Blair at a glance
DIED Nov. 8, 2006 (age 57)
HOMETOWN Dover, Ohio
COLLEGE West Liberty University
FAMILY Wife, Mary Dawn Blair; daughters, Shawna Blair, Marissa Blair and Lindann Day
NOTEWORTHY Inducted into the Arkansas Swimming Hall of Fame in 1992 and the American Swimming Coaches Hall of Fame in 2008. … Served as coach of the Arkansas Dolphins Swim Team, based at the Little Rock Racquet Club, from 1979 until his death in 2006. … Selected as United States national team coach on eight different occasions, including at the 1990 U.S. Olympic Festival … Helped his Arkansas Dolphins masters team win five national titles and sent 26 swimmers to the Olympics.