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  Bob Foster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bob Foster (born December 15, 1938) is a native of Albuquerque, New Mexico whom many boxing critics consider to be one of the greatest Light Heavyweight world champions in history.
Foster's next fight in 1969 was against Andy Kendall, whom he beat in four rounds by knockout, to once again retain the crown.
Foster and Rondon met in Miami on April 7, 1972, in an unificatory bout.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bob_Foster   (1229 words)

  
 Player Bio: Bob Foster :: Football
Foster first retired from the game in 2000 after serving as defensive coordinator for Oregon in 1998-99 - a period in which the Ducks reeled off records of 8-4 and 9-3.
In his 11 seasons as the Aggies' defensive coordinator, Foster's teams ranked ninth nationally in total defense (216.4 ypg.) in 1981, fourth in rushing defense (97.3 ypg.) and sixth in scoring defense (12.6 ppg.) in '82, and fifth in scoring defense (10.2 ppg.) in '84.
Foster began his coaching career at his alma mater as a freshman coach in 1963-64.
calbears.collegesports.com /sports/m-footbl/mtt/foster_bob00.html   (328 words)

  
 Stephen Collins Foster, Introduction to Pictorial Biography, page 1
Bob has been able to add this entire area to his site, because of the efforts of Dr. Deane Root and Kathy Miller, at The Center for American Music Library at the University of Pittsburgh, to share their time and materials.
Foster's first claim to the affections of the American people is that he has given us the greatest contribution to our folk-lore.
Stephen Foster's further claim to the affection of Americans is that he sings primarily of the Negro and that his songs were born at the very time when the Negro was a paramount subject in the United states.
www.bobjanuary.com /foster/sf1.htm   (890 words)

  
 "The Broadcast Legends Home Page - Bob Foster"
Bob Foster loved to remind me how glad he was to see me the first time we met.
I was embarrassed to tell that to a stranger, even an affable one like Bob Foster, who had pretty much told me his entire life story in the first hour we were together, in between those moments when he was telling me how important he was to the history of television in America.
Bob's condition took a sudden turn for the worse and he was bedridden for the first time in his illness.
www.broadcastlegends.com /foster.html   (2779 words)

  
 IBHOF / Bob Foster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
ONE OF the greatest light heavyweight champions in history, Bob Foster was a dangerous puncher with either hand.
Foster found that his most serious challenges and biggest paydays were in the heavyweight division.
Foster announced his retirement from the ring after Jorge Ahumada fought him to a controversial draw in 1974.
www.ibhof.com /foster.htm   (242 words)

  
 Boxing Coverage updated 24/7 at MaxBoxing.com
Foster usually enjoyed height and reach advantages over his 175-pound opponents so it would be interesting to see how he would have handled a fellow giant.
Foster was a time bomb waiting to go off, so Spinks would have approach Foster as if he were a human bomb – find a way to get within range, snip a wire and get out before the shrapnel comes.
Foster was never a ball of fire in the ring as far as number of punches thrown, and like it or not, activity counts as much as effectiveness in many judges' eyes.
www.maxboxing.com /Groves/Groves122705.asp   (2290 words)

  
 New Mexico Boxing - Bob Foster
Bob Foster turned pro in March of ’61 and by the end of the year, he was 7-0 with 4 KO’s.
Foster made a fraction of that—$10,000 if even that—but it was the title he wanted; the title he was positive he could win.
Bob Foster may be the most successful boxer to come out of New Mexico, but most fight fans here are not so familiar with him—not as familiar as they are with Johnny Tapia and Danny Romero, anyway.
www.newmexicoboxing.com /history_newmexico_boxing/bobfoster.html   (6511 words)

  
 Trailnet - Bikers Wanted - Who. People who bike commute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bob says that another reason to use a bike is economic: "The Surface Transportation Policy Project just came out with a study that says that the typical car costs about $6,000 a year to own and operate.
Bob also rides his bike from his office in Creve Coeur to the Critical Mass rides at Kiener Plaza, always held at 5:30 pm on the last Friday of every month.
Bob's wife, Robin, enjoys using her bike to run errands and they have also gone to some of the Bicycle Fun Club rides together.
www.trailnet.org /oldsite/bw/who.bob.htm   (1240 words)

  
 Cases
Bob Foster is a board-certified Health care provider (physician’s assistant, radiology technician, nurse, pharmacist, dentist, physician, occupational therapist, physical therapist, nutritionist, etc.) in a tertiary care hospital’s trauma center with 5 years of post-training experience.
Bob Foster remains completely physically asymptomatic, but he is very worried, particularly because recent policy shifts from the Centers for Disease Control, the American Medical Association, American Dental Association, American Nurses Association, American Pharmacist Association, and all Allied Health Code of Ethics.
Bob Foster believes that the mandate to reveal is unwarranted because the risk of his infecting a patient is insignificant.
www.med.howard.edu /ethics/cases/Communicable_Diseases.htm   (612 words)

  
 Swegle.com | Thrasher Story | Family Stories | Swegle.com is a family genealogy web site that focus' primarily on ...
Robert “Bob” Foster Thrasher was born October 23, 1885, in Ancona, IL, the third of eight children and the first son born to Connell Everett and Doke (Foster) Thrasher and raised in that community.
Bob was 32 and Inez 18 when they married on December 29, 1917, in Quincy, IL and they settled in Amboy.
Bob was a hard working man and took his responsibility to provide for his family seriously.
www.swegle.com /stories/thrasher.htm   (809 words)

  
 Scout.com: Bob Foster: Cal Linebacker Coach
Foster retired from coaching in 2000 after serving as defensive coordinator for Oregon in 1998-99 - a period in which the Ducks reeled off records of 8-4 and 9-3.
Foster was a four-year lettermen at running back at UC Davis from 1958-61 and was inducted into UCD's Athletic Hall of Fame this past June (2001).
When Bob Gregory joined coach Tedford's first-year staff at Cal as defensive coordinator - with Bob Foster as linebacker coach - Wilcox remained at Boise State for the year when the Broncos built a 12-1 record, a #15 national ranking, and a 34-16 win over Iowa State in the Humanitarian Bowl.
california.scout.com /2/485082.html   (648 words)

  
 Boxing: What If? Archie Moore Vs Bob Foster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bob Foster and Archie Moore may not be the two best Light Heavyweights of all time, Billy Conn, Michael Spinks, Ezzard Charles and Roy Jones, JR.
Foster tells the press that while he likes Archie and respects him as a fighter, he is displeased with the veteran’s cocky attitude in the build up to their heavily hyped encounter and intends to make him pay in the ring.
Foster continues to stalk in round two; probing behind his jab he aggressively keeps the shorter man at the end his long arms.
ringsidereport.com /Concannon9162005.htm   (1427 words)

  
 Boxing News : Bob Foster
Foster, 64, the world light heavyweight champion from 1968 to 1974, compiled a career record of 56-8-1 with 46 KOs.
Foster’s first taste of a fight with the big boys was in June of 1962, when he decisioned Bert Whitehurst over eight rounds.
Alternating between light heavy and heavyweight, Foster had spotty results with the big fellas, but was carving out a niche for himself at 175.
www.maxboxing.com /Gerbasi/gerbasi022603.asp   (956 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Bob has shown some fear of men in the past, but he is fine now with his foster dad.
Bob is housebroken, but needs to be watched in a new environment until he knows where to “go”.
Bob doesn’t like to be left along outside for long periods though and will howl like crazy until he’s let in.
www.fotosdogs.org /html/tablehtml/bob.html   (469 words)

  
 Midwest Boxer Rescues.com! ~ Bob   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
BobÂ’s foster Â’dadÂ’ found that his work was going to take him away from home for 4 out of 7 days each week, so it was decided that Bob would come back to the program to find that just right home for him.
Bob is a 2-4 yr old brindle boxer male that is looking for a home that can foster him.
Bob was found stray and his owners would not pay the fines for him to be released.
www.midwestboxerrescues.com /ourboxers/display.cfm/bsuccessstory/1/nregionid/0/nboxerid/110/sectiontitle/Bob   (326 words)

  
 May 7
Bob Foster was the patriarch, and was supposed to be very friendly.
Bob told us that this is the room he would have put us in, had we spent the night there.
One of Bob's sons ran around the inside of this hole this 45 times, using centrifugal force to keep him from falling in.
www.ericandsylvia.com /pictures/2001/Utah/part5   (393 words)

  
 Bob Foster free granny galleries Bob Foster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Read about bob foster in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary.
Bob Foster is a native of Albuquerque whom many boxing critics consider to be one of the greatest Light Heavyweight world champions in history.
That was the night that Foster's first fight of note as a Light Heavyweight took place: Minutes after knocking out Don Quinn in the first round, he stepped up in the ring again and faced former world title challenger Henry Hank.
www.find-ask.com /Encyclopedia/Bob_Foster/Bob_Foster.html   (1304 words)

  
 Boxing Insider : Columns : Jack Welsh: Bob Foster Relives Past Via Jones Ruiz
Bob Foster, arguably the greatest punching world champion in lightheavyweight history, knows a thing or two about the theory good big men beat good small men in boxing.
Foster, 64, is in Las Vegas this week and was gracious enough to personally turn back the clock on what Roy Jones, Jr., is facing when he challenges incumbent John Ruiz for the WBA heavyweight crown Saturday, Mar. 1 at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Foster, who was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1983, with a 56-8-1, 46 KOs resume, has great respect for Jones, 34, whose multi-skills have taken him to the IBF middleweight and super middleweight titles before unifying the lightheavyweight crown in 1999 with a spectacular 47-1, 38 KOs record.
www.boxinginsider.com /columns/stories/48427092.php?vo=36   (844 words)

  
 Scar Tissue Part 5: Going after Goliath
Bob Foster always fascinated me. I was too young to have see him live and he had retired (1974) just before the sport had grabbed my attention, which, oddly enough, occurred in 1977 when Ken Norton took Duane Bobick apart at Madison Square Garden in 58 seconds.
Bob Foster seemed such a mismatch for even the best of the light-heavies in his prime that he would seem to have had a chance against the heavyweights of his day.
Looking at the career of Bob Foster, he is sometimes underrated by those who look at what might have happened if he had stiffer opposition.
www.doghouseboxing.com /DHB/Jess020505.htm   (792 words)

  
 Bob Foster - Reviews on RateItAll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bob Foster was a champion light heavyweight that only lost once within his weight class during his prime.
Foster finished with a career record of 56-8-1 with most of the other losses coming to heavyweights.
Bob Foster is definately a leading contender for the best lightheavy,ever.And even though Archie Moore has the kayo record,with 140,Foster, at 6'3'' may have hit harder.
www.rateitall.com /i-101834-bob-foster.aspx   (182 words)

  
 LBReport.com
Foster's campaign committee ("Friends of Bob Foster") reported collecting over $150,000 in contributions as of June 30, 2005.
Foster stood alongside his wife Nancy as his work was praised in introductions by Diane Wittenberg, President of the CA Climate Action Registry; Doug Otto, LB lawyer and member of the LB Community College Board of Trustees; and Brian O'Leary Bennett, a Boardmember of Equality California.
Foster: There are cities in California that are thriving, where people stroll their neighborhoods in safety, where children learn the skills they need to secure their future.
www.lbreport.com /news/sep05/foster2.htm   (2923 words)

  
 Wing Commander Bob Foster - RAF 608 & 54 squadron - in Finland - Topic
Wing Commander Foster was born in year 1920.
Foster described, that he didn't want to go to the trenches, but while the death in the sky was still possible, it was at least a more glorious way to go.
Foster was credited with 9 aerial victories and he retired from RAF in 1947.
forums.ubi.com /6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=400102&f=23110283&m=130103154   (223 words)

  
 iomtt.com - A R [Bob] Foster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bob Foster’s TT statistics do not at first appear to be awe-inspiring; 17 starts, 11 retirements and only 6 finishes.
Bob’s second win came in the Junior Race of the first meeting after the end of the war, bringing a Velocette home at an average of 80.31 mph in what was deemed a Velocette ‘white wash’ as the marque took the first four places.
Away from the TT, A R Foster competed in the World Championships in 1949 and 1950 on Velo’s, taking runner up position in the first year and going one better in the latter.
www.iomtt.com /results/rider.asp?ride_id=773   (217 words)

  
 CNN/SI - SI at the Garden
Nobody in his division was willing to fight Bob Foster, let alone give him a shot at the light-heavyweight title, so he quit.
Foster had an 8" advantage in height and a similar edge in reach.
Foster was throwing the jab, but he was still preoccupied by the need to protect his body.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /features/1998/holyfield/garden/4foster_tiger.html   (726 words)

  
 UCLA Anderson School of Management | Decisions, Operations & Technology Management | Foster
Professor Foster is the Director of the Global Access Program (GAP), the international field study and MBA thesis requirement for Anderson's Fully-Employed MBA students.
Bob has taught Field Study every year since 1983, advising over 150 management consulting field studies, most of them for high technology firms such as Microsoft, Intel, Qualcomm, Nokia and Hewlett-Packard, as well as many startup technology firms.
For seven years, Bob was President of Thomas Bros. Maps, the second largest map publisher in the U.S. He managed its conversion to digital mapping, introduced digital maps on CDs and the Internet.
www.anderson.ucla.edu /x992.xml   (566 words)

  
 A look at Bob Foster and the all time great light heavyweights
True, these were heavyweights, but other than an aging and shopworn Dick Tiger, Foster didn't beat anyone at light heavyweight who could hold a candle to the guys he lost to, even on a pound for pound consideration.
He has to be considered in an all time listing of great light heavyweights because of his longevity, and also because no one took the crown from him in the ring.
Bob Foster was a very talented light heavyweight champion.
www.eastsideboxing.com /news.php?p=1109&more=1   (511 words)

  
 CSU | Public Affairs | R. Foster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Robert G. Foster is president of Southern California Edison, one of the country's largest electric utilities.
He was promoted to senior vice president of Public Affairs in November 1996 and assumed the position of senior vice president of External Affairs for Southern California Edison and its parent company, Edison International, in March 2001.
Before joining Edison, Foster was president of Bob Foster Consulting, a public policy research firm.
www.calstate.edu /PA/bios/trustbio/Foster.shtml   (176 words)

  
 Bob Foster Boxing - the place to get certified autographs straight from the champ!
Bob Foster possessed one of the most feared knockout blows in the history of boxing, and dominated the Light Heavyweight division like few others.
Foster’s complete domination of Light Heavyweights led him up to the Heavyweight division, where he took on Muhammad Ali, and fought Smokin’ Joe Frazier for the Heavyweight title.
Each 8" by 10" print is signed “Champ Bob Foster” in beautiful silver metallic pen, and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity directly from Wilson Sports Management, Inc., which maintains the exclusive right to market the authentic signature of Bob Foster.
www.bobfosterboxing.com   (216 words)

  
 BraggingRightsCorner.com - " Why Bob Foster Was Feared... "... by Jim Amato
Bob Foster has to be considered one of the most explosive hitters of all time.
If you lived in the Bob Foster era you knew the aura that he brought into the ring with him.
Foster took only two rounds to drill Rondon into dreamland.
www.braggingrightscorner.com /amatofoster042305.html   (192 words)

  
 Bob Wallace :: Foster Marketing Communications
A Certified Business Communicator (CBC), Bob has an extensive background in the development and implementation of practical and effective marketing strategies.
Bob worked on the client side for major corporations including Dow Chemical, NL Industries, Baroid and Dresser.
Bob is an active member of the Business Marketing Association (BMA) and has served as president, treasurer and director of the Houston Chapter.
www.fostermarketing.com /foster/bwallace.asp   (135 words)

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