Bill Hobbs (rower)

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.

Two years later he rowed #3 in the American eight that won a silver medal in the 1972 Munich Olympics.

This article about a rowing Olympic medalist of the United States is a stub.