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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Gibbons, Robert (Bob)
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Description area
Dates of existence
1954-
History
Robert Gibbons, a native of Balcarres, enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (B.S. A, 1979) in 1972. He played from 1972 to 1976 for the Huskies football team and was named a conference all-star offensive lineman in the Western Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1974 and 1975. In wrestling, Gibbon won the CIAU heavyweight championship in 1977. Gibbons represented Canada at the World Cup in both 1976 and 1977. In 1978, he was named the most outstanding wrestler at the Canadian championships after winning titles in both freestyle and Greco-Roman categories. Later that year Gibbon won the gold medal in the super heavyweight class at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. Gibbons was awarded the E. Kent Phillips Trophy in 1977 as male athlete of the year at the University of Saskatchewan.