Guy Lookabaugh

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]

Guy Lookabaugh
Biographical details
Born(1896-05-26)May 26, 1896
Watonga, Oklahoma, U.S.
DiedSeptember 10, 1981(1981-09-10) (aged 85)
Tahlequah, Oklahoma, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1917Oklahoma A&M
1919Oklahoma A&M
1924Oklahoma A&M
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1923Cameron
1927Kansas (backfield)
1928Ardmore HS (OK)
1929–1935Northeastern State
1936–1939Grinnell
Basketball
1929–1934Northeastern State
Wrestling
c. 1927Kansas
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1929–1936Northeastern State
Head coaching record
Overall30–61–4 (college football)
17–62 (college basketball)

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]

Head coaching record

College football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Northeastern State Redmen (Oklahoma Collegiate Conference) (1929–1935)
1929 Northeastern State 2–60–56th
1930 Northeastern State 4–51–45th
1931 Northeastern State 2–90–56th
1932 Northeastern State 1–70–56th
1933 Northeastern State 3–3–13–23rd
1934 Northeastern State 4–53–2T–2nd
1935 Northeastern State 4–3–12–2–1T–3rd
Northeastern State: 20–38–29–25–1
Grinnell Pioneers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1936–1939)
1936 Grinnell 2–70–37th
1937 Grinnell 2–6–11–3T–6th
1938 Grinnell 3–50–3T–5th
Grinnell Pioneers (Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1939)
1939 Grinnell 3–5–12–38th
Grinnell: 10–23–23–12
Total:30–61–4

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.
  3. "Lookabaugh Accepts Post At Grinnell". Northeastern. Tahlequah, Oklahoma. April 16, 1936. p. 3. Retrieved November 28, 2020 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  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.
  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.
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