The champion

The champion
Author: Edward W Rearick Jim Doran filmmaker.
University, Department of Speech/Telecommunicative Arts.
Subjects: Gable, Dan Wrestlers -- Iowa State University
Description:
Profiles Dan Gable's high school and collegiate wrestling career. Includes comments by Dan Gable, his parents, and coaches. Contains film footage of his many wrestling matches including his one loss in the NCAA finals of his senior year.
Publisher: Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library
Creation Date: c1971
Format: 16mm
Notes:
Transfer from original 16mm A and B roll and 1/4" magtrack
Music, Gary White, Bruce Eberle ; faculty advisor, R.H. Kraemer.

[@Zundfolge2000]

Wow. Just wow. Didn't know this good of footage of his wrestling existed. Can't imagine. Shed tears just watching this.

[@bucksteingold4334]

Me too! I dated a woman whose Mom was Gable's Administrative Assistant for 20 years at U of Iowa and from what Judy said he was as amazing a man "off the mat" as he was on. A truly inspiring champion and American hero! God bless him and his family. -WC

[@abg125]

as amazing as this film is...it's an actual shame that we done have more clear HD footage of the greatest of all time wrestling...I'd love to see an HD version of his 72 olympics matches...

[@matthewbarr5646]

Great video, Dan Gable is one of my favorite true athletes that I believed in. I wrestled in high school and when HBO did a documentry on him in 2000. It gave me motivation to be the best I could be in the sport. Placed in top 20 ranking in Sacramento bee, California in 2001. Thanks to my coach, Jimmy Fechner. For training me so hard, through the off season, summer.

[@johnmaloney1681]

He then avenged his (single NCAA) loss to Larry Owings during the Olympic trials, outscoring his opponents in the Olympic & trials combined 130 to 1.

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

John Maloney Who scores on him?

[@Fullsendfilosophy]

@@daytonasayswhat9333 Larry Owings scored 1 point on him

[@generalkayoss7347]

Larry Owings was highly underestimated IMO. He himself only ever lost 4 matches in college.

[@mlampert7676]

It’s amazing that gable didn’t give up a single point in the Olympics. No one will ever be able to duplicate that. That’s another reason why he’s the best

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

Mike Lampert It actually happens all the time. Jason Cox just won his second world championship without being scored on. Call dick when the world without being scored on last year too. And I saw two of the Russian guys not get scored another.

[@Wanker527]

Daytona Says What?! Pretty sure he said Olympics...

[@masterclass299]

Dan Gable is one of the greatest sports personalities in USA His knowledge about all styles of wrestling was phenomenal His amazing work ethic and leadership qualities made him a champion and a successful coach I'm from india where wrestling is considered a cultural sport we honour wrestlers a lot Many great wrestlers came from india like Great gama, Dara Singh, Sushil kumar etc. You can Google about this guys But Dan gable was the only one who made me interested in the sport of wrestling He's an American legend

[@ramaswamynarayanan2930]

Hi, my name is Akshay...do u live in Mumbai buddy?? If so could you please tell me if there are any good wrestling clubs in Mumbai?? I desperately want to learn wrestling but am not able to find any good schools or instructors.. If you are not from Mumbai then never mind...Have a nice day 😁😁

[@bobjordan5231]

Gable. The best. I wrestled high school 158 lbs, only was varsity my senior year and won the metro championship. Gable was an inspiration to us. Owings was too as we were close to the University of Washington. But no one motivated us like Gable.

[@MushroomMamaa]

My dad wrestled at ISU in 71 and so did my uncle Don and Ron Glass they were twins. I never even knew they did or were any good or were champions until I was in high school. They were all very humble including Dan and still are! Except my uncle Ron Glass RIP. Love seeing this on here I’m happy I randomly searched it after talking about the olympics and Dan with a stranger from Iowa! Haha!

[@ianshue2890]

While many disagree with me because John Smith was a thing, I still believe that Gable is the best wrestler to come out of America. No wrestler had ever dominated like he did. Gable went unbeaten in high school, and then destroyed everyone college by not only scoring many points against them, but in many of them he would end up pinning his opponents. Gable could easily pin to #2 kid in his weight class, that’s just how dominant he was. Then after that upset loss to Larry Owings, he used the loss to make himself better, and he came back in 71 and 72 and won the world championships and the Olympic Gold Medal with hardly a point scored on him. The world championships no one scored on him, and in the Olympics and Olympic trials themselves Gable out scored his opponents 130-1, ironically the only point against him was from Larry Owings. But whenever he won the Worlds and the Olympics, no one had done it as easily or as dominant as Dan Gable. Dan Gable was a legend on the mat, and his legendary discipline and will power allowed him to destroy his opponents with points, and then Gable would pin them. I don’t think there was any harder worker, or any better wrestler than Dan Gable. In my opinion, Dan Gable is the greatest wrestler to come out of America

[@masterclass299]

Why the hell this doesn't have more views

[@VanishedPNW]

Beautiful quality. The footage of him wrestling is so clear and the colors are gorgeous. Makes it seem much more real and relevant when compared to the other existing footage. The level of competition has drastically improved, but it's important to note that the cinematic frame rate makes the wrestling look a hair slower than it truly was.

[@lito3373]

If you had to guess, which camera and film stock were used? 24 fps? I like the colors as well.

[@rbauer1632]

This is the best footage by far of the Owings match!

[@smashbandicoot7428]

It’s funny how they looked at bumping up to face the other national champ.... his dad was like I don’t want any part of it I told him don’t do it!!!

[@plutothree1]

He absolutely predicted the reactions of both his parents to the loss----Dad supporting him right away, and Mom standing back with the look of disgust on her face. I'm sure she loved him just as much, but people handle these things differently. It says a lot about Gable that he overcame this to win the Olympics.

[@abg125]

This is the first HD footage I’ve ever seen of the great one...thanks!!

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

adam glover it’s not HD. HD was invented in till forty years later.

[@nunyabidness4946]

It is very high quality though

[@arcade85_]

Time capsule worthy

[@ryananey7626]

My high school coach Randy berg wrestled on that university of Washington team. Sure wish they still had one. While wrestling is the oldest and purest sport unfortunately its not too popular. Great video. Dan is still the man!

[@kylermichael3972]

Ryan Aney in some states it’s popular. And the popularity is growing which is amazing!

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

It’s on the come back. MMA has really helped bolster interest. Now amateur guys have a way to go professional so they speak

[@MrJ-we7hz]

Legend!

[@milehighcollector9632]

Incredible. Clear footage too.

[@OneManParade]

I've only seen bits a pieces of this. Thank you so much for posting.

[@poolboyinla]

I used to have those same wrestling shoes as Dan had.

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

Travis Kraft Because there was only one option for people to buy, LOL.

[@buckeyesmith782]

Me too. 1974. Onitsuka Tiger.

[@skymanchronicles8936]

Old school navy ride, awesome to see. I was thought that series in the 70’s. Hardly ever see that style anymore. The sport is ancient nuff said.

[@robgallagher2410]

25:16 still wild to see

[@itsjustaride12]

this is amazing. how are the views this low?

[@robgallagher2410]

Reflection of society

[@mlampert7676]

Wrestling gets no love. It’s crazy because it’s the greatest sport. Wrestling has a way of bringing people together like making a new family

[@Fullsendfilosophy]

I'm a huge wrestling fan and I've watched a ton of wrestling and this is the first time I've seen this

[@777Skeptic]

People don't understand wrestling and look it over. Your entire team could take home a gold medal, pinning their way to first place. The front page of your school newspaper is some pussy tossing a ball into a basket. And they'll call him an "athlete."

[@ianshue2890]

Because actual wrestling is the least viewed sport ever. Whenever you say wrestling everyone immediately thinks your talking about WWE. That’s wrastling not wrestling, and that’s one thing I hate, they call it “professional wresting” but there’s nothing professional about it, none of those suckas can even throw a punch, and just about everybody there would get their butt kicked in actual wrestling

[@JKJefferson]

He was in top notch shape makes me wish I’d wrestled in high school

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

It was a big mat wrestling game back then. You didn’t even have the option to pick “neutral” as a second or third period starting position until 1982!

[@patrickmorgan4006]

In fact, only one wrestler got choice. Whoever won the coin toss chose top or bottom, and then the positions were switched in the 3rd period.

[@J-wu8nv]

The ashamed part is they kinda made a blanket for no reason. Gable did end up winning the Gorriaran trophy though. But besides the trophy, Owings ended up winning everything at the National Tournament that Dan Gable was suppose to win

[@jaimediaz7518]

he was so humble broo

[@jorgeroa6591]

Give it a like if you are watching this video because of Lex's podcast

[@joebuck4957]

It sucks that Iowa State is just good not great anymore. 6 team national titles between 1965 through 1977.

[@joebuck4957]

Gable said in his book that he focused so much on that big match vs Grant, that afterwords he had a dilemma that now that I beat him what's next. He wasn't as focused on NCAA opponents and Owings just kind of came out of nowhere and Dan sort of took him for granted. Still he almost won the match anyways. Most officials wouldn't have given Owings any back points there

[@adamrice5267]

I've seen interviews with Dan where he spoke about Larry Owings dropping 18lb to come down an wrestle him. He said it got in his head along with them having him do an interview about being undefeated before he wrestled Larry an that really F-d with him also. I dont think off guard is right way to describe more like living in Dan's head rent free. Either way the match was exceptional, an so were both wrestlers! GO HAWKS!

[@Trouble1354]

I wrestled numerous times with Pascal Perry as the ref, and as far as I could tell, he was as good a ref as there could be. At the beginning of the match, he would often encourage both of us to wrestle hard and fair. As far as the back points, maybe I'm looking at it from a modern and freestyle POV, but IIRC, even in the olden days, to get two back points, it only had to be momentary, and when you freeze the video, Gable is pretty much on his back. Past 45 degrees, even. But Gable made up for this loss. He's the greatest.

[@notacid1218]

Really get the 70s feel

[@The495marauder]

No music for the intro? Just that weird air handler?

[@abg125]

I still don’t think those near fall points were legit...I know Gable accepted it and as we all know became even better by completely demolishing the field at 72 Olympics...but that was still a quick count...and he did avenge that loss at the Midlands...

[@patrickmorgan4006]

No count required back then. If he was momentarily stopped (a count started) within near fall criteria it was two points. Then the count determined whether it would be two or three.

[@r.m.3655]

Love dan Gable, but I hate the amount of focus and attention the Larry Owings march gets. I don’t think it was a fluke match because Larry was a great wrestler I think if they had wrestled Dan would have

[@r.m.3655]

Wrestled 100 times Gable would have won 90+ this was just one of those times he didn’t. He has done more for the sport than anyone else. I what is amazing is he is not overly impressive in physique, speed, muscle, and even looking at his skills does not seem to explosives but more than anything it’s his will and sheer determination to win that makes him so dominate and that’s much hard to teach than a move but some how he found a way

[@GSP-76]

Carl Sanderson

[@bigchieftrucker9757]

So yall jinxed this guy by claiming he was the titanic or bismark. God said. naw I don't think, here's what I think of your premature red blanket.

[@nunyabidness4946]

Yes sir. You must respect the man for his effort but the Lord will not allow anyone getting too arrogant.

[@jeremytaylor988]

Cael sanderson vs dan gable

[@supersam1914]

Whoever posted this I owe you dinner 🥘

[@threestars186]

Dan Gable- “Never been defeated”. Larry Owings- “Hold my headgear”

[@buckeyesmith782]

Dan Gable- "Hold my jockstrap." Larry Owings- "I can't"

[@generalkayoss7347]

The wikipedia page for this guy is pathetic.

[@The495marauder]

I purposely lost a match against an opponent because he was wrestling the number one seed the following week. I gave him false confidence and possibly through off his training when he wrestled me in the leagues. I wanted it that bad. Owens let grant win to screw up gable.