Dan Gable 1972 Olympic Special

[lowey911]

I'm from Britain and Dan Gable is a hero of mine, MMA got me interested in wrestling and ive been learning its history ever since. Thank you Dan Gable for inspiring me.

[Djjernst]

The Dan Gable video is from the Donn Ernst Wrestling Lengendary Videos. Therefore lets place credit where credit should be given. CWWCF.org

[JessikahAznBabyy]

woot! I LOVE DAN GABLE

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[TheMDBJJ]

Dan Gable is the Leonidas of the USA. He is a champion that should be thanked for everything he has done. God Bless Dan Gable and God Bless USA Wrestling

[IARACKS]

Simply amazing.

[Downsouthy]

Gable VS. Sanderson Both in prime

[littlecow44]

@Downsouthy if the same weight, i put money on gable  :P

[zcolez]

@Downsouthy THE EARTH WOULD EXPLODE

[Nickthemonkey08]

Anyone else get the urge to go workout?

[tankjujitsu]

@jurom7 Karelin was a monster, no doubt. I always have been impressed by the Russian or Soviet wrestlers then. Ivan Medved, Sergei and Antoli Belaglozov and many many more. Karelin was a Greco Roman man but i've always enjoyed the freestyle wrestling a little more, but thats just me and i respect the Greco style too. I think i was a little buzzed on Samuel Adams when i made that bold post. LOL! Nice to see someone so knowledgeable about wrestling, it's a great sport. Cheers.

[hunterhihello1]

Dan Gable OWNED Wrestling LIKE A BOSS!

[tylerp232323]

wrestling is a love hate

[UltimateGuy2000]

Whenever I feel down because I feel like I failed, I'm just going to watch this movie and think, "What would Dan Gable do?"

[Lilphill27]

@Dietpepsinanilla yea

[norma1250]

It's a chest expander. Thx stupid muthafkrs

[Airbornerock]

@norma1250 Its not really hard to figure it out yourself. You should have asked this somewhere else, with a comment virtually every 2 weeks did you expect an instant reply?

[norma1250]

Hey what is that big rubberband exercise he was doin

[switchdog2341]

Dan Gable is one of the greatest athletes of all times. Cael Sanderson was a good wrestler but i dont think he was close to being as good as Gable.

[ProperlyModulated]

My Dad (who is not a "tough guy "& is really laid back) was friends with a lot of tough NW Iowa farm boys who loved to fight. One summer at the lakes they were drinking beer when they noticed Gable. My old man says that one of his friends went over to start some trouble & before you know it Gable tossed him into the lake, telling him to stay swimming unless he wanted to get a beating. My Dad couldn't stop laughing, the guy had to stay in the water for 10 mins, until Dan walked towards the park

[Blackdimond8000]

That Iranian he was talking about was my father....however he didn't verse him since my father then got in trouble with the King of Iran and wasn't allowed to wrestled at the 1972 Olympics. My father claims that he would have won since he did more techniques than Dan Gable. But he doesn't say that Dan Gable was bad, he said that he was dedicated and really great at what he did.

[socalboy1996]

I have a shirt that says

"show up. dominate. go home" -Dan Gable

[salzy1]

Pennsylvania has great wrestlers

[davidroeshot]

I'm from Pennsylvania I wrestle there it's very very VERY competitive. I'm not sure what state is better Pennsylvania or Iowa.

[Dietpepsivanilla]

@davidroeshot I'm an Iowan and wrestled in Iowa and would love to say Iowa, but you know there's great wrestling ANYwhere. Iowa, Pennsylvania (where it's extremely good), Ohio, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Illinois and Wisconsin has the great reputations. So does South Dakota and that state has very little population, but they had a pair of greats in Randy Lewis and Lincoln McIravey.

[chumsyalibumsy09]

@Dietpepsivanilla brock lesnar came from mn.... just kidding lol

[davidroeshot]

This helps me so much I watch this video and do jump rope, his voice is in my head when I wrestle

[Lilphill27]

He trains like rocky balboa.

[Dietpepsivanilla]

@Lilphill27 You mean Rocky Balboa trains like Dan Gable.

[Lilphill27]

He trains like rocky balboa.

[tankjujitsu]

I bet 10 million dollars that we will never see another olympics where a freestyle wrestler will win gold and go unscored upon throughout the tournament with even half the brutal competition that Gable had in 1972 .........

[tauchda]

@tankjujitsu don't forget about his bum knees

[jurom7]

@tankjujitsu Alexander karelin went 12 years and 3 olympics without giving up a point. In his fourth olympic he let up a penalty point. Even more impressive.

[jurom7]

Alexander karelin went 12 years without giving up a point. 3 olympic golds. 1 silver on a referee's decision (which was the only point giving up in 4 olympics and over 15 years. A bit more impressive than Gable. Right?

[Nickthemonkey08]

@jurom7 I don't know whether you are only counting his Olympic career as far as giving up a point, but his streak was "only" six years long. Just saying, even though that is still maybe the most impressive feat in all of wrestling.

[raysalsa1]

@jurom7 nothing negative against karelin b/c he was a beast. here is the thing not many many humans have karelin's genetics. he is 286lb with less than 10% bodyfat. however, many humans have gable's genetics. he has to rely more on skill than pure brute strength like karelin. no wrestler in greco roman rules has the physical power to pick alexander up and throw him. many men have gable's power, but not nearly the skill. Gable's accomplishments are therefore more impressive.

[jurom7]

@tankjujitsu

[morgall]

@tankjujitsu

you have 10 million?

[dtboy1]

he used to sleep in the bed that his sister got murdered and raped in the before every match

[sciencefreak2402]

didn't Gable have an 103 degree fever against Owens?

[SuperBlaze46]

gable never failed

[chadman3000]

i wrestle exactly the same as larry owens but i wanna wrestle like dan gable

[JimenezLeon]

Gable was a freak.

[chadman3000]

@JimenezLeon and by freak you mean a god!

[Joetoy90]

@chadman3000 and by a god you mean Jesus Christ!!!!

[doctorzom1]

I could beat him... if I got to use an H-bomb. lol Gable was an ANIMAL.

[mattcribbin]

Think of Owens' family, they must have been going apeshit.

[venturawrestling1]

dan gable is the shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[54tatersalad]

3-time national champ dumb fuck

[WaylonJenningsFan]

@54tatersalad 2 time champ. In his day freshmen weren't allowed to compete. He won his sophomore and junior years and lost to Owings his senior year in his last collegiate match.

[ResidentMovies]

@54tatersalad he was a two timer

he lost to Washington state his senior year. He couldn't be a four timer because Iowa doesn't allow freshman to wrestle varsity.

[toolmantooltime]

@ResidentMovies He didn't wrestle for Iowa smart guy. He was a clone

[freqeist]

proper wrestling

[Rightwingman09]

I bet that was his goal to never give up a single point.

[GKwrestling4life]

actually he said himself he didnt know he was unscored on til someone mentioned it to him AFTER he won the gold

[DaBearsManiac]

wow, this is great, but i bet that he didn't think that he wouldn't even surrender a single point on the way to becoming a gold medalists. he sets the bar for all wrestlers on all levels, both today and tomorrow