Doug Ivan Hepburn was born in Vancouver, Canada on September 16, 1926. Born with a clubbed foot and cross-eyed, he overcame these handicaps to become a weightlifter of some renown. He set a Canadian record for weightlifting in 1950 and won gold medals at the 1953 World Championships in Stockholm and at the 1954 British Empire Games. {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: By sea, land and air we prosper City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Location. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Weightlifting is a sport where competitors attempt to lift heavy weights mounted on steel bars. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Note: This page contains IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Like his father and step-father he battled with alcoholism, and this combined with depression made for a hard private life. After his successes as a weightlifter, he became a professional wrestler for a short while, before battling his addicition problems and opening a gym at the age of 37. Perhaps inspired with his own battles against addiction, Hepburn became a strong advocate of drug free athletics. Alcoholism is an addictive dependency on alcohol characterized by craving (a strong need to drink); loss of control (being unable to stop); physical dependence and withdrawal symptoms; and tolerance (increasing difficulty of becoming drunk). ... Wrestling can be: Sport wrestling Professional wrestling Another term for grappling This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

As well as his career as a wrestler and weightlifer, Hepburn was a singer and songwriter, releasing a Christmas tune, the Hepburn Carol.

Hepburn died of a perforated ulcer on November 22, 2000 aged 76. November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...