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Danny Mack Gable (born October 25, 1948) is an American former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler and coach. Considered to be one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, Gable is a two-time NCAA Division I national champion, a World gold medalist, and an Olympic gold medalist .
Royce Alger (born 1965) is an American former freestyle and folkstyle wrestler and retired mixed martial artist.An athlete of wrestling icon Dan Gable, he went on to become a three-time All-American, three-time Big Ten champion, and two-time NCAA National Champion at the 167 and 177 pound weight classes in 1987 and 1988, at the University of Iowa. [1]
Executive director of the Dan Gable Museum [17] 2008 Greg Oliver: Honored with Steven Johnson. Canadian author and journalist, founded SLAM! Wrestling [6] 2008 Steven Johnson: Honored with Greg Oliver. Has written several books on professional wrestling [6] 2009 Mike Mooneyham: Author and columnist for The Post and Courier [7] 2010 J Michael Kenyon
In 1968, Douglas defeated Dan Gable 11–1 in a freestyle wrestling match during the Olympic Trials in Ames, Iowa while Gable's only defeat in folkstyle wrestling in high school and college came in the NCAA finals of his senior year at Iowa State in 1970 to Larry Owings.
Gable finished his Iowa head coaching career with a record of 355-21-5 (.940), 21 consecutive Big Ten Titles, and 15 NCAA Championships. During Gable's reign, Iowa had numerous remarkable seasons. Iowa had 9 All-American wrestlers in 1981, 1983, 1985, 1991, 1992, and 1995. Iowa had 9 Big Ten champions in 1983.
As a teenager, he’d woken up to the words of legendary coaches he’d copied from books and taped to his bedroom walls — John Wooden on preparation, Vince Lombardi on sacrifice and Dan Gable on goals. He had been a dominant wrestler in high school and a competitive bodybuilder in his early 20s.
Cael Sanderson, arguably the greatest collegiate wrestler of all time, took the reins of the Iowa State wrestling team at the start of the 2006–07 season. After posting an undefeated record of 159–0 as a collegiate wrestler for ISU, Sanderson won an Olympic gold medal at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, Greece.
Donald Trump’s entourage during his visit to UFC 309 Saturday at Madison Square Garden offers some clues about who is in his inner circle as he works to assemble his administration.