Robert Bilsand McGregor MBE, known as Bob or Bobby and nicknamed the 'Falkirk Flyer', was a Scottish swimmer of the 1960s who competed in eight events at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal in the 100 metres freestyle in 1964 and finished fourth in the 100 m and 4�100 m freestyle events in 1968. He was a second favourite for the 1963 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. In 2002 he was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. Olympic selectors could not believe that he trained in a 25 m pool in Falkirk when the selectors arrived to critique him prior to the Tokyo Olympics. McGregor competed at the 1962 and 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, winning a silver medal on each occasion in the 110 yd freestyle. He retired from swimming in 1968 and now works as an architect in Glasgow. He lives in Helensburgh with his wife and family. His father, David McGregor, was an Olympic water polo player. 

April 3rd, 1944 in Falkirk (Age 80)