Researching Bob Gray
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 42755 people with the Gray surname? In that year Gray was ranked number 69 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Bob means "Form of ROBERT - Bright fame" and is of German origin.
Records of Bob Gray on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bob Gray and the Gray Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 62144 people with the Gray surname in the UK? Gray is now ranked number 66 for popularity in the UK. |
Gray Genealogy Databases
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Gray Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 322054 people with the Gray surname in the USA? Gray is ranked number 59 for popularity in the USA. |
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Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Bob Gray. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Bob Gray
Bob Gray (soccer)
Robert Edward Gray is the former head men's soccer coach at Marshall University. He held that position from 1995 to 2016, compiling a 129-127-15 record. He led the Thundering Herd to three berths in the Conference USA tournament. He owns a career record of 384-203-40. In 2005, he led the Thundering Herd to a 4-3-2 record in its first season in Conference USA, and was named Conference USA coach of the year for his efforts. He holds the team's all-time record for most wins by a coach.
From 1992 to 1994, he served as the head men's soccer coach at the University of Mobile, where he compiled a 47-12-4 record. In 1994, he led the Rams to a 21–4 record, and an appearance in the NAIA national championship game. From 1978 to 1991, he served as the head men's soccer coach at Alderson-Broaddus College from 1978 to 1991. He guided that team to five appearances in the NAIA national tournament. His teams won 255 games at Alderson-Broaddus, and finished 2nd in the nation in 1981 and 1988, and 3rd in the nation in 1983 and 1991. He was named NSCAA national coach of the year in 1991. He earned five West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference coach of the year honors five times, and won the league championship seven times.
Source: Bob Gray (soccer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaBob Gray (Australian politician)
Robert John "Bob" Gray (8 March 1898 – 2 August 1978) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Brunswick to farmer Matthew Gray and Susan Jane Saggers. He served in World War I with the AIF, and after the war studied commerce in London. In 1920 he married Emily Myrtle Ireland, with whom he had four children. He worked for Nunawading Shire Council and Box Hill City Council as a health inspector. In 1943 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in a by-election for the seat of Nunawading, representing the Labor Party. He transferred to Box Hill in 1945, but was defeated in 1947. He returned to the Assembly in 1952 and was briefly a minister without portfolio in 1955, in which year he was defeated for a second time. Gray had been widowed and married Mary Byrne in 1952. He died at Heidelberg in 1978.
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