Bob Gill (other)
Bob Gill may refer to: * Bob Gill (artist) (1931–2021), American illustrator and graphic designer *Bob Gill (daredevil) (born 1945), American former world-record holding motorcycle stuntman *Bobby Gill Bobby Gill (born June 25, 1959) is an American former stock car racing driver. He raced for a number of years in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, earning four top-tens in 16 starts. Pre-NASCAR Career Prior to racing in NASCAR's national touri ...

Bob Gill (artist)
Robert Charles Gill (January 17, 1931November 9, 2021) was an American illustrator and graphic designer. Biography Robert Charles Gill was born on January 17, 1931, in Brooklyn, New York. Gill played the piano at summer resorts in the Catskill Mountains, New York, to pay his school tuition. He attended the Philadelphia Museum School of Art (1948–1951), Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1951), City College of New York (1952, 1955). When he graduated he became a professional graphic designer in New York City. Gill acted as a film title designer in several films, including several films of Ray Harryhausen. In 1960 after an interview in a New York hotel room for a job in London, he moved to the UK to work for Charles Hobson. April Fool's Day, 1962, Gill, Alan Fletcher and Colin Forbes established Fletcher/Forbes/Gill design studio, the forerunner of Pentagram. F/F/G soon outgrew their small studio and moved into a huge Victorian former gun factory on a canal. They started th ...
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Bob Gill (daredevil)
Bob Gill is the world-record holdinmotorcycle stuntman. He was one of the few jumpers to eschew the use of a landing ramp. His career was cut short in 1974 when he landed short on a world-record attempt to jump the wide Appalachia Lake in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia. Racer to jumper Bob began as a motorcycle racer in 1962. Unsatisfied with the money he was making as a racer, he switched to jumping full-time in 1970. After several long jumps, including one jump 152 feet over the Cajun Canyon in Louisiana, he jumped over a set of Ryder trucks on May 10, 1973. The jump was filmed for a television commercial that was aired during Super Bowl VIIIbr> World record On July 17, 1973, Bob set a world record jump of when he jumped over 22 cars with no landing ramp at Seattle International Racewaybr>in Kent, WA. Appalachia Lake On August 18, 1974, Bob was scheduled to attempt a world record jump over the -wide Appalachia Lake in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia. Heavy rains in the a ...
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