Douglas Blubaugh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Douglas Blubaugh

Olympic wrestler and trainer

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1934

Place of Birth: Ponca City, Oklahoma, United States

Date of Death: 16-May-2011

Profession: coach, amateur wrestler

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Douglas Morlan Blubaugh (December 31, 1934 – May 16, 2011) was an American wrestler and Olympic champion.
He competed at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where he received a gold medal in freestyle welterweight, defeating the five-time world champion, the legendary Iranian Wrestler Emam-Ali Habibi.Blubaugh, born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, was a two-time AAU Champion at Oklahoma State University before he made the 1960 Olympic team.
While a student at OSU, Blubaugh was initiated as a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity; in January 2011, he was inducted into the TKE Oklahoma Hall of Fame.For his efforts in Rome, Blubaugh was named the World’s Outstanding Wrestler in 1960.
Blubaugh later became wrestling coach at Indiana University.He resided in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, until his death in a traffic accident while riding his motorcycle.
He was struck by a pickup truck, which ran a stop sign.Blubaugh continued to be an ambassador for the sport of wrestling until his death on May 16, 2011 at the age of 76.