Ronald Finley | |
Sport: | Wrestling |
Event: | Greco-Roman, Freestyle and Folkstyle |
Club: | U.S. Army and Olympic Club – San Francisco |
Team: | USA |
Country: | United States |
Collegeteam: | Oregon State |
Birth Date: | 10 December 1940 |
Birth Place: | Huntington Park, California, U.S. |
Death Place: | Coburg, Oregon, U.S. |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Ronald "Ron" Finley (December 10, 1940 - July 5, 2016) was an American wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman featherweight division at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1] In college, he wrestled for Oregon State and was a NCAA runner-up in 1961. Finley also served as head coach of the University of Oregon wrestling program from 1971 to 1998.[2] He was the U.S. Greco-Roman wrestling head coach at the 1984 Summer Olympics, which featured four medalists, including gold medalists Jeff Blatnick and Steve Fraser.[3]