Albert L. "Bo" Place passed away in 1969 from kidney disease at 57, but he will always be remembered as one of the state's pioneers in wrestling. A graduate of Denver South and the University of Denver, he coached, taught and was an administrator in the Denver Public School system for 33 years. There was not a state high school tournament when Place wrestled, but he became a three-time Rocky Mountain Conference Champion at Denver. The sport then, was still considered minor and received little attention. He became Denver West's coach in 1933 and won the school's first state title in 1943. That same year, he enlisted in the Navy. While in the service, he coached the 10- man naval base team at Corpus Christi to second place in the National AAU Tournament. He returned to DPS in 1946 as an administrator and wrestling official. Through his career, Place officiated many high school and college tournaments as well as the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1948 and held official's clinics throughout the state. In 1966 he received the National American Educator Award from the National Freedom Foundation of Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and in 2000 was inducted in the University of Denver's Athletic Hall of Fame.