Hugo M. Otoupalik

(1890-1953) born in David City, Butler County. Wrestling coach, headed two national wrestling championships in 1924 and 1933 while at Iowa State, was head coach of 1932 U.S. Olympic wrestling team that won three gold medals, elected to National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1976. Consult New York Times obituary, July 11, 1953, p. 11 and Mike Chapman, Encyclopedia of American Wrestling (Leisure Press, 1990) 512.

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