Robert Molle

Robert Molle
Medal record
Representing Canada
Men's freestyle wrestling
Olympic Games

Robert Molle
No. 64
	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
	2× Grey Cup champion (1988, 1990);

Robert “Bob” Molle (born September 23, 1962) is a Canadian author, speaker and former Olympic freestyle wrestler and professional Canadian Football League (CFL) player.

Career

Sports career

After finishing high school in his hometown of

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

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]

Writing and Coaching

Since his sports career, Molle has broken away from the World of athleticism to write a book — ‘Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable’. – that he has since parlayed into a career as a motivational speaker which takes him all over North and Central America.^[3] Bob's passion for mentorship, coaching and making a 'change' in the lives of others, is his passion. Companies such as SkipTheDishes have hired him to change their culture, as reported by co-founder Jeff Adamson "Bob single handedly turned the Skip culture around at a critical time".

References

^ 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.
^ "Honouring Bob Molle". Winnipeg Blue Bombers. 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2023-10-25.

External links

Athlete Biography at Canadian Olympic Committee
Just Sports Stats
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[1] ttps://olympics.com/en/athletes/robert-molle. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] "Honouring Bob Molle". Winnipeg Blue Bombers. 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2023-10-25.

[3] "Honouring Bob Molle". Winnipeg Blue Bombers. 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2023-10-25.

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