biography
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Thomson, Bobby
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popular name of Robert Brown Thompson
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1923– )
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| biography:
| Baseball player, born in Glasgow, W Scotland, UK. He went to the USA at age two. Playing for the New York Giants, in 1951 he participated in one of baseball's most memorable moments when he hit a home run - called ‘the shot heard around the world’ - in the ninth inning of a deciding play-off game against the Brooklyn Dodgers, to win the National League pennant. A fine outfielder, he hit 20 or more home runs eight times during his 15-year career (1946–60). |
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