I was fortunate to see Gable wrestle at the Big 8 wrestling tournament in Manhattan, Ks at Kansas State in 1970. Gable was our wrestling idol and I went to wrestling camp at Iowa State in the summer of 70. The legend and his work/training ethic became my ethos for my final year of HS, college wrestling, and coaching. I bought one of his first technique books and had him autograph it for me while attending Jr Nats in Waterloo. Unfortunately, I loaned that book to a wrestler and didn't get it back. I'm an old man now, retired coach, and still hardcore HS and college wrestling fan. Still help with local kids program, coaching grandkids of my former wrestlers. I still tell Dan Gable stories, true or embellished. I enjoyed the interview and Dan's stories and perspectives on wrestling today. Like him or not, his influence changed wrestling in the USA, and his legacy will live on. I'm just lucky to have lived through the times he talked about, and be familiar with those wrestlers and events. Rick Saunders is another legendary tale that still lives on for those that know his story. I'll be a die hard wrestler till that last whistle blow.
Dan, I was at the championship tournament in Minneapolis in March of 1996. I saw how you walked around the Mat with that bad hip. I was also down at Marquette in the summer of 1975 at your wrestling camp. I’ve had a total knee replacement surgery from my old wrestling injury. Look at what cripples we would be without this. Somehow someway, you gotta figure out how to survive.
Okaaay now I'm not sure when this video was shot but I can tell you no I can rest assure Dan Gable has been thru alot in his life & this dude says he needed permission from Oklahoma state to interview a legend!!!!!!! REALLY A LEGEND!!!!! YOU SHOULD BE BLESSED TO HAVE A LEGEND GIVING YOU HIS TIME!!! GABLE IS A GOD💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
I have been a gable fanatic since I heard about his loss in his final match but he is about the only person that really motivates me I was once hired as a wrestling coach because the dude said I walked like Dan gable I love listening to him I believe he was a far better coach and motivator then even a wrestler
I grew up in Waterloo by Whittier school!!! I know Gables coach Coach Bob Sidddens!!! GABLE IS so much more than a wrestler a coach he is the impetimi of wahy every person should strive to be💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
NIL is gonna ruin the sport of wrestling at the college level. There are only 2 or maybe 3 teams that have billionaire boosters willing to do whatever it takes to fund a winning program. The other 70+ teams have no shot at being competitive because those people don't exist. There is no incentive for a school like Oregon or Washington, who just joined the B1G, to add wrestling because it makes no money and you can't win
@@ericscarbrough1386 It's really not. Little Rock is a start up outlier and they have no shot at being a top 5 program let alone win a national champion. It's more like someone with a lot of new cash and this is their pet project
You are 1000% right. You wait and see we’re going to lose Programs because they cannot compete with the big Universities. I hear Campbell is going to drop their program after this year.
@@williamoleary9330 As much as we all love the sport of college wrestling you cannot blame universities for dropping wrestling. It's a net negative revenue sport and all but 1-2 programs have any shot at winning a title. It's also the only sport where one can predict the national champion 3-4 years out. There isn't another college sport where that is the case
When did I blame them?? All I said was facts. We haven’t seen any matches and probably won’t see any matches on BTN, ACC, or ESPN because of NIL. All these matches have been on BTN+ & ESPN+ and I don’t blame anyone for that. They need to put these matches on those streaming services that cost X amount to offset what they’re having to pay Wrestlers. Something will have to change or within 10 years or less we’ll only have 30-40 Division 1 Universities that have College Wrestling. It is what it is
As a young man I met the ncaa champ from Oregon state Dan hicks who bear trizzino and it was crazy they only gave him a half minute on wide world of sports this was 1978 but college wrestling was way tougher in the seventies way tougher there were thousands of programs thousands of college programs
It’s not too often we have a living legend we can still interview.
Thanks for doing this.
🎉Thanks!
I was fortunate to see Gable wrestle at the Big 8 wrestling tournament in Manhattan, Ks at Kansas State in 1970. Gable was our wrestling idol and I went to wrestling camp at Iowa State in the summer of 70. The legend and his work/training ethic became my ethos for my final year of HS, college wrestling, and coaching. I bought one of his first technique books and had him autograph it for me while attending Jr Nats in Waterloo. Unfortunately, I loaned that book to a wrestler and didn't get it back.
I'm an old man now, retired coach, and still hardcore HS and college wrestling fan. Still help with local kids program, coaching grandkids of my former wrestlers. I still tell Dan Gable stories, true or embellished. I enjoyed the interview and Dan's stories and perspectives on wrestling today. Like him or not, his influence changed wrestling in the USA, and his legacy will live on. I'm just lucky to have lived through the times he talked about, and be familiar with those wrestlers and events. Rick Saunders is another legendary tale that still lives on for those that know his story. I'll be a die hard wrestler till that last whistle blow.
Dan, I was at the championship tournament in Minneapolis in March of 1996. I saw how you walked around the Mat with that bad hip. I was also down at Marquette in the summer of 1975 at your wrestling camp. I’ve had a total knee replacement surgery from my old wrestling injury. Look at what cripples we would be without this. Somehow someway, you gotta figure out how to survive.
Best sport evet,,and I've done 80 % of all sports! 66 years old and still my sport!
Penn State with Cael Sanderson being the Head Coach has been Destroying Teams for Years 💪💪👍👍💯🔥
Seriously. Talk about a legacy!
The toughest tournament I ever wrestled in was Dan's wrestling camp in 1987. Dan was kind enough to sign my Dan Gable Asics shoes.
Okaaay now I'm not sure when this video was shot but I can tell you no I can rest assure Dan Gable has been thru alot in his life & this dude says he needed permission from Oklahoma state to interview a legend!!!!!!! REALLY A LEGEND!!!!! YOU SHOULD BE BLESSED TO HAVE A LEGEND GIVING YOU HIS TIME!!! GABLE IS A GOD💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
That permission thing was a joke. No sense of humor?
Dan how about talking more about wrestling with Rick sanders the first time in the future. What an innovated wrestler he was.
Why hasn’t a movie been made about Dan Gable?
Incredible coach wrestler and mentor long live DG
I have been a gable fanatic since I heard about his loss in his final match but he is about the only person that really motivates me I was once hired as a wrestling coach because the dude said I walked like Dan gable I love listening to him I believe he was a far better coach and motivator then even a wrestler
Mr. Gable you forgot the Kentucky Derby!
Anyways listening to Dan still fires me up,I am a old timer still excited about wrestling woman and life
You forget basketball for Kentucky
Well, wrestlers tend to ignore basketball. LOL.
I grew up in Waterloo by Whittier school!!! I know Gables coach Coach Bob Sidddens!!! GABLE IS so much more than a wrestler a coach he is the impetimi of wahy every person should strive to be💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
NIL is gonna ruin the sport of wrestling at the college level. There are only 2 or maybe 3 teams that have billionaire boosters willing to do whatever it takes to fund a winning program. The other 70+ teams have no shot at being competitive because those people don't exist. There is no incentive for a school like Oregon or Washington, who just joined the B1G, to add wrestling because it makes no money and you can't win
It’s more than you think, surprisingly. Little Rock has a multibillion dollar booster who’s the reason Pat Smith moved there
@@ericscarbrough1386 It's really not. Little Rock is a start up outlier and they have no shot at being a top 5 program let alone win a national champion. It's more like someone with a lot of new cash and this is their pet project
You are 1000% right.
You wait and see we’re going to lose Programs because they cannot compete with the big Universities.
I hear Campbell is going to drop their program after this year.
@@williamoleary9330 As much as we all love the sport of college wrestling you cannot blame universities for dropping wrestling. It's a net negative revenue sport and all but 1-2 programs have any shot at winning a title. It's also the only sport where one can predict the national champion 3-4 years out. There isn't another college sport where that is the case
When did I blame them?? All I said was facts.
We haven’t seen any matches and probably won’t see any matches on BTN, ACC, or ESPN because of NIL. All these matches have been on BTN+ & ESPN+ and I don’t blame anyone for that. They need to put these matches on those streaming services that cost X amount to offset what they’re having to pay Wrestlers.
Something will have to change or within 10 years or less we’ll only have 30-40 Division 1 Universities that have College Wrestling.
It is what it is
I met Larry once in Oregon in 1978
As a young man I met the ncaa champ from Oregon state Dan hicks who bear trizzino and it was crazy they only gave him a half minute on wide world of sports this was 1978 but college wrestling was way tougher in the seventies way tougher there were thousands of programs thousands of college programs
Sorry, but that’s just not true.
I am writing a book about my travels across the states and my dad was a wrestling coach and teacher
Horrible interview,Gable out of it.
I love these stories
is this Guy interviewing Dan have a Womens Scarf wrapped around his Neck ? Lmmfao 🤣😆
It's an ascot, the lazy man's tie. Been wearing them a long time. Love them!
Rough listen.
Gable at his prime could beat anybody in the world the dude ran According to Ben Peterson 22 miles on Sundays
Larry Owings joined the chat
John Peterson was a nobody a absolute nobody but he trained with gable and won a silver medal
him and his brother won a gold and silver, so id say he was more then a nobody, who are you again?
I use to coach under mike Duroe he was a friend of gable died of a brain tumor
The best wrestler ever that gable faced was wada of Japan
Even the farm kids are not as tough
Now you have maybe twenty good programs it’s pitiful
But kids are not as tough as the young men of old these kids just are not tough these days
The farm kids in the seventies worked 16 hour days bailing hay exc getting up at five in the morning
How many kids could do,that know
I am writing a book it will be a best seller my name is Randy lex