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{{Short description|American sportsperson, coach, and administrator (1896–1981)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Guy Lookabaugh
| name = Guy Lookabaugh
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| sport = [[American football|Football]], [[basketball]], [[wrestling]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|5|26}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|5|26}}
| birth_place = [[Watonga, Oklahoma]]
| birth_place = [[Watonga, Oklahoma]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|9|10|1896|5|26}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|9|10|1896|5|26}}
| death_place = [[Tahlequah, Oklahoma]]
| death_place = [[Tahlequah, Oklahoma]], U.S.
| alma_mater =
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| player_sport1 = Football
| player_sport1 = Football
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| player_team4 = [[Oklahoma State Cowboys football|Oklahoma A&M]]
| player_team4 = [[Oklahoma State Cowboys football|Oklahoma A&M]]
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1927
| coach_years2 = 1923
| coach_team2 = [[Kansas Jayhawks football|Kansas]] (backfield)
| coach_team2 = [[Cameron Aggies football|Cameron]]
| coach_years3 = 1930–1935
| coach_years3 = 1927
| coach_team3 = [[Northeastern State RiverHawks football|Northeastern State]]
| coach_team3 = [[Kansas Jayhawks football|Kansas]] (backfield)
| coach_years4 = 1936–1938
| coach_years4 = 1928
| coach_team4 = [[Grinnell Pioneers football|Grinnell]]
| coach_team4 = [[Ardmore City Schools|Ardmore HS (OK)]]
| coach_years5 = 1929–1935
| coach_sport5 = Basketball
| coach_team5 = [[Northeastern State RiverHawks football|Northeastern State]]
| coach_years6 = 1929–1934
| coach_years6 = 1936–1939
| coach_team6 = [[Northeastern State RiverHawks men's basketball|Northeastern State]]
| coach_team6 = [[Grinnell Pioneers football|Grinnell]]
| coach_sport7 = Wrestling
| coach_sport7 = Basketball
| coach_years8 = c. 1927
| coach_years8 = 1929–1934
| coach_team8 = [[Kansas Jayhawks|Kansas]]
| coach_team8 = [[Northeastern State RiverHawks men's basketball|Northeastern State]]
| overall_record = 17–62 (basketball)
| coach_sport9 = Wrestling
| coach_years10 = {{Circa|1927}}
| coach_team10 = [[Kansas Jayhawks|Kansas]]
| admin_years1 = 1929–1936
| admin_team1 = [[Northeastern State RiverHawks|Northeastern State]]
| overall_record = 30–61–4 (college football)<br>17–62 (college basketball)
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'''Guy "Ducky" Lookabaugh''' (May 26, 1896 – September 10, 1981) was an [[American football]] player, [[amateur wrestling|wrestler]], and coach of football, [[basketball]], and wrestling. He competed in the [[Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle welterweight|freestyle welterweight event]] at the [[1924 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/guy-lookabaugh-1.html |title=Guy Lookabaugh Olympic Results |accessdate=September 11, 2013 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref> Lookabaugh served as the head football coach at Northeastern State Teachers College—now known as [[Northeastern State University]]—in [[Tahlequah, Oklahoma]] from 1930 to 1935 and at [[Grinnell College]] from 1936 to 1938. 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.
'''Guy "Ducky" Lookabaugh''' (May 26, 1896 – September 10, 1981) was an [[American football]] player, [[amateur wrestling|wrestler]], and coach of football, [[basketball]], and wrestling, and college athletics administrator. He competed in the [[Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle welterweight|freestyle welterweight event]] at the [[1924 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/guy-lookabaugh-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418061307/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/guy-lookabaugh-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Guy Lookabaugh Olympic Results |accessdate=September 11, 2013 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pearson |first=Winston |title=Tahlequah Site of Many Football Teams Training for Games |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64152877/cherokee-county-democrat-star/ |newspaper=Cherokee County Democrat-Star |location=[[Tahlequah, Oklahoma]] |date=August 30, 1929 |page=1 |access-date=November 28, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Lookabaugh Accepts Post At Grinnell |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64152804/northeastern/ |newspaper=Northeastern |location=[[Tahlequah, Oklahoma]] |date=April 16, 1936 |page=3 |access-date=November 28, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>

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).<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Lookabaugh Named To State WPA Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64177037/the-weatherford-news/ |newspaper=[[Weatherford Daily News]] |location=[[Weatherford, Oklahoma]] |date=March 21, 1940 |page=8 |access-date=November 28, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Guy Lookabaugh Gets W.P.A. Appointment |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64177215/tahlequah-citizen/ |newspaper=Tahlequah Citizen |location=[[Tahlequah, Oklahoma]] |date=June 5, 1941 |page=1 |access-date=November 28, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
===College football===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Northeastern State RiverHawks football|Northeastern State Redmen]]
| conf = [[Oklahoma Collegiate Conference]]
| startyear = 1929
| endyear = 1935
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1929 college football season|1929]]
| name = Northeastern State
| overall = 2–6
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1930 college football season|1930]]
| name = Northeastern State
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1931 college football season|1931]]
| name = Northeastern State
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1932 college football season|1932]]
| name = Northeastern State
| overall = 1–7
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1933 college football season|1933]]
| name = Northeastern State
| overall = 3–3–1
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = 3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1934 college football season|1934]]
| name = Northeastern State
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1935 college football season|1935]]
| name = Northeastern State
| overall = 4–3–1
| conference = 2–2–1
| confstanding = T–3rd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Northeastern State
| overall = 20–38–2
| confrecord = 9–25–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Grinnell Pioneers football|Grinnell Pioneers]]
| conf = [[Missouri Valley Conference]]
| startyear = 1936
| endyear = 1939
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1936 college football season|1936]]
| name = Grinnell
| overall = 2–7
| conference = 0–3
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1937 college football season|1937]]
| name = Grinnell
| overall = 2–6–1
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = T–6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1938 college football season|1938]]
| name = Grinnell
| overall = 3–5
| conference = 0–3
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Grinnell Pioneers football|Grinnell Pioneers]]
| conf = [[Midwest Conference|Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference]]
| startyear = 1939
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1939 college football season|1939]]
| name = Grinnell
| overall = 3–5–1
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = 8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Grinnell
| overall = 10–23–2
| confrecord = 3–12
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 30–61–4
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}


==References==
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 02:29, 26 July 2023

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)

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]

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[edit]

College football[edit]

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Northeastern State Redmen (Oklahoma Collegiate Conference) (1929–1935)
1929 Northeastern State 2–6 0–5 6th
1930 Northeastern State 4–5 1–4 5th
1931 Northeastern State 2–9 0–5 6th
1932 Northeastern State 1–7 0–5 6th
1933 Northeastern State 3–3–1 3–2 3rd
1934 Northeastern State 4–5 3–2 T–2nd
1935 Northeastern State 4–3–1 2–2–1 T–3rd
Northeastern State: 20–38–2 9–25–1
Grinnell Pioneers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1936–1939)
1936 Grinnell 2–7 0–3 7th
1937 Grinnell 2–6–1 1–3 T–6th
1938 Grinnell 3–5 0–3 T–5th
Grinnell Pioneers (Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1939)
1939 Grinnell 3–5–1 2–3 8th
Grinnell: 10–23–2 3–12
Total: 30–61–4

References[edit]

  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.

External links[edit]

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