Dan Gable 1972 Olympic Special

Dan Gable
1972 Olympic Freestyle Gold Medalist
3x Iowa HS Champion, Waterloo HS
2x NCAA National Champion, Iowa State
3x NCAA National Finalist
182-1 HS and College Record. Lost last college match.
1971 Freestyle World Champion
1972 Olympic Freestyle Gold Medalist
15x Coach NCAA National Champion University of Iowa
Video Credits: Donn Ernst Wrestling Legendary Videos

[@dietpepsivanilla3095]

Dan Gable is synonymous with three things. Wrestling, Iowa and greatness.

[@jhonperez5616]

What I learned from these videos back when I wrestled in high school is the same thing I apply in life today

[@afro__g5217]

I'm now training for MMA and the Marines. This guy motivates me and make s me miss wrestling a lot.

[@jonathanclark2072]

He admits his one loss made him a better wrestler. Everyone takes a loss at some point. It's how you respond is the key.

[@TheMDBJJ]

Dan Gable is the Leonidas of the USA. He is a champion that should be thanked for everything he has done. God Bless Dan Gable and God Bless USA Wrestling

[@joelwillems4081]

If you are going for a Greek comparison, you mean Theogenes. He was an Ancient Greek wrestler and boxer renowned for his victories and strength. Leonidas was a king and military man from Sparta.

[@tankjujitsu]

I bet 10 million dollars that we will never see another olympics where a freestyle wrestler will win gold and go unscored upon throughout the tournament with even half the brutal competition that Gable had in 1972 .........

[@smujer1]

Owings was wrestling the G.O.A.T. The kid did a great job and Dan should always hold his head high.

[@DaBearsManiac]

wow, this is great, but i bet that he didn't think that he wouldn't even surrender a single point on the way to becoming a gold medalists. he sets the bar for all wrestlers on all levels, both today and tomorrow

[@UltimateGuy2000]

Whenever I feel down because I feel like I failed, I'm just going to watch this movie and think, "What would Dan Gable do?"

[@dylanryan8956]

He came back and whooped Owens in trials

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

Dylan Ryan Owings did score on him! Only guy in the trials AND the Olympics!

[@GSP-76]

Owens thoroughly and convincingly beat him in the finals though. It wasn't some fluke...and Owens dropped two weight classes just so he could face Gable that year.

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

Gurvinder Parmar Enh. “Dropped two weight classes to face Gable.” Who knows why he wrestled that class that year. Maybe he had the flu and lost a bunch of weight by accident.

[@777Skeptic]

I wish that match was taped.

[@jimboslice9472]

Getting distroid by Larry negated all previous wins in the minds of all past and future wrestlers. it was almost as if Dan and his record never existed. And he never fully recovered mentally, very sad : (

[@Djjernst]

This video is from my collection. "The Best of The Past, featuring the 1972-1976 Olympics. The entire tape is two hours long.

[@Dietpepsivanilla]

@davidroeshot I'm an Iowan and wrestled in Iowa and would love to say Iowa, but you know there's great wrestling ANYwhere. Iowa, Pennsylvania (where it's extremely good), Ohio, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Illinois and Wisconsin has the great reputations. So does South Dakota and that state has very little population, but they had a pair of greats in Randy Lewis and Lincoln McIravey.

[@TheSamRSS]

my ear feels lonely

[@BlooberMcJenkins]

this video is like his record, a shitload of likes but ONE dislike

[@777Skeptic]

Larrying Owings disliked this video.

[@davidroeshot]

This helps me so much I watch this video and do jump rope, his voice is in my head when I wrestle

[@Blackdimond8000]

That Iranian he was talking about was my father....however he didn't verse him since my father then got in trouble with the King of Iran and wasn't allowed to wrestled at the 1972 Olympics. My father claims that he would have won since he did more techniques than Dan Gable. But he doesn't say that Dan Gable was bad, he said that he was dedicated and really great at what he did.

[@dylanryan8956]

Borna Vaezi sorry pal but your dad would’ve gotten teched

[@reggieglubber5420]

He would not have beaten Gable.

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

Would have, could have, should have. Wennnnhhhh!

[@jeffgoesrandom4217]

Yes. Anyone who never wrestled Gable probably could have beaten him. Makes sense. In fact, the only wrestlers who ever beat Gable all never wrestled him...

[@nicKz]

Lol gable would’ve pinned your dad in less than 60 seconds

[@durgeshpatil18]

Dan Gable

[@AleX-fs4ww]

Proud to be born in waterloo

[@JessikahAznBabyy]

woot! I LOVE DAN GABLE ... ... ...'s shoes

[@IARACKS]

Simply amazing.

[@GKwrestling4life]

actually he said himself he didnt know he was unscored on til someone mentioned it to him AFTER he won the gold

[@baccaratfitness2360]

What's up with the quality of these videos? You'd think it was 1956. They had color in 1972...

[@iowahawks9422]

The reason Larry Owings won was because he was wearing Black and Gold

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

Lol. What? Washington is/was purple and gold.

[@dismemberedlamb9104]

True American legend

[@DirtMcGirt49]

Do you have the full 1972 munich episode from espn? They did a 40 year tribute back in 2012 and can't seem to find it anywhere.

[@jurom7]

@tankjujitsu Alexander karelin went 12 years and 3 olympics without giving up a point. In his fourth olympic he let up a penalty point. Even more impressive.

[@pascualrosario1121]

why woould anyone dislike this video?

[@radaradaproductions9]

1 dislike is lee kemp

[@Rightwingman09]

I bet that was his goal to never give up a single point.

[@zcolez]

@Downsouthy THE EARTH WOULD EXPLODE

[@clintorino]

Where did you get this video? I would like my own version...

[@sheldonfrantz3561]

haha, i love how there's one dislike, symbolizing his loss...

[@TheHypnotstCollector]

Dan Gable Vs Bruce Lee...... wow

[@tankjujitsu]

@jurom7 Karelin was a monster, no doubt. I always have been impressed by the Russian or Soviet wrestlers then. Ivan Medved, Sergei and Antoli Belaglozov and many many more. Karelin was a Greco Roman man but i've always enjoyed the freestyle wrestling a little more, but thats just me and i respect the Greco style too. I think i was a little buzzed on Samuel Adams when i made that bold post. LOL! Nice to see someone so knowledgeable about wrestling, it's a great sport. Cheers.

[@davidjamessheets]

Great acting at 3:56.

[@raysalsa1]

@jurom7 nothing negative against karelin b/c he was a beast. here is the thing not many many humans have karelin's genetics. he is 286lb with less than 10% bodyfat. however, many humans have gable's genetics. he has to rely more on skill than pure brute strength like karelin. no wrestler in greco roman rules has the physical power to pick alexander up and throw him. many men have gable's power, but not nearly the skill. Gable's accomplishments are therefore more impressive.

[@zakeronwilliams9576]

raysalsa1 karelin was on the juice

[@aaroncross5643]

"Genetics" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus_(2017_film)

[@Dietpepsivanilla]

@Lilphill27 You mean Rocky Balboa trains like Dan Gable.

[@ResidentMovies]

@54tatersalad he was a two timer he lost to Washington state his senior year. He couldn't be a four timer because Iowa doesn't allow freshman to wrestle varsity.

[@randolphlex714]

One loss gable lost 6 times a Russian Kemp Rick Sanders exc it was just that he had never lost in folkstlye and it was the last 30 seconds

[@davidroeshot]

I'm from Pennsylvania I wrestle there it's very very VERY competitive. I'm not sure what state is better Pennsylvania or Iowa.

[@airborne2767]

@norma1250 Its not really hard to figure it out yourself. You should have asked this somewhere else, with a comment virtually every 2 weeks did you expect an instant reply?

[@Lilphill27]

@Dietpepsinanilla yea

[@Lilphill27]

He trains like rocky balboa.

[@AhPhoey]

Watanabe from Japan, Olympic champion of 1964, was never scored upon EVER. Seriously. Gable was great too, but Watanabe was out of this world. And then Robin Reed, Olympic champion of 1924 was never beaten by anyone, at any time, of any size. Reed could possibly have been better than both Gable and Watanabe.

[@Norma1250]

Hey what is that big rubberband exercise he was doin

[@macster1228]

norma1250 same thing as a back fly

[@cfbaddict7284]

norma1250 lateral raises

[@alexmusic2909]

I think Jordan Burroughs would take you up on that bet

[@venturawrestling1]

dan gable is the shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@morgall]

@tankjujitsu you have 10 million?

[@dstorm7752]

Given his fitness, how was such a good athlete able to dodge the draft and avoid Vietnam (the war which took most young men, including me)?

[@jjmurray8111]

Maybe he had a high draft #, you ever think of that.....if he had a high #, you didn't expect him to volunteer, did you

[@randolphlex714]

What if you never one a match then what are you

[@jurom7]

@tankjujitsu

[@TheTerrorUforgot]

Only guy in that league is Buisavar Saitiev.

[@toolmantooltime]

@ResidentMovies He didn't wrestle for Iowa smart guy. He was a clone

[@iarchibeque001]

a couple more likes to this video and He'll match Cael Sanderson's collegiate record

[@landromania]

I take nothing away from Cael, but to compare is impossible. Title IX completely destroyed collegiate wrestling. There were 363 teams, but by the time Cael wrestled is was down to 229. Almost 2k less wrestlers. Wrestling in the US was nothing in the states, but Gable made it more mainstream. Plus I'm 100% positive Iowa State didn't jinx him before he went to the nationals his final year.

[@adsotbraz]

Title IX was the most unfair, feminist agenda policy in NCAA history. It took away what men worked hard to build for decades and gave it to women without them ever having to word hard to build anything.

[@hotzcakezp1600]

You did lose I'm high school vs lee kemp

[@sciencefreak2402]

didn't Gable have an 103 degree fever against Owens?

[@maxv3208]

And he stubbed his toe getting out of bed that morning. And his mother forgot to pack a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in his lunch that day. That's why he lost. 🤯

[@littlecow44]

@Downsouthy if the same weight, i put money on gable :P

[@SeattleBigPattyDaddy]

wrestling is a love hate

[@chumsyalibumsy09]

@Dietpepsivanilla brock lesnar came from mn.... just kidding lol

[@jmeru7673]

6 Russians disliked this

[@jurom7]

Alexander karelin went 12 years without giving up a point. 3 olympic golds. 1 silver on a referee's decision (which was the only point giving up in 4 olympics and over 15 years. A bit more impressive than Gable. Right?

[@Lilphill27]

He trains like rocky balboa.