Bobby Douglas dead at 83

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[JP4CY]

I met him once and thought I was gonna meet a psycho wrestler guy. He was anything but that

Same. And honestly the same from Kevin Jackson when I met him.
KJ's has a son who I think was a RB. I was at a high school game and sat by him and he was very cordial.

 

[Kami6348]

I stopped by the armory for the Olympic Trials in 1968. Got there just in time to see Bobby Douglas defeat Gable.

 

[isufan2]

The Bobby Douglas Story is a great book. Bobby gave me the book. But he didn't sign it. So I brought it to him and said I need you to sign it. He didn't think it mattered. A truly great human being.

 

[farm85]

The wrestler was Scott Coleman .

This interview of Steve Mocco tells you everything you need to know about Bobby Douglas. At the 2003 NCAA tournament Steve came in as the #1 seed. In his first match Steve was called for an illegal move against his Iowa State opponent, who got injured to the point where Assistant coach Chris Bono was going to have his wrestler take the win via disqualification against Mocco. Coach Douglas was in the stands and saw what was happening. He jumped down from the stands and ran across three mats to make sure his wrestler didn't win that way. He had his wrestler resume the match for one second and then he had his wrestler medically default. This allowed Mocco to advance and ultimately win the title that year. What a class act Coach Douglas was! P.S., The Iowa State wrestler was able to wrestle his next match, but lost in OT.