What is Bob Pickens?
[[File:St. William Elementary School Olympic Week- Art & Culture Day (3276397683) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Pickens in 2008]] '''Bob Pickens''' (February 2, 1943 &ndash; April 12, 2018) was an American Olympic wrestler and professional football player. He was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. He played for the [[Chicago Bears]] from 1967 to 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PickBo20.htm|title=Bob Pickens|publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2011-01-21}}</ref> Pickens was also an Olympic wrestler, competing in [[Tokyo, Japan]] in the heavyweight division at the [[1964 Summer Olympics]]. Pickens died in [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] on April 12, 2018 at the age of 75.<ref>[https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/bob-pickens-chicago-bears-black-olympic-wrestler-dead/ Bob Pickens, former Bear who was among first black Olympic wrestlers, dead at 75] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422212753/https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/bob-pickens-chicago-bears-black-olympic-wrestler-dead/ |date=2018-04-22 }} at the [[Chicago Sun-Times]]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pickens, Bob}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Chicago Bears players]] [[Category:Olympians for the United States]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Chicago]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}