Guy Lookabaugh
{{Short description|American sportsperson, coach, and administrator (1896–1981)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Guy Lookabaugh
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|5|26}}
| birth_place = Watonga, Oklahoma, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|9|10|1896|5|26}}
| death_place = Tahlequah, Oklahoma, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1917
| player_team2 = Oklahoma A&M
| player_years3 = 1919
| player_team3 = Oklahoma A&M
| player_years4 = 1924
| player_team4 = Oklahoma A&M
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1923
| coach_team2 = Cameron
| coach_years3 = 1927
| coach_team3 = Kansas (backfield)
| coach_years4 = 1928
| coach_team4 = Ardmore HS (OK)
| coach_years5 = 1929–1935
| coach_team5 = Northeastern State
| coach_years6 = 1936–1939
| coach_team6 = Grinnell
| coach_sport7 = Basketball
| coach_years8 = 1929–1934
| coach_team8 = Northeastern State
| coach_sport9 = Wrestling
| coach_years10 = {{Circa|1927}}
| coach_team10 = Kansas
| admin_years1 = 1929–1936
| admin_team1 = Northeastern State
| overall_record = 30–61–4 (college football)
17–62 (college basketball)
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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.{{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}}
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.{{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}} }}{{cite news |author= |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}} }}
He 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).{{cite news |author= |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}} }}{{cite news |author= |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}} }}
Head coaching record
=College football=
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Northeastern State Redmen
| conf = Oklahoma Collegiate Conference
| startyear = 1929
| endyear = 1935
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1929
| name = Northeastern State
| overall = 2–6
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 6th
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| bowloutcome =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1930
| name = Northeastern State
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = 5th
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| bowloutcome =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1931
| name = Northeastern State
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1932
| name = Northeastern State
| overall = 1–7
| conference = 0–5
| confstanding = 6th
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| bowloutcome =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 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
| 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
| 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
| conf = Missouri Valley Conference
| startyear = 1936
| endyear = 1939
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 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
| 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
| 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
| conf = Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1939
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 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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