Douglas Blubaugh

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 became the freestyle Olympic Gold Medalist at welterweight, defeating the legendary 1956 Olympic Champion and 3-time World Champion Iranian Wrestler Emam-Ali Habibi. In 1979, Blubaugh was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member.

For his efforts in Rome, Blubaugh was named the World's Outstanding Wrestler in 1960. Blubaugh later became wrestling coach at Indiana University. He was struck on his motorcycle by a pickup truck, which ran a stop sign. He was 76.