Thomson was adored by millions of fans across America for scoring the points that earned the New York Giants the 1951 US National League Pennant, but his earliest years were spent in Glasgow.
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Scot who hit ‘the shot heard around the world’ dies aged 86
Bobby Thomson, the Glasgow-born star who passed into baseball legend for hitting “the shot heard ‘round the world”, has died in his US home at the age of 86.
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