Gayle Bluth

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameGayle•Bluth McDonald
Used nameGayle•Bluth
Nick/petnamesChato
Born19 April 1925 in Colonia Dublán, Chihuahua (MEX)
Died19 January 2013 in ?, New Mexico (USA)
Measurements191 cm / 90 kg
NOC Mexico

Biography

Gayle “Chato” Bluth was one of the legends of Mexican basketball. Born in Colonia Juárez, he came from a Mormon (LDS) family and did Mormon missions in the United States as a youth. The highlights of his career were leading Mexico to a gold medal at the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games, and a silver medal at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago. Bluth retired from competition after the 1964 season and devoted himself to his church and his farm. He and his wife served several LDS missions, in Buenos Aires from 1986-88, Bahía Blanca, Argentina from 1989-92, and Monterrey, Mexico from 2001-02.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1960 Summer Olympics Basketball (Basketball) MEX Gayle Bluth
Basketball, Men (Olympic) Mexico 12

Olympic family relations

Special Notes

Errata

Mexican sources show his name as Gayle Bluth McDonald. The family tree shows a "Gayle BLUTH, born 19 Apr 1925 in Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua, Mexico." This is the uncle of John Hatch (6259).