Tyrus Raymond Cobb (1886-1961) moved to Royston as a youth when his father got a teaching position there. He played “Town Ball” for the Royston Reds at age 14, entered the minors at 17, first played with the Augusta Tourists and then the Anniston, Alabama Noblemen, and signed with the Detroit Tigers at 18. In a 24-year career, from 1905-1926 with Detroit and 1927-1928 with Philadelphia, he amassed 90 records, became a charter member of the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, and was the first inducted in 1936. His lifetime batting average of .367 was still the record seven decades later, and he hit .323 in his last year at age 41. In 1995, he still held the record for most runs scored with 2,245, ranked second in hits with 4,191 and triples with 297, remained in the top five in RBI’s, doubles, extra base hits, total bases, and stolen bases, and ranked second in career double plays for an outfielder with 107, 67 years after his career ended. Most of his career was played in the “dead ball” era, making his records even more remarkable. Born in Banks County, he lived in several places including Augusta, Cornelia, and Lake Tahoe, California, but always called Royston home and helped establish the hospital there.