Gregory Ruth | |
Country: | United States |
Team: | USA |
Club: | New York Athletic Club |
Sport: | Wrestling |
Event: | Freestyle and Folkstyle |
Birth Date: | 9 August 1939 |
Birth Place: | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Waco, Texas, U.S. |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Gregory Ruth (August 9, 1939 – June 30, 1974) was an American wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle lightweight at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1] He wrestled collegiately at the University of Oklahoma, where he was a two-time NCAA champion.[2] Ruth was killed in a powerboat racing accident on June 30, 1974, in Waco, Texas. He was buried at Sunset Memorial Park in Norman, Oklahoma.[3]