Douglas Blubaugh won the Gold medal at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. In the championship bout, Blubaugh defeated the legendary Emam-Ali Habibi, an Olympic Champion and three-time World Champion. Born in Oklahoma, Blubaugh attended Oklahoma State University where he won the NCAA chamionship in 1957. Blubaugh was named the World's Outstanding Wrestler in 1960 after his Olympic victory and went on to coach at the University of Indiana. Doug passed away on May 16, 2011 at the age of 76.
Doug Blubaughs Advice and Bedlam
Apr 14, 2011
Doug Blubaugh, now a wrestling legend after defeating Habibi in the 1960 Olympic games, talks with former Oklahoma Sooner Wrestling head coach Jack Spates. In this Portion of the Doug Blubaugh series, Doug gives some advice to wrestlers and compares it to the attitudes of old school wrestlers compared to wrestlers of 2010. Doug Blubaugh also gets in to the wrestling rivalry that is Bedlam.
