Bob Williamson was born in Belmont, Manitoba on January 4, 1954. Williamson was an excellent second-baseman and outfielder for 24 years with Riverside in the Manitoba Senior Baseball League (MSBL). He was on the first all-star team eleven times, the second all-star team seven times, and was Batting Champion twice (1977, .442) (1982, .415). Williamson was also on MSBL championship teams eight times, and provincial championship teams five times (1973, ’74, ’78, ’81, ’82). He played for Team Manitoba several times, once even winning bronze at the nationals in 1976. Williamson held two MSBL records at the time of his induction into the Hall of Fame, including one he set in 1980 for runs scored in a season (42), and a record he set in 1982 for being hit by the pitch the highest number of times in a single season (8). He won the Ab Richardson award for dedication to baseball in 1992, became an MSBL Honourary Life Member in 2000, and he was named to the MSBL 40th Anniversary Second All-Star Team as an outfielder. Williamson was known as a fierce competitor, a fine player, and a “great team man”. He is the son of “Wimpy” Williamson, who was inducted into that Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002.
