Born: January 19, 1927
Hometown: McComb, MS
Year Induction: 2003
Deceased : July 3, 2009
Hazlehurst High School, Hazlehurst, MS
Copiah-Lincoln Junior College (1944, 1946)
Mississippi Southern College, now USM (1947-1948)
Pass Christian High School, Pass Christian, MS (1949)
Meadville High School, Meadville, MS (1950-1955)
Central High School, Jackson, MS (1955-1971)
Murrah High School, Jackson, MS (1971-1976)
Mississippi State Closed Singles Champion 6 of 10 years (1961-1970)
Mississippi State Closed Doubles Champion 8 of 10 years (1961-1970)
Masters Doubles Champion for five years in Magnolia Open, and in 11 other cities (1971-1978, 1981-1989)
Southeastern Masters Doubles Champion (’79)
Golden Masters Doubles Champion (’80)
Southern Mississippi Athletic Hall of Fame (’87)
Copiah-Lincoln CC Athletic Hall of Fame (’95)
Mississippi Association of Coaches (’95)
Bob Stevens taught handball classes at the Jackson YMCA from 1961-1968 and has conducted handball clinics at Ole Miss and Mississippi State. He is the first handball inductee in the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.
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