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Guy Lookabaugh

Guy Lookabaugh

American sportsperson, coach, and administrator (1896–1981)


Guy "Ducky" Lookabaugh (May 26, 1896 – September 10, 1981) was an American football player, wrestler, and coach of football, basketball, and wrestling, and college athletics administrator. He competed in the freestyle welterweight event at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1] Lookabaugh served as the head football coach at Northeastern State Teachers College—now known as Northeastern State University—in Tahlequah, Oklahoma from 1929 to 1935 and at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa from 1936 to 1939. He was also the head basketball coach at Northeastern State from 1929 to 1934. Lookabaugh played college football at Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College—now known as Oklahoma State University–Stillwater. He was an assistant football coach and head wrestling coach at the University of Kansas in the late 1920s.[2][3]

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Lookabaugh graduated from Oklahoma A&M in 1925 with a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education. He later earned a master's degree in physical education from the University of Iowa. In 1940, Lookabaugh was appointed Oklahoma's state supervisor of community service for the Works Projects Administration (WPA).[4][5]

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References

  1. "Guy Lookabaugh Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2013.
  2. Pearson, Winston (August 30, 1929). "Tahlequah Site of Many Football Teams Training for Games". Cherokee County Democrat-Star. Tahlequah, Oklahoma. p. 1. Retrieved November 28, 2020 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. "Lookabaugh Accepts Post At Grinnell". Northeastern. Tahlequah, Oklahoma. April 16, 1936. p. 3. Retrieved November 28, 2020 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. "Lookabaugh Named To State WPA Post". Weatherford Daily News. Weatherford, Oklahoma. March 21, 1940. p. 8. Retrieved November 28, 2020 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. "Guy Lookabaugh Gets W.P.A. Appointment". Tahlequah Citizen. Tahlequah, Oklahoma. June 5, 1941. p. 1. Retrieved November 28, 2020 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.

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