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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 .
Gable Dan Steveson (born May 31, 2000) is an American wrestler. In freestyle wrestling , Steveson was a 2020 Summer Olympic gold medalist , and was also a three-time age-group world champion . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In folkstyle wrestling , Steveson was a two-time Dan Hodge Trophy winner , a two-time NCAA Division I national champion , and a three-time ...
The concept of the untimely deaths of professional wrestlers was a frequent topic of discussion on the Opie & Anthony show. [16] After Scott Hall's death in 2022, Bret Hart and Kevin Nash talked about the premature death of several wrestlers, mentioning the mental and body damage as possible causes. [17] [18]
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.
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]
Betts was a Minnesota high school state champion (2004). [11] He was coached as an amateur wrestler by Dan Chandler [12] and Gregg Greeno. [13]He defeated Jordan Holm 2-0 in the final of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 84 kg category. [14]
1975 Defeated Dan Gable 7–6 at the Northern Open; 1978 US Wrestling Federation "Man of the Year" 1978 Sullivan Award Finalist; 1979 Sullivan Award Finalist; 1983 Inducted into the Wisconsin Wrestling Hall of Fame; 1998 Named the "Wrestler of the Decade" for the 70's by the Amateur Wrestling News; 2005 Named to the NCAA Wrestling 75th ...