Dan Gable Biography - Growing Up, The College Tradition, The Worst Sort Of Motivation, Olympic Gold And Coaching - CONTACT INFORMATION

Dan Gable - Growing Up

Danny Mack Gable was born in Waterloo, Iowa, on October 25, 1948, to Mack Gable, a real estate salesman, and Katie Gable. The small town of Waterloo was predominately a farming community, but among the cornstalks in the quiet places of Iowa lingers some of the best wrestling in America. He didn't discover wrestling early, like most kids today, who enter the sport at four or five, competing …

Dan Gable - The College Tradition

When Gable graduated from high school, Bob Buzzard, one of the older wrestlers Gable admired, was in town for Dan Gable the weekend from Iowa State University. Gable invited Buzzard over to work out on a mat he had set up in his basement. Gable, with no reason to think he could lose after such superb high school career, was beaten very badly. Gable never conceived that he could be defeated …

Dan Gable - The Worst Sort Of Motivation

In 1964 a neighbor raped and killed Gable's 19-year old sister, Diane. Gable was fifteen, and his parents wanted to sell the house and move. Gable, however, didn't want to relocate. He claimed that the murderer wasn't going to take their house. He was already a young man with an almost complete focus on wrestling, and the death of his sister and the emotional turmoil it caused…

Dan Gable - Olympic Gold And Coaching

Dan Gable - Numbers Speak For Themselves

Gable, as both wrestler and coach, has amassed some of the most amazing numbers in the sport, unparalleled in terms of athletic competition today. He was known in his time as the Babe Ruth of Wrestling, and today his utter dominance might be more closely allied with other athletes who compete individually, such as Tiger Woods. During his prep and college careers, Gable compiled the outstanding rec…

Dan Gable - Chronology

Dan Gable - Awards And Accomplishments

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Dan Gable - Where Is He Now?

Dan Gable - Further Information

Chapman, Mike. A History of Wrestling in Iowa: From Gotch to Gable. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 1981. "Dan Gable." Great Athletes, vol. 3, Farrell-Holdsclaw. Hackensack, N.J.: Salem Press, Inc. 899-901. Gable, Dan. Coaching Wrestling Successfully. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 1999. Gable, Dan (with James A. Peterson, Ph.D.). Conditioning for Wrestling: The Iowa Way. We…