Dan Gable
Chronology
| 1948 | Born October 25 in Waterloo, Iowa, to Mack and Katie Gable |
| 1960 | Wins YMCA backstroke championship |
| 1962 | Suffers first loss in wrestling |
| 1964 | Shattered when learns his sister was raped and murdered. Uses it as motivating force in his life |
| 1968 | Enters into college career, one of most successful ever, at Waterloo West and Iowa State |
| 1972 | Wins Gold Medal for the United States in the Olympics |
| 1974 | Marries Kathy Carpenter |
| 1974 | Asked by Gary Kurdelmeier at Iowa to be assistant coach |
| 1977 | Leads Iowa Hawkeyes to Big Ten Championship in first season as head coach |
| 1979 | Coaches Hawkeyes to first ever undefeated and untied season (19-0-0) |
| 1980 | Asked to coach Olympic team |
| 1980 | Honored with induction into the USA Wrestling Hall of Fame |
| 1984 | Coaches the 1984 U.S. wrestling team at Olympic games in Los Angeles. His wrestlers win seven gold and two silver medals |
| 1985 | Coaches second perfect season at Iowa (18-0-0) |
| 1985 | Enters U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame |
| 1986 | Leads U.S. team to bronze medal at 1986 Goodwill Games |
| 1992 | Coaches third perfect season |
| 1997 | Announces retirement from coaching |
| 1997 | Undergoes hip replacement surgery |
| 1999 | Airing of Dan Gable documentary on HBO, Freestyle: The Victories of Dan Gable |
| 2001 | Considers running for Governor of Iowa, but decides not to |
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