Bob Anderson (born 1943) is an American wrestler and coach. Anderson was born in 1943 in Oakland, California and is from Redondo Beach, California. He attended South High School (Torrance, California), where he placed 3rd his junior year, and finished as a state champion his senior year. He won the 1968 Western Regional Olympic Trials and went on to win the 1968 Olympic trials. Anderson attended El Camino College, where he won state as a sophomore had a record-breaking 1 loss the whole season. Anderson ended up transferring to Adams State College; he then became a 2-time NAIA champion, and was Rocky Mountain Champion. Anderson was an NCAA All-American. Anderson competed and won in the 1968 Olympic Trials in Greco-Roman style and was alternate on the 1968 Olympic team. He also wrestled freestyle. He wrestled Greco-Roman in the 1971 Pan American Games, and in Sambo style in August 1979 at the 1979 Pan American Team Championships in San Diego. He coached and competed in the Pan American Games in 1978, earning an individual and a coaching championship. Anderson coached 2 national teams in Sambo, placing 2nd and 3rd. In 1996 Anderson had trained Rolls Gracie, whom he would teach techniques like the Americana Arm Bar. He was a 1996 US Olympic Team wrestling coach. In 2003, he became the World Masters Wrestling Champion at 211 lbs. Anderson has also trained Rulon Gardner, Dan Henderson, Heath Sims, and Randy Couture.