Honoring 2 Sun Devil Athletics greats (opens in new tab)

Robert “Bobby” Douglas, a monumental figure in the world of wrestling and Sun Devil Athletics, died on Feb. 26, at the age of 83.He earned his Master of Arts in education from ASU in December of 1980.In his career on the mat, Douglas became the first Black U.S. wrestler at the Olympics (1964, 1968). He had a fourth-place featherweight finish at the 1964 Tokyo Games and captained the U.S. Olympic team in Mexico City (1968).