Douglas Morlan Blubaugh (1934 - 2011)

Born 31 Dec 1934 in Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma Territory, United States

Ancestors

Died 16 May 2011 at age 76 in Tonkawa, Kay, Oklahoma, United States

Biography

Douglas represented the United States in Wrestling in the Rome Olympics of 1960.

Douglas Blubaugh is Notable.

Douglas Blubaugh was an American wrestler and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where he became the freestyle Olympic Gold Medalist at welterweight, defeating the legendary 1956 Olympic Champion and 3-time World Champion Iranian Wrestler Emam-Ali Habibi. Blubaugh became wrestling coach at Indiana University. In 1979 he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member, and continued to be an ambassador for the sport of wrestling until his death at the age of 76.

Douglas was born in 1934. He was the son of Edward Blubaugh and Audrie Marie (umn) Blubaugh. Douglas married Ethel Grace Josten 19 Sep 1960. He passed away in 2011.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBVD-7T5 : Thu Jul 20 17:51:08 UTC 2023), Entry for Edd Blubaugh and Audrey Blubaugh, 1940.

• "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR3G-B38 : 23 February 2021), Douglas M Blubaugh and Ethel Grace Josten, 19 Sep 1960; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5RN-QQ9 : 12 January 2021), Douglas Morlan Blubaugh, 16 May 2011; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

See Also:

• Wikipedia: Douglas Blubaugh

• Wikidata: Item Q1252049

• Find A Grave: Memorial #69992304

• Olympedia: 60578