, New York, to William Robert Drake and Madeline Beatrice Bass-Drake.

* Bobby Stevens ( singer ) ( born 1936 ), British singer also known by his real name Ray Pilgrim

Ruth Elizabeth Davis, known from early childhood as " Betty ", was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of Ruth Augusta " Ruthie " ( née Favor ) and Harlow Morrell Davis, a patent attorney ; her sister, Barbara " Bobby ", was born October 25, 1909.

* Bobby Sherman ( born 1943 ), American singer and actor

Bobby Joe Morrow ( born October 15, 1935 ) is a former American athlete, winner of three Olympic gold medals in 1956.

Bobby Joe Morrow was born in Harlingen, Texas, and raised on a farm in San Benito, Texas.

Syrian born Mustafa Hamsho, who won his shot in an eliminator with Wilfredo Benitez and would later defeat future world champion Bobby Czyz, became Hagler's next challenger, put up a lot of resistance but was finally beaten in 11 tough rounds.

* Willie Irvine ( Burnley ) and Bobby Irvine ( Stoke City ), Northern Ireland international footballers who were born in nearby Eden before moving to Carrickfergus.

Robert Edward " Bobby " Czyz ( ; born February 10, 1962 ) is a retired American boxer.

* Bobby Rush ( born 1946 ), U. S. Representative for Illinois

* Bobby Rush ( musician ) ( born 1935 ), American blues and R & B musician, composer and singer

Bobby Darin ( born Walden Robert Cassotto ; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973 ) was an American singer who performed in a range of music genres, including pop, rock, jazz, folk, and country.

Robert Marvin " Bobby " Hull, OC ( born January 3, 1939 ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player.

NFL Hall of Fame Running Back Bobby Mitchell was born in Hot Springs on June 6, 1935.

* Bobby Jenks, professional baseball player for the Boston Red Sox, was born in Mission Hills.

* Bobby Charles Guidry ( 1938 – 2010 ), songwriter and musician, wrote See You Later Alligator & Walking to New Orleans ; born in Abbeville

* Patrick Duffy-Actor who played Bobby Ewing in Dallas ( TV series ) and was also in Step By Step, was born here.

* Bobby Ryan ( born 1987 ), professional hockey player.

* Bobby Czyz ( born 1962 ), boxer who is both a former world light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion