Dr. Douglas D. Conkwright (Doc) For the better than forty years, Dr. Douglas D. Conkwright has left his mark in wrestling in the Commonwealth of Virginia and his hometown of Virginia Beach. A 1954 medical school graduate of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Conkwright received his first exposure to wrestling at age 19 while in naval pre-flight training. After opening a practice in Virginia Beach, Dr. Conkwright became interested in high school wrestling. When Cox High School opened in his neighborhood, he helped build the program through coaching and taking care of the medical needs of the wrestlers. As a physician Dr. Conkwright's contributions include: "¢ Membership on the VHSL committee that studied the effects of weight loss in wrestlers. "¢ Devising a method to drain hematomas of the ears by using a special clamp and cast, which has helped reduced the deformity known informally as "cauliflower ear." "¢ Introduced in 1994, the use of "super flue" to treat small cuts received during matches, thus shortening delays for blood time in matches. "¢ Devising, in 1996, a method of "T" packing and nose wrapping to treat persistent nosebleeds. Doc has lectured to medical colleagues, trainers, and coaches as well as written articles on various sports medicine subjects associated with wrestling. He has served as a tournament physician at district, regional and state wrestling tournaments. As a coach, he applied lessons he had learned after a shoulder injury suffered early in life and developed a special technique of leg wrestling. He served eight years as chairman of the Virginia State A.A.U. Dr. Conkwright is a recipient of the VSHS Athletic Director's Association 1995 Distinguished Service Award for Virginia High School Athletics. He was also awarded the Easter Virginia Medical School AOA Honor Society's 1999 Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award.