Enough! "She really likes to watch the wrestling," said a man who won wrestling gold at the 1972 Games . Dan Gable watched his wife, Kathy, watch wrestling during last week's Olympic Games in Tokyo. Every state but one now has high school wrestling, and every state but three has college wrestling. A Des Moines newspaper reporter once wore an Iowa hat to a Russian village during the Cold War, in the mountains near the Siberian border, where an American had never been. The calls came from his desk at the Iowa wrestling office, after he'd finished coaching. "I don't want to hold back any progress. and that was all Dan could stand. Outside Carver-Hawkeye, he takes small, sliding steps toward his truck, past the statue of him put up a year ago. One of Gable's hobbies, which can seem like an obsession, is studying the health benefits of heat. His career molded his family, then welded it together. Kathleen was born in Philadelphia on Dec. 16, 1942. The buildings -- the main house, his clubhouse with a sauna and gym, the barn with his axes and Everlast heavy bag -- look like they belong in a Nordic postcard, all dark wood and peaked rooflines. WATERLOO, Iowa --- On May 31, 1964, a pretty 19-year-old west-side Waterloo girl with the now well-known name of Diane Gable, was slain in her home. It was dark outside. ", Gable loves sitting in the sauna, even traveling overseas once to an international sauna convention. It was the prison. "I still don't think I have forgiven him," she says. Mack Gable told the guy to get in the house and call back. For their first date, two years later, he invited her on a bike ride. He's seen it hundreds of times, sometimes alone, sometimes with his kids piled around. After finishing, he walks up a narrow stairwell, toward the lobby of Carver-Hawkeye Arena. As Iowa's all-time winningest coach, Gable compiled a career record of 355-21-2, all at Iowa. 8. "My wrestling and family go together," he said. None of them ever say this stuff to my face … I dont think much of people who would rather cry than do something about it. There was no greater sin for a Gable wrestler than to be caught stalling -- backing up, eating clock, not attacking and destroying -- and once Gable even screamed at a ref to call it on his own guy. His only defeat came in the NCAA finals his senior year. Instead, she volunteered to be the high school wrestling manager, staying after practice to clean the mats. Katie and Mack Gable kept everything. One afternoon, he shows his collection of oversize black scrapbooks, which live in the same room as his used crutches and a pile of rifles and shotguns. Dan Gable drove himself sweating and panting up a mile-long hill on a scorching afternoon as if it were 1972 and dreams of Olympic gold floated through his mind. Ask Gables wrestlers what they think of him, and the word theyre most likely to use is attitude., National champion Barry Davis said, The most important thing the coach does is give us a championship attitude he inspires us.. "You can't ever work too much because there's no such thing as being in too good condition."". A journey into the world of Italy's racist soccer thugs. When Gable started lobbying, colleges were losing more wrestling programs each year, down from 146 in 1981-82 to 77 in 2011-12. Danny Mack "Dan" Gable was born on October 25, 1948, in Waterloo, Iowa, to Mack Gable, a real-estate salesman, and his wife, Katie Gable, a homemaker. They've rented a place. The wrestlers stop in the middle of practice and have Gatorade parties. One of their wrestlers was Dan Gable, who went on to copy much of their success at ISU while he led Iowa to 15 NCAA championships. On their first date, they went on a bike ride. His daughters are funny, pretty and intense. Mackie cried during the final news conference. . Gable has used his fame to bring awareness, and to lobby behind the scenes, constantly working the phones or getting on planes. Danny Mack Gable (born October 25, 1948) is an American former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler and coach. Ask Dan Gable: What was it like to win an Olympic gold medal? Gable is a devoted father and grandfather. He lived and died with his wrestlers. The sun will be a relief, easing Dan's aching joints. Then doctors told him he couldn't wrestle people any longer, and the Christmas tree and the chain saw nearly took away the Takedown Machine, and that is just about that. He doesn't like to eat, for instance, without working out, constantly balancing a ledger in his mind. Andrew Cutraro, "I have these kids," Annie says. In 1974, Dan Gable married Kathy Carpenter and the couple has four daughters: Jenni, Annie, Molly and Mackenzie. He had condominiums in Florida, and he flew us there. Half an hour later, his parents opened the door, humbled by the courage of their son. Leaning over, he carefully wipes the snow off with his hand. Gable's dominance carried over to a successful coaching career. Dan was like a race horse he was all psyched up. They have also lived in Rochester, IN. stacey: a legendary iowan will be at tonight's rally and soon the white house. He pulls up to a small barn with a low ceiling and steps inside to gather wood. Dan hears the words again. She confronted her son and slapped him, hard. "Before my sister died," he says, and he changes the subject. The Waterloo, Iowa, native began wrestling as boy and won three Iowa High School championships and two NCAA championships at Iowa State University. The logs are still wet, and the air smells like oak and elm. He rises to his feet and raps the sauna door goodbye. I said to myself, She cant be here with me, but she can look down on me and be proud. I tried to accomplish much more for her, Gable recalled. The flying spit and sudden fits of decorum, like "Jiminy Christmas!" They first met at a party. Boyfriends getting the tour would see the holes and make a mental note. St. John bucks and twists, and with 38 seconds left, he breaks his opponent's grip and takes a 3-2 lead. Where Is He Now? He swings open the door and steps back inside. Mike Duroe and Doughty watch him compose himself. He threw a mug through the Christmas tree. One day, as he walks from the hotel to the arena, he tries to explain why. Dan Gable won 13-4 in a match that would serve as the central motivation for Owings two years later. // 1976 To 1997 From 1976 to 1997, Gable was the head coach of wrestling at the University of Iowa. Gold medals aren't really made of gold. 25 October 1948 in Waterloo, Iowa), the greatest amateur wrestler and wrestling coach in United States history.Born and raised in Waterloo, Iowa, Gable was the only son and second child of Mack, a blue-collar worker at the local John Deere plant, and Katie Gable. BACK HOME, HE's got a 45-acre spread he's put together in pieces over the years, a place to live out his uneasy retirement. He'd let his mom and dad down. "I feel like none of us would be here were it not for wrestling," Jenni explains. His father, Mack, a Waterloo real estate broker, says he set his son up with a piece of land and a building that is being leased to a Quik-Trip franchise in Iowa City. Also, he had won six of his matches at . So did his family. For 20 years, Chick-fil-A and the Cathy family sponsored the Georgia state wrestling awards banquet. "It was simple: I wanted to beat the guy who beat me," says Owings. Today, a month after the IOC decision, he sinks down into his hot tub, which overlooks a wide yard of snow, downrange from the two cement deer that, on occasion, real deer like to hump. The family was dying with her, and he would be left alone. He'll likely never wrestle again, stripped of the most important part of himself, his ability to keep his pain buried inside. Back and forth. Perhaps the greatest amateur wrestler in history, Dan Gable is synonomous with wrestling. He was 15 years old when his older sister, Diane, was . If you've seen him at a match lately, they're still there, grown up, screaming down at poorly performing wrestlers, questioning their manhood, urging a coach to "slap the shit" out of one who celebrates a poorly wrestled match. People nod when he passes, and he zips his Iowa wrestling coat. Andrew Cutraro. Mackie's just up the road in Dubuque, and they get together as much as they can, mostly around wrestling events. The strange relationship between Lionel Messi and his hometown in Argentina by Wright Thompson, As he reaches his 50th birthday, MJ is still looking for one more ass to kick by Wright Thompson, A journey into the world of Italy's racist soccer thugs. He pictures it now: a swaying receiver connected by a creaking metal cord to a box. Lessons in Leadership. Dan Gable coached Iowa to 15 national titles in 21 years. There'd been drama with Annie, who didn't want to stop and eat together on the way back. It swung back and forth, slowly, back and forth. He'd lost his sister, and now his deepest fear was coming true. Later that night, some friends sit around the hotel bar, just as baffled as Mackie. Four hours later, the emotions that started in the sauna force their way out, released by his joy over Derek St. John's national title. Up ahead in the driveway, he sees his daughter's car running, coughing exhaust smoke. Along the way, he had four daughters with his wife, Kathy. He tried to describe what it did to him, and to his mom and dad. The 21-year-old Apple Valley, Minn . And, yes, he once did send some Hawkeye T-shirts to a blind man in St. Albin who is an avid wrestling fan. The statue is addressing everyone who passes, demanding that they keep fighting. President Donald Trump awarded Dan Gable with the Medal of Freedom Credit: AP:Associated Press. "It burns," he says, gritting his teeth, and he sounds supremely happy. He went 39-0 this season, winning a second straight 220-pound state title. His work paid off. "My dad's gold medal hangs above the fireplace. What role did the late Roy Carver, the multimillionaire from Muscatine, play in Gables decision to coach at the U of I? ESPN Dan Gable. All his life, Gable has been able to sense other people's hopes, just as he feels other people's pain as if it were his own. It was tough the kid went through hell the first year. President Donald Trump awarded the Medal of Freedom to wrestler and coach Dan Gable in the Oval Office on Monday, making him the first wrestler in history to receive the honor. Dan Gable and Kathy Gable got married in 1974. So when Mack and Katie went out on the town, young Dan would make his way to the front of the house. Like a turtle, he can make his neck disappear. Gable credits his parents with being the single greatest influence of my life, and he remains close to them. Then he stopped coming. "What's he doing?" If that means running miles every day, lifting weights and grappling with wrestlers on the mat, he does it despite bunged-up knees, a pinched nerve in his neck and chipped bones in his elbows. Even 16 years after losing the opiate of competition, he's still grasping for something to replace it. His daughters are all married and have their own children. . Next year, for the first time in their lives, Dan and Kathy are spending January and March in Florida, returning to Iowa in February for wrestling events. He turns to her for the simplest of questions, such as: "When did my mother die?" Kathy is related to Erin Renee Gable and Emily Gable as well as 3 additional people. Ohhhhhh. At the end, Gen. Waverly puts on his old uniform and is greeted by the soldiers who loved him during the war, who sing "The Old Man." "I had never seen a sunset," he says, and he's laughing at himself, at how he sounds. He never cheered after one of his own matches, but he'd leap into the air after theirs, and he'd mourn with them after defeats, and sit in a sauna wearing a coat and tie to help them make weight. When she finished reading, she hurried to the bedroom. Carver was definitely an influence on my decision, though. For months, the two boys from Wisconsin worked out with Dan at the Gable home. Gable once again is on the trail of what many believe is an impossible dream. Snow piles on the branches, two inches at least. "The match changed my . Kathy Gable is known for ESPN SportsCentury (1999). McDonough got beat! The glory always meant more to me if I knew my parents and my sister would see it., He recalled pacing nervously in the dressing room before his Olympic matches and thinking, Diane is with me, too. And, yes, he does remember writing notes to a man dying of cancer in Minneapolis. Dan was on the left side of the bed, on his stomach. The scars on his damaged knees turned bright red and glistened in the blazing sun. Gable looks up at himself, and down at the plaque, which is covered in snow, his carefully chosen message obscured. DAN GABLE PACES suite No. But out of the blue, a bubble gum company sent him a $250 check for permission to use his photo on a series of cards. Everything is still. 1. Drive them through the cornfields to this suite in a deafening, packed arena. She smiles and pulls out a stack of posters for him to sign. During the holidays, Gable sits in front of his television and watches "White Christmas." He needed to purge these feelings. Both talk as if theyd like more children. He was just a boy. The international wrestling governing body's leader and lieutenants weren't respected in the Olympic community and were told repeatedly to make changes to the sport, to fix many of the confusing rules that had been added over the years. St. John is tied with 48 seconds left. Outside in the concourse, feeling weak, then feeling guilty about feeling weak, he knows what must be done. But, he had to file for divorce over an argument with her. He was passing the parking lot where they found out about Diane, where his dad dropped a pay phone that swung slowly on its cord. See what wrestling means out in the middle of the country and in places like it all over the world, where the thin line between survival and extinction is guarded by toughness. Her reasons are her own, but it's hard not to see a girl trying to keep a world intact. When I came to Iowa City and got started in the job, it was dropped. In Episode III of the three-part series, Dan's wife, Kathy, and their four daughters - Jenni, Annie, Molly and Mackie - share funny stories and more while discussing their family and wrestling! During the first five or six years, I was the dominant figure. Finally, choosing his words carefully, he said, "It was like a death in the family. ", That's why Gable never fully pulled away, even after he left coaching in 1997, making good money on the lecture circuit, keeping an administrative job in the athletic department. "They might need it," he says. ", "I feel bad for my dad," Mackie says. He put hammers in their cars in case they ran off the road into a body of water. Gable, in 1958 in Red Lake, Ontario, with his parents -- and a northern pike. Gable's phone started to ring. Andrew Cutraro. "Saving the sport" became his mantra. Courtesy IU Athletics. My ear fills with liquid and has to be drained with a needle. Nobody scored on him in Munich, and when he won, he tossed the medal in the bottom of his gym bag. Building a small house and selling the big one to Jenni. The Russians knew he was good. "I don't think I can sit here," he says, stepping out of the suite into the hallway. - Dan Gable. Something is very close to the surface, and he tries to force it back down. 2. 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 was only the third wrestler to have ever been inducted into the United World Wrestling's Hall of Fame in the Legend . All four girls have moved out, started lives of their own. Even before the IOC decision, Gable worried about the future of his sport and hoped to inspire people to save it. He's focused on overturning the IOC decision. The heat helps him think. She has been married to Dan Gabel since May 18, 1974. Kathy Gable provided a sense of common everyday life for her family while her husband produced uncommon results. Not even he really knows what's happening to him. Gable leaps from the hot tub and dives into the drift of snow. Until high school, or maybe even college, Mackie thought the John Lennon song "Imagine" was written especially for a 1992 wrestling highlight video. Recently, Gable lost out to marathon runner Frank Shorter for a $25,000 endorsement of Canon cameras. The Penn State fans in the next suite are peeking over at the red-faced, bald man losing his shit. He sticks out his tongue. I just wanted to fish and wrestle. The Gables are building a new home a few miles north of Iowa City. Mackie brings her knees up to cover her face, wraps her arms around her knees. Dan Gable on working with The Smithsonian Institute, an Iowa team poster tour from his basement, Going for X (10) in a row, on coach's row, on peaking athletes, on accountability, and Saving . He is best known for his tenure as head coach at the University of Iowa where he won 16 NCAA team titles between 1976 and 1997. . I had to have a win, just to get it out of me.". 0. Another fall might be more than he can handle. It is eight a.m. Dan Gable is running several miles on a dirt road. The murder of the teen-ager sister of Dan Gable . Mack answered and listened as the neighbor described Diane's half-naked body dead on the living room carpet, in the same room where Dan once sat in the window. Diane's death is a psychic phantom limb, a complicated pain he talks about more each year, even if he still can't articulate how it makes him feel. This story appears in ESPN The Magazine's Sept. 2 NFL Preview issue. Kathy has already put out Easter decorations, including stuffed bunnies and an Easter tree. Carver talked to me about business deals, but it never paid off. She's not alive. When he got home, he avoided his parents. Zaputil disappeared. Dan Gable, in full Daniel Mack Gable, (born October 25, 1948, Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.), American freestyle wrestler and coach who is often considered to be the greatest amateur wrestler in American history. They've learned a lot about him by having their own kids. Today, Gable still resides in the Hawkeye State with his wife, Kathy. Given the right stimuli, like a vital Iowa match, he seems a good sweat from his final wrestling weight of 149. "I represent a lot of things that I think are good," Gable said. Only my family comes before it, said the man who commonly is called the greatest wrestler in U.S. history.. SUBSCRIBE. School administrators worried people wouldn't get it, so after weeks of fighting, they settled on a compromise: (NO) STALLING. People think Dan Gable isn't afraid of anything, but that's not true. 267 Copy quote. The Gables measured time in seasons, their world growing as small and insular as Dan's. "Four three two one," a friend counts down, and the horn sounds. A year ago, McDonough dominated people, and now, for some reason, he is wrestling without anger or energy. After moving into Diane's room, Gable kept winning. Between that ride and their wedding some 12 months later, in 1974, he called her every night. It is one p.m. Dan Gable is lifting weights and punching the heavy bag. It's late afternoon at the compound, near sunset. GET OUT OF THERE! Even now, she alone seems capable of seeing through the shell into the real Dan Gable. A lot of my confidence exudes off me to my athletes. She lived with the storm of his career because she loved his willingness to devote himself fully to something. But Gables father, Mack, talks of the rough times his son had when he joined the University of Iowa coaching staff as an assistant in 1973, just a year after the Olympic victory. If I get too close to a wrestler, I cut myself off. Courtesy Gable Family. I think my wife, the love for my wife ". When his mom would get him on the phone, he couldn't talk. It was easier to get financial backing from private sources. That night, he didn't sleep a wink. One day in March, he stared at a bowl of pasta, hungry and stubbornly trying not to eat. Fierce showdowns with Peekers seem like a comical use of the authority he built by demanding everything from himself and from athletes who wanted to be like him. He's thinking about the recent drama, not sure if he'll be able to get everyone to do it again next year. Dan Gable was dominant at Iowa State, keeping his undefeated streak alive until his very last match, the NCAA finals of his senior year. Mackie rushes to find Kathy, who comforts him. My goal is hers.. He called me a couple of times and said, I cant take this, Dad. After the run, he drew a circle on the dusty country road and struck a familiar stance against an imaginary foe.

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