Robert Molle
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 Molle in 2011 | |
| Born: | September 23, 1962 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
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| Career information | |
| CFL status | National |
| Position(s) | OG |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) |
| Weight | 260 lb (120 kg) |
| University | Simon Fraser |
| CFL draft | 1985, round: 1, pick: 9 |
| Drafted by | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1986–1992 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Canada
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| Men's freestyle wrestling | ||
Olympic Games
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1984 Los Angeles | +100 kg |
Robert “Bob” Molle (born September 23, 1962) is a Canadian former Olympic freestyle wrestler and professional Canadian Football League (CFL) player.
Career
[edit]After finishing high school in his hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Molle attended Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. At 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and 275 pounds (125 kg), he joined both the wrestling team and the football team at SFU, and quickly became a standout in both sports.
He was selected to represent Canada at the 1984 Summer Olympics, but suffered a back injury shortly before the tournament that nearly ended his career. Nonetheless, only 18 days after surgery, Molle won a silver medal for Canada as a Super Heavyweight wrestler at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.[1] American wrestler Bruce Baumgartner defeated Molle to win the gold medal. He was drafted by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers with the ninth overall pick of the 1985 CFL Draft. On November 27, 1988, he hoisted a Grey Cup as a member of the Blue Bombers' offensive line. He won another Grey Cup in 1990 and eventually became a captain of the Blue Bombers. On September 25, 2016, he was inducted into the Blue Bombers Hall of Fame. Bob is also a member of the Simon Fraser University Hall of Fame (1990), the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) Hall of Fame (1991), the Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame (1992), the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame (1993) and the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame (1995).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ https://olympics.com/en/athletes/robert-molle.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Honouring Bob Molle". Winnipeg Blue Bombers. 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
External links
[edit]- Athlete biography at Canadian Olympic Committee
- Stats Crew profile
- Living people
- 1962 births
- Canadian football people from Saskatoon
- Players of Canadian football from Saskatchewan
- Canadian football offensive linemen
- Simon Fraser Red Leafs football players
- Winnipeg Blue Bombers players
- Olympic wrestlers for Canada
- Olympic silver medalists for Canada
- Wrestlers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Canadian male sport wrestlers
- Olympic medalists in wrestling
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in wrestling
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Wrestlers at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Simon Fraser Red Leafs men's wrestlers
- Simon Fraser University alumni
- Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen