Bob Hannah

Robert "Hurricane" Hannah (born September 26, 1956 in Lancaster, California) was one of the most successful motocross racers in American history. He won a total of seven AMA national championships.

In 1976, Yamaha took a chance on the 19-year-old Hannah, who was largely unknown outside of the local Southern California motocross scene. Yamaha signed Hannah to race the 125cc outdoor nationals. He started out the year by winning all 5 races in the 500cc class at the Florida Winternational Series (a warm up series), but his real strength was on the 125cc bikes at the outdoor motocross circuits. He won five of the eight 125cc nationals that year en route to the championship. In 1977, Hannah hopped aboard a Yamaha 250 and won the AMA Supercross Championship in impressive fashion, taking six of the 10 rounds. He would go on to win the AMA Supercross title for three straight years.

In 1978, Hannah moved up to the 250cc ranks in the outdoor nationals with devastating results for his competition. He won a record eight consecutive 250 outdoor nationals, a record that still stood at the time of Hannah’s 1999 Motorcycle Hall of Fame induction. In 1979, he came back and dominated the 250 outdoor nationals again, handily winning the 250 MX title by earning victories in six of the 10 events.

Bob Hannah (baseball)

Bob Hannah is a retired college baseball coach who served as head coach of the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens baseball team from 1965-2000.

Coaching career

During his tenure, he was one of the most successful intercollegiate baseball coaches in the country, producing over 1,000 wins in a 35 year career. Hannah's baseball teams have had many successful season including eight straight 30 win seasons from 1976-1983 and five straight 40 win seasons from 1994-1998. Hannah has coached many Major League Baseball players including pitcher Steve Taylor who was a No. 1 draft pick of the New York Yankees in 1977. In 2000, the Delaware Baseball Stadium was renamed Bob Hannah Stadium in his honor.

Hannah was named America East Coach of the Year five times, a conference record.

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