Im emotional about it. 405 West Hall of Fame Avenue Stillwater, OK 74075 Phone: (405) 377-5243 Email: info@nwhof.org Theres the verbal stuff, here and there. National Wrestling Hall of Fame. [7] After competing sporadically from 1974 to 1975, Gable retired and became a full-time coach. In the days afterward he shut himself from the world. Owings watches the video as Perri lifts his arm and Gable staggers away. National Wrestling Hall of Fame. (Refresh the page to see latest Notices) Monday February 27, 2023. Odds & lines subject to change. That number 182 would have included Gable's undefeated high school and collegiate career. It was my moms worst fear. Feeling stripped of his powers after his loss, Gable was finding out what it was like to be human. Owings grew up in the Ninety-One School district, the youngest of five brothers who were all high school wrestling state champions. His senior year, he earned a spot on Wrestling USA magazine's 1967-68 High School All-American team. Now, it was like a burden was lifted. In 1991, Gable was awarded with the Art Abrams Lifetime Achievement Award by Cauliflower Alley Club. When his teammates passed him in the tunnels they never expected a hello. It's famous in part because of . 13-11. An inspiring legend in his home state and as well as the country due to his work ethic and drive to succeed in wrestling, Gable won national titles in 1968 and 1969 at 130 and 137 pounds. He could't believe he was the one affected by his opponent's reputation. Yes. He beat Gable in the finals of the 1970 NCAA Tournament, one of the most famous wrestling matches in history. It had a tremendous impact on my entire coaching career.". We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. Every once in a while now Owings will still go to the mat. But he was right. His results were extraordinary. He has one VHS cassette of the broadcast but the tape is the only copy of the match hes ever owned, so worn that hes afraid that if he runs it in the VCR one more time the tape will be ruined forever. Thats the way Owings prefers it. He would get up in the middle of the night to do pushups, knowing his opponent still slept. He went 64-0 at Waterloo (Iowa) West High School and 117-0 in three years at Iowa State (freshmen could not compete then) with NCAA titles at 130 and 137 pounds. USWF Greco-Roman and freestyle champion and Outstanding Wrestler. Gables success was always due in large part of his ability to live in a bubble -- no distractions ever got in his way. Through the windows an orange sun is sinking just beyond the towering pines, and light glows his pale bald head. One day his mother finally showed up at his door and when she saw Dan, she slapped him across the face, walked away, and made the one and a half hour drive back to Waterloo. His days now are spent talking -- talking on stages and in boardrooms across the country on the speaking circuit; talking to millionaires over dinners to raise money for a sport hes trying to save; talking to strangers who still worship him like a god -- here in Iowa there are, at latest count, three bronze statues of him in the state. Most have never heard of Larry Owings. He was a legend in his home state and across the country with his work ethic and drive to succeed in wrestling. 6LkY/XL6dU1unSo^lR;frWn*"jlj,GW{jEvk\mF4?QxIgT ,z-&T($!a-!68xk Dan had a lot of pressure on him. Phone: (319) 233-0745 Michael Jordan is the Dan Gable of basketball. No one had ever said something that, at least no one who could back it up. BURROWS Beverley. Feeling more comfortable in the match, Gable started to go for a pinning combination, but Owings defense held him off. Energy, aggression, speed and endurance. What are you doing? For the first time in history, the two living [] Gable, then and now, says the near-fall was "a judgment call.". I gave it everything I had.. There had never been a day like March 28, 1970 in the world of wrestling, and there has never been one since. "It just about killed my parents," he says. ", DAN GABLE: The complete history of one of the greatest college wrestlers. He was presented with the Man of the Year award during the championships, the media sought him out before and after every match, and he was struggling under the burden of a 181-match winning streak. While the result of the match against Owings was unusual, in comparison with Gable's previous results, his effort is undeniable. <> Earned bachelor's degree and master's degree in education from the University of Washington. It was simple: I wanted to beat the guy who beat me, says Owings. 2023 National Wrestling Hall Of Fame. We were on our knees at the end of the match. Owings briefly wrestled internationally and retired in 1973 to his home in Oregon. NCAA Indivdual Champions. His career had been one of perfection -- he was 64-0 as a high schooler, a three-time state champion, and 117-0, with two national championships, entering the final collegiate match of his career -- and there was no reason for Gable to be anything other than supremely confident when he arrived with his teammates in Evanston. [1][2] On December 8, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump awarded Gable with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.[3]. Imagine my surprise when I read of my neighbor/customer's accomplishments in his obituary after he and his wife's (along with others) deaths in a tragic car accident. Dan Gable will tell you that eighty percent of wrestling matches are decided before the first whistle blows. In the days afterward he shut himself from the world. It's also a worthwhile read to find out more about Owings, who was an interesting figure in his own right. On March 28, 1970, in what remains the most famous college match ever, a Washington sophomore named Larry Owings defeated him, 13-11. He's an icon, a champion and the face of the sport. Email: dgmstaff@nwhof.org. Come watch me as I finish my career 182-0.. "I've never wrestled after you've lost a match, and I'm not going to do it now." It's famous in part because of the outcome -- it was the only match Gable lost in college -- and in part because of what it led to: an even more focused and determined Gable, who won gold at the World Championships and Olympics in the years that follow and who then coached Iowa to 15 national championships in 21 seasons, a staggering and unprecedented accomplishment. It was a name I had not come across too much ahead of time, but I began paying more attention to him. Although Gable has called his sister's death his "biggest loss,"[4] he did not allow the tragedy to affect his focus on wrestling. "He was a good, solid all-around wrestler who did not make a lot of mistakes," said Owings, now director of facilities for the Molalla (Ore.) School District. "I'm not going to this tournament to be a national champion. There was no reason to think that Gable would not cruise through this final match at 142 pounds and end his career with a 118-0 record. Here is Larry Owings: sitting at his dining room table in his modest house in the Oregon countryside, 30 miles outside of Portland, on a May afternoon. But Larry Owings had tremendous credentials of his own. The pair had met two years earlier, at the 1968 Olympic Trials when Owings was a senior at Canby (Ore.) High and Gable was a sophomore at Iowa State. Just sitting here, talking about it it hurts. He holed himself up in his room, he didnt talk to anyone, he didnt even return his parents phone calls. It was a good match, wasnt it? he says. I seem to remember hearing or reading once that Owings wrestled all season at another weight class, but bumped down to 142 just for the Big Dance. Then, one night about 10 years ago, he had an epiphany, which he believes came from God. Gable never lost before he faced Owings in that match, nor after it. With focus and determination Grant won 6-1in the match after Owings-Gable. One competitor already knows hes going to win, and the other knows hes going to lose before either steps onto the mat, Gable likes to say. The Hawkeyes can still earn a double bye, but a lot hinges on the trip to Indiana. If there was one code Owings lived by then, it was a desire to have a second chance against anyone who had beaten him. The pins were accomplished by Owings' best move, an inside reverse cradle that left his opponent unable to escape. Owings was a sophomore at the University of Washington, who had dropped two weight classes (from 158 to 142) just to get a shot at the legend. 971K views, 7.2K likes, 334 loves, 948 comments, 4.9K shares, Facebook Watch Videos from NCAA Wrestling: Only one man stopped Dan Gable in his college career: Larry Owings. In his senior season at Iowa State, Gable lost the only match of his amateur wrestling career to Larry Owingsa sophomore from the University of Washingtonin the NCAA 142-pound national championship. Just a thought. And then, having found a nine-minute YouTube clip titled Gable-Owings, Larry Owings taps the play button, and, with a strange mix of fascination and unease, he leans back in his chair. WA Death Notices. He growls, What I dont understand, and what still pisses me, off is that how, I did not get up properly for the biggest match of the year. Come watch me next week as I finish my career 182-0." The match spawned a book, a documentary, countless magazine articles, and decades of reflection. It is the match that Dan Gable will say turned him into a great wrestler -- and yet he still has trouble bringing himself to talk about it. Gable finished the scramble on top and ended the second period in the opposite manner of the first, this time holding the momentum and the power and the clock reset with two more minutes on the clock for the final period. Stillwater, OK 74075 World Champion", "Named for an icon, Gable Steveson becomes a legend in his own right", "Where are they Now: Catching up with Dan Gable and Larry Owings", Website of film 'Catch: the hold not taken', Gable's wins and losses between the years 1963 and 1973, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dan_Gable&oldid=1134702764, Chen, Albert. "But I was distracted by Larry Owings. Olympic Champion. He has softened in his old age -- thats what nine grandchildren will do to you -- and lately he has been more reflective; a stack of papers on the desk is the memoir hes working on with a writer. He may have been the only opponent Gable had faced in years who saw him as anything other than invincible. A few old black-and-white wrestling photos turn up in the image results, but mostly he finds himself staring at photos of strange faces. 405 West Hall of Fame Avenue Stillwater, OK 74075 Phone: (405) 377-5243 Email: info@nwhof.org Phone: (405) 377-5243 Canby Coach Larry Wright encouraged Owings to continue his wrestling at the highest level. The man who beat Dan Gable.. Gable made numerous attempts to explain the only defeat he would ever know. I have to agree with the other poster - Vincenzo Joseph over Imar has to be in the top 3. Where do you go from there? Owings remained one of the top wrestlers in the country, but as disappointments mounted -- he finished second in the NCAA championships in 1971 and 72 -- Owings began to feel like his national championship win was a curse. I don't know if he planned it or not, but he got inside my head.". He would mow the lawn of his parents home in Waterloo, on a 100-degree Iowa summer day with double layers of jogging pants to burn calories. I could talk after that, he says. The night before the finals he reluctantly attended a banquet honoring him as the sports Man of the Year. He was, perhaps, the most superbly conditioned athlete the sport had ever seen. He clings to it like a drowning man trying to stay afloat, because he understands what once had defeated him also made him a champion. The two met in the finals of the 1970 NCAA wrestling championship. With 17 seconds left, Owings was ahead 13-11. He just smiled and congratulated me, never once mentioning he was an NCAA national champion! But it will have to wait till next time, on Canby Then. I kind of wish he had gotten me with his best move.". He said he "coached some wrestling ". Our Mission: To honor the sport of wrestling by preserving its history, recognizing extraordinary individual achievements, and inspiring future generations, 405 West Hall of Fame Avenue When Owings arrived, the mind games, so subtly important in this sport, began. So, yeah,go read the article. Wow! He holed himself up in his room, he didn't talk to anyone, he didn't even return his parents' phone calls. His teams won 21 Big Ten championships and 15 NCAA Division I titles. He's still the most famous person in the world of wrestling. He had pinned everyone in the 1970s national tournament before this match, and he was considered to be the unquestionable favorite against a wrestler he beat two years prior at the Olympic Trials. "I had never heard that before. ALEXANDER Stephen. View the profiles of people named Larry Owings. The promo never ran. "If he had never tried that before, then that tells me it's desperate. It was one of the most emotional scenes I can ever remember.". The two met in the finals of the 1970 NCAA wrestling championship. That wouldn't happen in 1970. Larry took the match to him.". However, Gable had to deal with more distractions than Owings. "After that match, it took me a long time to really admit a lot of things," Gable said. I didn't know how the referee would score it.". It is annually the most viewed element in the Hall. Larry Owings Documentary: https://youtu.be/AHuD161zOBU Full match vs Dan Gable: https://youtu.be/98HYl3c0L1c Any can be beaten, nothing is impossible! Gable said when Owings grabbed his leg "it was kind of like a slow-motion fall. I wasn't that surprised the night Caldwell beat Metcalf. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. He won national titles at 130 and 137 pounds in 1968 and 1969. Gable was more exhausted than hed ever been at the end of a match. See, Larry Owings is the The Man Who Beat Dan Gable. The way Owings sees it, there was his life before the match and his life after: before 1970 he was a nobody hungry to make a name for himself in the sport, though also an introvert completely unequipped for the attention that would come. Next, well bring you the story of the Canby cowboy who became the best bronc rider in the country at the age of 23. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Gable began scouting Owings' matches. Theyre waiting for you to lift your head. Gable did -- and the cheering finally stopped. But Owings has a prominent spot in the Hall, with a large picture of the match and some mementos. After returning to Ames the next day, the first thing he did was ask teammates to wrestle him. Who wants to be known for just one thing? He thinks about what would have happened if he would have lost his match: maybe he wouldnt have entered a failed marriage in 1970 just months after the match (Maybe she wouldnt have married me if I wouldnt have been a winner, he says), maybe he would have pushed himself harder to become an Olympian. Owings had a not-so-successful start; nicknamed Porky, Owings lost all eight of his matches in his first year in junior varsity competition at Canby High, wrestling for coach Larry Wright. zF\LxW"ve(1t^~W#ZxD!K(BTvA;h\5Ij _IAial&$prh~PZdm%6/LmJLU^+qLq) Owings neighbor and close friend of two decades showed up to a tournament a few years ago and saw Owings in the stands wearing a shiny purple Washington jacket. Darrell Keller, Oklahoma State DEC Larry Owings, Washington, 16-12 150 lbs Stan Dziedzic, Slippery Rock DEC Jay Arneson, Oklahoma . SECOND PERIOD: Gable chose top to start the second period with the goal of looking for a turn against Owings for back points, but, instead, Owings, escapes and takes a shot for another two-point . SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum, Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award, Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award. Larry Richard Oliver (October 6, 1952 - March 5, 2020) was an American professional wrestler, known as "Crippler" Rip Oliver, who had success in Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW). _n*RgX`E^FkZoe%Y*poZ)XK+i.8p58Pu?MC%m j(Xq/|V\zl,ebRB9z}#m0/gmUH2.;9gtGix#91Nz2Oe&+"W5G`ota WBuHS{,$)/pxWu
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oZ_/:~[ZWn7E8FX:oKAU( Im emotional about it because theres still a lot of meaning , Where Are They Now: Catching up with former Cavs guard Craig Ehlo, His voice trails off, and he lifts a hand to dry his eyes; something thats been buried deep is suddenly resurfacing. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan smiled after being presented with a prayer book during a visit to Cardinal Hickey Academy on February 26, 2016 in. Smith successfully argued with the seeding committee for his wrestler, who would finish 33-1 that year, to get the second seed behind Gable. From 1976 to 1997, Gable was the head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa, where his teams compiled a dual meet record of 355215 and won 15 NCAA Division I titles. A few years ago, at a wrestling banquet, Les Anderson, a former assistant coach at Iowa State, pulled his former protg aside, and said, Gable, I just want to apologize for that last match. The only defeat that Gable suffered during his. He Googles his name on the iPad. LARRY OWINGS AND DANGABLE, Kris Murray and Tony Perkins lead Iowa to its best road win of the year, The Iowa Hawkeyes and the Big Ten Tournament. Gable loves telling the story of how he once had a freshman wrestler on his team who faded at the end of matches; to build up the wrestlers mental toughness, Gable drove would drive the wrestler 10 miles out of town a several times a week after practices, and had the freshman run all the way back to campus as Gable followed him in his car. Gable was in the locker room when he heard the water running in the shower. Gable, then and now, says the near-fall was "a judgment call.". It would take me years to realize this, but I wouldnt have become great wrestler and a great coach -- a legend in the sport -- without that match. After he left Iowa State, Gable went on to win the 1971 Pan Am games and world championships, he took gold at the Munich Olympics in 1972 without allowing surrendering a single point; he went on to a 21-year coaching career at the University of Iowa, where he led the Hawkeyes to an unprecedented 15 national titles. Wrestling fans attending the 2018 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Cleveland, Ohio, March 15-17, will have the chance to relive arguably the most talked about wrestling match of all time the Larry Owings' upset of undefeated two-time NCAA champion Dan Gable in the 1970 NCAA finals. BRENNAN Stacy. He was interviewed by a Chicago newspaper about his chances against the invincible one, and Owings didn't demur. 11 ranked men's hoops teams in action tonight, DI indoor T&F championship selections revealed. It was Gable's first loss of his collegiate wrestl. "[5], From 1967 to 1970, Gable attended Iowa State University, where he competed in folkstyle wrestling. Stillwater, OK 74075 A Des Moines newspaper reporter once wore an Iowa hat to a Russian village during the Cold War, in the mountains near the Siberian. Feeling stripped of his powers after his loss, Gable was finding out what it was like to be human. I say that I went undefeated for seven years, lost a match, and then I got good, he says. If so, he must have had to have gone 142 for his qualifying tournament before the Big Dance, right? In the Olympics, he not only won every match, he did so without giving up a single point. "I really didn't want to see it or talk about it much. ", Owings and Gable, forever linked, met in the NCAA final for the 142-pound weight class. It has to be in the top five here. Larry Owings, Coach/Official, Canby, Oregon. After losing 20 pounds and growing several inches, nobody believed he couldn't be a wrestler anymore. It's full of great details like this in the aftermath of Gable's loss to Owings: With none of his family members in attendance that day, Owings remembers staggering around, trying to process what just happened. The teasing was merciless and nearly crushed him, but it also fueled him to drop the weight and spend extra hours in the gym, and by his senior year he was the best wrestler in the state, competing in national tournaments and Olympic trials. Drawing on personal accounts from former Maple Heights wrestlers, nationally known celebrities of the sport like Larry Owings and Bobby Douglas, and the four Milkovich brothers, Kalin draws a . Obviously a very soft spoken, humble man. 2023 NCAA | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Dan Gable vs. Larry Owings: FULL 1970 NCAA title match at 142 pounds, I know that the match affected my entire life. "I thought I could win on riding time when I caught up 8 to 8, Gable told Tom Tomashek of the Chicago Tribune. As for Owings, people did not leave him alone. He was stunned he had lost. Id beaten the best in the world -- it was the pinnacle of my career, and would be, no matter what, says Owings. The scorer had not seen the near-fall signal because a TV cameraman had jumped in the way, so Perri stopped the match to explain. Owings has not talked to Gable since 1980, and that was a brief conversation to ask him to consider looking at a wrestler in his district. In his final meeting, he sat face to face with Karl Rove, who made the mistake of saying something to the effect of, Youll do what we tell you to do. The fans, said Roderick, "were in shock, as well as excited seeing history. SI digs into the lives of the competitors of one of the most famous wrestling matches of all time. Now hes fighting for it to be reinstated beyond 2020. Iowa shocked college baseball on Saturday, dominating top-ranked LSU 12-4 in the Karbach Round Rock Classic. Dan Gable height is 5 Feet 9 Inches. This was where Owings wanted to be, on the mat in the middle of the action. Gable did escape, looking for points of his own, but the momentum had shifted. As Sports Illustrated reported in its coverage of the 1970 NCAA's, "Larry Owings was far more accomplished than most people realized.". Gable was the head coach of three Olympic teams and six world teams. Its harder and harder now for Gable to feel the fire that was in him for so long, but he becomes alive again, the old wrestler with the mean streak, when he talks about the Owings match. I remember asking him what he did in Colorado. Then lost in '70 @ 142 when Owings beat him 13-11. The next match featured Grant, like Gable a defending Champion from 1969. He beat Gable in the finals of the 1970 NCAA Tournament, one of the most famous wrestling matches in history. Help us build a sustainable news organization to serve Canby for generations to come! Many who were there that day use the same words to describe the strange aftermath: it was like a bomb went off. There was a time I wished it never happened, he says. He grew up the youngest of five Owings brothers, all of them wrestlers; Larry, overweight growing up, was always the least likely of the Owings brothers to go one to become a great in the sport. I didnt know you could do that. Then, just an hour before the match, ABC-TV convinced him to do a short promo advancing the telecast, which would be shown a week later, by having him tell the viewer to watch him finish his career 182-0. Dan Gable won 181 consecutive matches during high school and college before losing his final match at Iowa State. He is turning on his iPad, hoping to find clips of the match that would change his life in unexpected and complicated ways. In his high school career, undefeated. In 1966, he entered Iowa State, 110 miles away in Ames. 1971 NCAA University Division Wrestling Championships; Tournament information; Sport: College wrestling: Location: Auburn, Alabama: Dates: March 25, 1971-March 27, 1971: Host(s) Auburn University: . He also became the greatest coach in U.S. college wrestling, winning 17 NCAA titles, and 21 Big Ten Championships. Find them on the corner of NW Third and Grant in downtown Canby. And he was famous. If he had won two national championships it would be easier, but he never went to the Olympics and didn't do much international wrestling.". Of the century. After graduating, Gable undertook an intensive training program and won the 1971 world and Pan-American championships. He was as relentless and as conditioned as Gable was. Facebook gives people the power to. Owings had won. Indeed, from a family of state champion wrestlers, Larry wound up as the best of the bunch, winning the 136-pound crown in 1967 and 141 in 1968. 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/uVMo]BP6wi&$P,s5Gsxp*.&J4X~BHwf=Sx7p&,\/bi,b%_%eR?UM4]AB! Phone: (405) 377-5243 My nickname was Porky. Everyone called me that, even my teachers at school. Gable would go for five mile runs, then get inside a car and, with the windows rolled up all the way, turn the heater on full blast so he would return to his ideal wrestling weight at the end of the day. Owings was the first UW wrestler to win an NCAA title, but what mattered was that he had upset a man the Russians reverently called "The Machine," a man who had won 181 straight matches, 108 by pins. Again in '69 @ 137. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The fans, said Roderick, "were in shock, as well as excited seeing history. With less than a minute remaining, the scoreboard showed Owings leading 9-8, but Gable actually had a 10-9 lead. The result, though unexpected, put the crowd of 8,500 on its feet throughout the match and gave them [the athletes] a shattering ovation when it ended, per the New York Times. The night before the weigh in, he had a fight with his wife, who was seven months pregnant and didnt want him to leave her and the baby behind and go to the Olympics. I told him he had to get out there." It also dominated him. Iowa State's Dan Gable had one of the most legendary careers in college wrestling, pinning 76 of his 118 opponents during his three years as a starter for the Cyclones and amassing a nearly flawless record on his way to two NCAA titles. Looks like Owings wrestled at 142 the entire season. But I have to admit to this day that match made my career, not only the next two years. That has never bothered Owings. The newspapersthough, focused on Gable's match:Iowa State star suffers mat loss, read the title in a story run by the Associated Press following the match. Larry Owings. Results Placement Matches (16 Man) Team. To say Owings was the underdog would be, well, an understatement. After a slow start, "He had won more than 200 matches in high school.". Earned bachelor's degree and master's degree in education from the University of Washington. Conditioning was a big part of my preparation.". That makes it worse now from my point of view. Just sitting here, talking about it it hurts. Larry Owings won the Pac 12 at 157 and went to 142 for Nationals. Gable says that the loss was "like a death in the family." In this conversation, we talk about Owings' childhood, high school career, and the match with Gable. Gable was told Owings' comment and said he didn't realize the infamous leg sweep was not a practiced move. But neither wrestler found the peace that they sought: Gable walked away wondering, How could I have lost to this guy?. The message was that his talent at wrestling, and his improbable victory over Dan Gable, had happened for a reason. National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum, "Bio: Dan Gable 15 National Championships. Our Mission: To honor the sport of wrestling by preserving its history, recognizing extraordinary individual achievements, and inspiring future generations, 405 West Hall of Fame Avenue And thats something that still pisses me off , Owings and I, we have an interesting relationship, that I just have never lets just say weve never become close, he says. Email: info@nwhof.org, 303 Jefferson St. Email: dgmstaff@nwhof.org. He would sprint from class to class on the campus at Ames, clutching course books and wearing weights tied to his ankles. Where Are They Now: Catching up with Cubs legend Ernie Banks. However, because of NCAA. Owings started to lose his headgear, as Gable worked him from the top position; unfazed, Owings battled, finally securing the escape and notching a point only to immediately be taken down again by Gable. They were on their first date when Owings asked if she was into sports. But in ink? His one collegiate loss, however, has become the most famous match from his wrestling tenure in his final match. As a sophomore, he wrestled mainly in the 95-pound weight class before moving up to 112 pounds by his senior year. If you need a little weekend reading, friends, you could do worse -- a lot worse -- thanthis compelling profile by Sports Illustrated's Albert Chen on Dan Gable and Larry Owings, two men whose histories are inextricably intertwined. Gambling problem? Email: info@nwhof.org, 303 Jefferson St. Later, in a quiet moment in his hotel room, Gable got his hands on the paper, and there, in big bold letters across the top of the paper was the headline IM HERE TO BEAT DAN GABLE. He became an assistant wrestling coach at Woodburn High School, and today strives to serve as a positive role model and mentor to local youth. 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