Bob Roop is one of the top amateur wrestlers in U.S. history to transition successfully — very successfully — into the pro ranks. Roop, as a heavyweight, competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics for Team ...

Being a Hall of Famer has become a familiar honor for Bob Roop. When the former SIU wrestling standout is inducted into the Saluki Hall of Fame next month, it will constitute the fifth time he’s been ...

Robert Michael Roop is a retired amateur and professional wrestler, whose career as a wrestler spanned high school, college, the United States Army, amateur and professional wrestling. He was an ...

ROOP, BOB, 80, of Clearwater, died at home under Hospice care. Born in Fairmont, WV, Bob came to Florida in 1939; first in Orlando for 28 years, and then in Clearwater, for over 35 years. Left behind ...