Don Youngblood

Don Youngblood, born on April 7, 1954, and died on May 8, 2005, was an American IFBB professional bodybuilder who began in business, working as a driver for the Southern Pacific Railroad in Bakersfield, California, and founding SDS Transportation Services in Alma, Arkansas. In 1987, after 13 years of business building, he decided to train seriously. He took first at the Arkansas State Masters in 1994, became Arkansas Overall State Champion at age 41 in 1995 and within three months won the overall title at the NPC Masters Nationals. He took second place at the 2001 Masters Olympia, won by Vince Taylor, and in 2002 he won the Masters Olympia in Lynchburg, Virginia. He died at home in Alma of a heart attack.