Later, over beers at a local bar, when hes asked how often he thinks about his loss in the 1970 NCAA wrestling national championships, he will say, without a beat, Everyday. His wife, Kathy, will turn to him and look as if she suddenly doesnt know this man shes been married to for 40 years. It made him want another crack at the legend, but he wouldnt have a chance until that final round of the 1970 national championship at the Northwestern University fieldhouse in Evanston, Ill. He was U.S. Olympic freestyle coach in 1980, 1984, and 2000. We got up, and he offered me his hand and we shook. Owings had one more thing Gable didn't have - implacability. You can find youth folkstyle wrestling tournaments as well as Freestyle and Greco-Roman events. Drawing on personal accounts from former Maple Heights wrestlers, nationally known celebrities of the sport like Larry Owings and Bobby Douglas, and the four Milkovich brothers, Kalin draws a . How Much Is Dan Gable Worth? Gable, then and now, says the near-fall was "a judgment call.". But it will have to wait till next time, on Canby Then. He won't allow it. Who wants to be known for just one thing? He thinks about what would have happened if he would have lost his match: maybe he wouldnt have entered a failed marriage in 1970 just months after the match (Maybe she wouldnt have married me if I wouldnt have been a winner, he says), maybe he would have pushed himself harder to become an Olympian. He walked over and saw his teammate Chuck Jean there. The Cyclone collected himself after the takedown, taking a timeout to adjust his contact lens before going back to the middle. Owings started to lose his headgear, as Gable worked him from the top position; unfazed, Owings battled, finally securing the escape and notching a point only to immediately be taken down again by Gable. The two met in the finals of the 1970 NCAA wrestling championship. x][w~3sV% $f'$qRUzV[%JVwr|rnNk{-66Y6'{.oO\n.OyR$.`XISdf$fy&!=y67eiPl>M4?~sH^dYyd@oZn.N^~6hPW~nkz9^4Y\,2E /uVMo]BP6wi&$P,s5Gsxp*.&J4X~BHwf=Sx7p&,\/bi,b%_%eR?UM4]AB! No, with his movie star looks and charisma, and a physique that would make Chris Hemsworth jealous, he was legitimately world famous. After his Olympic title, he coached the Iowa Hawkeyes to 21 consecutive Big Ten titles and 15 national championships in his 21 years as head coach, going 355-21-5. Imagine my surprise when I read of my neighbor/customer's accomplishments in his obituary after he and his wife's (along with others) deaths in a tragic car accident. He went 64-0 at Waterloo (Iowa) West High School and 117-0 in three years at Iowa State (freshmen could not compete then) with NCAA titles at 130 and 137 pounds. Owings has not talked to Gable since 1980, and that was a brief conversation to ask him to consider looking at a wrestler in his district. After the defeat, Gable won gold medals at the 1971 world championships as well as the 1972 Olympics. It was my moms worst fear. Feeling stripped of his powers after his loss, Gable was finding out what it was like to be human. Its harder and harder now for Gable to feel the fire that was in him for so long, but he becomes alive again, the old wrestler with the mean streak, when he talks about the Owings match. He beat Gable in the finals of the 1970 NCAA Tournament, one of the most famous wrestling matches in history. Grant won in '69 @ 145 and again in '70 @ 150. He prefers to show them, firsthand. Two years ago, Gable got the call that Dianes killer had died in prison. The match changed my life, he says, but then he suddenly adds, but there was a time, a long time, when I wished it never happened.. Earned bachelor's degree and master's degree in education from the University of Washington. As a college sophomore, he defeated Dan Gable in one of the biggest upsets of NCAA finals history,. In 1968, in Ames, Iowa, he stepped onto the mat to face the Iowa State sophomore who was already considered the best wrestler in the country. This was Owings' opportunity, the fateful moment when his never-used leg sweep caught Gable by surprise. Larry Owings Fall 5:19 Bryan McGann 6-3 David McGuire 4-0 Shane Foley 8-5 Mike Riley 9-0 Reid Lamphere 15-11 Larry Owings 13-2 David McGuire 8-4 Mike Riley 2-1 Reid Lamphere 14-12 David McGuire 3-3, 1-0 David McGuire Fall 4:32 130 Weight Class David McGuire 4-2 Len Groom, Northern Colorado [2] Mike Milkovich, Kent State Everette Barnard, Indiana There was no reason to think that Gable would not cruise through this final match at 142 pounds and end his career with a 118-0 record. We were on our knees at the end of the match. It happened March 28, 1970, at McGaw Hall, an 8,800-seat fieldhouse on the Northwestern University campus in Evanston, Ill. Gable was (and is) the god of the sport, a no-nonsense, punishing force who may have been the world's best-conditioned athlete. Shop official NCAA team and championship gear. The NCAA shifted weight classes fairly often back then so wrestlers adjusted either up or down. Even now, no one tells Dan Gable what to do. Working out from under Gable gave Owings momentum and confidence, and he translated that energy into a takedown of his own against his opponent to give Owings the lead 3-2 in the match and rode out Gable for the remainder of the first period to finish the first three minutes on top. At Iowa State, he became an NCAA Division I national runner-up and two-time national champion. The final seconds ticked down, and it was actually Owings, in the lead, who went for a final takedown. I agree with dbestsport that the Marianetti-McIlravey final was a huge upset in the annals of wrestling. The match spawned a book, a documentary, countless magazine articles, and decades of reflection. The name "Larry Owings" might not be immediately recognizable to Iowa fans, but he's an important figure in the history of both Gable and Iowa 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. Phone: (405) 377-5243 Email: info@nwhof.org, 303 Jefferson St. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan smiled after being presented with a prayer book during a visit to Cardinal Hickey Academy on February 26, 2016 in. A sophomore had beaten the giant. He was Goliath, but David was coming to the mat, ready to live out a dream. Email: info@nwhof.org, 303 Jefferson St. After a slow start, "He had won more than 200 matches in high school.". Gable won 13-4 and went on; Owings never forgot. It was simple: I wanted to beat the guy who beat me, says Owings. Owings didnt wipe the floor with Gable; that would have been impossible. Washington's Larry Owings knocked off Iowa State's Dan Gable for the 1970 NCAA championship at 142 pounds. "He (Gable) was dazed and confused. An inspiring legend in his home state and as well as the country due to his work ethic and drive to succeed in wrestling, Gable won national titles in 1968 and 1969 at 130 and 137 pounds. The house lights were dimmed, with only the overhead lights framing the mat in the center of McGaw Hall. Larry Owings, Coach/Official, Canby, Oregon. The fans, said Roderick, "were in shock, as well as excited seeing history. From 1967 to 1970, Gable attended Iowa State University, where he competed in folkstyle wrestling. After losing 20 pounds and growing several inches, nobody believed he couldn't be a wrestler anymore. Im emotional about it because theres still a lot of meaning Gable told, How Dan Gable coached Iowa to 15 team titles, The complete history of one of the greatest college wrestlers, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Jean was due to wrestle in the night's final match, and the PA announcer called for the match wrestlers: Jean had three minutes to get to the mat. Gable says that the loss was "like a death in the family." All Rights Reserved. Owings had a not-so-successful start; nicknamed Porky, Owings lost all eight of his matches in his first year in junior varsity competition at Canby High, wrestling for coach Larry Wright. That number 182 would have included Gable's undefeated high school and collegiate career. Graduated from Canby High School where he was a two-time OSAA champion. Help us build a sustainable news organization to serve Canby for generations to come! It's hard to win a third NCAA title. It's full of great details like this in the aftermath of Gable's loss to Owings: With none of his family members in attendance that day, Owings remembers staggering around, trying to process what just happened. In the Olympics, he not only won every match, he did so without giving up a single point. A few years ago, the Republican Party recruited Gable to run for governor of Iowa. This was where Owings wanted to be, on the mat in the middle of the action. Dan had a lot of pressure on him. It's all good. Maybe it does but maybe it doesn't. Just a thought. He was a legend in his home state and across the country with his work ethic and drive to succeed in wrestling. He has come to peace with things he never thought he would. As a sophomore, he wrestled mainly in the 95-pound weight class before moving up to 112 pounds by his senior year. Thats the way Owings prefers it. Our Mission: To honor the sport of wrestling by preserving its history, recognizing extraordinary individual achievements, and inspiring future generations, 405 West Hall of Fame Avenue Grant went up, Owings went. In his final meeting, he sat face to face with Karl Rove, who made the mistake of saying something to the effect of, Youll do what we tell you to do. "I'm not going out there," Jean said. He also became the greatest coach in U.S. college wrestling, winning 17 NCAA titles, and 21 Big Ten Championships. For the first time in history, the two living [] During the weigh-in, an ABC reporter asked, Larry, why, particularly with such a successful sophomore season, would you drop a weight class that will be impossible to win because of Gables presence? Owings glared at the interviewer and said, Ill beat him.. "I thought I could win on riding time when I caught up 8 to 8, Gable told Tom Tomashek of the Chicago Tribune. Check Out My Website: https://www.kadenchristiansenproductions.comEmail Me For Business Inquiries: kaden.erick.christiansen@gmail.comThis an amazing passiona. Come watch me next week as I finish my career 182-0. Gable kept bungling the lines, and the take took half an hour; by the time he was finished, without having gone through his regular pregame warm-up, every seat in the area was already filled, and the match was about to start. The pair had met two years earlier, at the 1968 Olympic Trials when Owings was a senior at Canby (Ore.) High and Gable was a sophomore at Iowa State. Owings neighbor and close friend of two decades showed up to a tournament a few years ago and saw Owings in the stands wearing a shiny purple Washington jacket. Gable was in the locker room when he heard the water running in the shower. He would mow the lawn of his parents home in Waterloo, on a 100-degree Iowa summer day with double layers of jogging pants to burn calories. Olympic Champion. Only 30 seconds remained in the match; and Gable, despite the fact that he could coast to a one-point win, continued to stand up and circle with Owings. Gable remembers wrestling an opponent while at the same time watching Owings lose on an adjacent mat. His results were extraordinary. However, Owings turned things around, becoming a two-time Oregon high school state champ, winning the 136-pound crown as a junior in 1967, and the 138 title in 1968 (pinning all his opponents at state). Looks like Owings wrestled at 142 the entire season. However, Gable had to deal with more distractions than Owings. Lyle Ballew, a teammate of Owings', reported back to Owings that during the Iowa State practices, Gable would work with teammates on every possible countermove to the cradle. The night before the start of the tournament, a teammate asked if hed seen the front page of the Chicago Tribune sports section. A natural introvert, he struggled for decades against his reputation as The Man Who Beat Dan Gable. He didnt want his whole life to be defined by something that transpired over a period of nine minutes when he was a teenager. He went on to the sensational international and Olympic career that has already been described. Iowa Wrestling Lands Commitments From Spencer Lee and Gavin Teasdale, TONY RAMOS TO LEAVE IOWA FOR NORTH CAROLINA, FORMER IOWA HEAVYWEIGHT TERRANCE JEAN-JACQUES SIGNS DEAL WITH WWE, TONY RAMOS FEELS "BETRAYED" BY IOWA, LEAVING IOWA PROGRAM, DAN DENNIS BEATS TONY RAMOS, WILL WRESTLE IN THE OLYMPICS IN RIO. See, Larry Owings is the The Man Who Beat Dan Gable. Stillwater, OK 74075 It was during 117-1 at Iowa State University that lost to Larry Owings in 1970. First, though, he has a question about the man who beat him: Here is Larry Owings: sitting at his dining room table in his modest house in the Oregon countryside, 30 miles outside of Portland, on a May afternoon. Stillwater, OK 74075 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. National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum, Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award, Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award. But the scars from 1970 would never go away, and not just for Gable. "Where are they Now: Catching up with Dan Gable and Larry Owings," Sports Illustrated (July 11, 2014), This page was last edited on 20 January 2023, at 03:38. Time heals nothing, not the memory, not the legend and not the gap between the two men, Iowa State's Dan Gable, the greatest wrestler of all time, and a confident University of Washington sophomore named Larry Owings. In this conversation, we talk about Owings' childhood, high school career, and the match with Gable. Each wore white headgear and white kneepads. And then I got greedy. Gable had pinned an astonishing 70 percent of his opponents entering the final, and now he determined to pin Owings to close out his collegiate career. What bothered him was how he was always introduced to the room, but now, it almost makes him proud, the words, Larry Owings. [8], From 1976 to 1997, Gable was the head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa. Really?. [6], In addition to coaching folkstyle wrestling at the University of Iowa, Gable coached freestyle wrestling. Dan Gable has not forgotten about that night in 1970. Gable said when Owings grabbed his leg "it was kind of like a slow-motion fall. The regular season winds downs on the final Sunday before conference tournaments. Michael Jordan is the Dan Gable of basketball, a sportswriter once said. The night before the weigh in, he had a fight with his wife, who was seven months pregnant and didnt want him to leave her and the baby behind and go to the Olympics. Gable was heartbroken. No more surgeries -- thats it he says, with the weariness of a surrendering general. Wow! It is the match that Dan Gable will say turned him into a great wrestler -- and yet he still has trouble bringing himself to talk about it. Their epic match 30 years ago altered the lives of both in ways not anticipated and provided the sport with a story to pass down through generations on the scope of a Biblical parable. 2023 NCAA | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Dan Gable vs. Larry Owings: FULL 1970 NCAA title match at 142 pounds, I know that the match affected my entire life. >ZY&k>.w6jI.E]^`OUF2X28U2EaI<5^F:+}TskfpjSiC)s5:V\4jgU3[[8?&JzK'[Iz)MHeqk}\"/y fd8< iqNHh|@bLM(uE'+8 ANqWR%T]t?s6S(t.yuzw,eb`WV(^Q*DYnuQuXUvWy1 kNV*)?I'lf}(+2_{^i|Dd$wIZ)E5AR a5SysmZ5o=~atjtlINH9[fy:y "(But) I got greedy.". He was intrigued by Owings' swagger. "I had never heard that before. Larry Owings, on the other hand, returned to Oregon, and faded into obscurity, at least as far as the wrestling world was concerned. Gable remembers the moment the seed of doubt was planted entering the 1970 national championships at Northwestern Universitys McGaw Hall. But I have to admit to this day that match made my career, not only the next two years. National Champion. Gable loves telling the story of how he once had a freshman wrestler on his team who faded at the end of matches; to build up the wrestlers mental toughness, Gable drove would drive the wrestler 10 miles out of town a several times a week after practices, and had the freshman run all the way back to campus as Gable followed him in his car. So, yeah,go read the article. He was going for his third title at 142 pounds, and virtually everyone thought he was a lock. During the conversation, neither mentioned the match. While the result of the match against Owings was unusual, in comparison with Gable's previous results, his effort is undeniable. When the 13-11 decision was announced in Owings favor, the crowd erupted in a standing ovation. Gable asked Jean as he stood there under the water. Owings was the first UW wrestler to win an NCAA title, but what mattered was that he had upset a man the Russians reverently called "The Machine," a man who had won 181 straight matches, 108 by pins. (Refresh the page to see latest Notices) Monday February 27, 2023. I gave it everything I had.. LARRY OWINGS AND DANGABLE, Kris Murray and Tony Perkins lead Iowa to its best road win of the year, The Iowa Hawkeyes and the Big Ten Tournament. I don't know if he planned it or not, but he got inside my head.". Owings was an outstanding 29-1 for the season, Gable an astonishing 181-0 against high school and college competition. Not in Dan Gable's mind, not in this lifetime. The night before the finals he reluctantly attended a banquet honoring him as the sports Man of the Year. Jean was due to wrestle in the nights final match, and the PA announcer called for the match wrestlers: Jean had three minutes to get to the mat. A few old black-and-white wrestling photos turn up in the image results, but mostly he finds himself staring at photos of strange faces. Waterloo, Iowa 50701 #SwimWithTheCurrent. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. in-depth (8,000-word) analysis of that epic upset, https://edubirdie.com/essay-editing-service. Gable had an undefeated high school wrestling career. Email: dgmstaff@nwhof.org. His four brothers, his classmates, even his coaches at Canby High when he started wrestling told him he was fat. He was intrigued -- Dan and Kathy went to Washington to have a series of meetings at the White House. How about Andy Daniels beating John Azevedo or Gary Barton winning the tournament in1972. He had won more than 200 matches in high school." That Gable could lose. He attempted an arm-bar move, raising his arm over Owingss shoulder to lock him up and take him down. Owings told UW Coach Jim Smith that he was aiming directly at the legend. His voice cracks, his eyes flicker, and suddenly, he goes silent, grasping for words. Given that Gable -- by his own admission in the piece -- still isn't truly over that loss and that it still lights a fire in him well, I'm gonna say that that loss was perhaps the best thing that ever could have happened to Gable -- and, by extension, Iowa wrestling. With 17 seconds left, Owings was ahead 13-11. World Champion", "Named for an icon, Gable Steveson becomes a legend in his own right", "Where are they Now: Catching up with Dan Gable and Larry Owings", Website of film 'Catch: the hold not taken', Gable's wins and losses between the years 1963 and 1973, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dan_Gable&oldid=1134702764, Chen, Albert. All people still wanted to talk about was that match, he says. Our Mission: To honor the sport of wrestling by preserving its history, recognizing extraordinary individual achievements, and inspiring future generations, 405 West Hall of Fame Avenue And if he could use them to help somebody else, he should. Only one man who ever lived can say he beat Dan Gable, and that man is 1968 Canby Union High School grad Larry Owings. His career had been one of perfection -- he was 64-0 as a high schooler, a three-time state champion, and 117-0, with two national championships, entering the final collegiate match of his career -- and there was no reason for Gable to be anything other than supremely confident when he arrived with his teammates in Evanston. The message was that his talent at wrestling, and his improbable victory over Dan Gable, had happened for a reason. Gable's teams compiled a dual meet record of 355215. To understand the legend of Larry Owings, you must first understand the legend of Dan Gable. In fact, the result was so expected that Gable filmed a commercial with ABCs Wide World of Sports encouraging viewers to watch his final match by saying "Hi, Im Dan Gable. My strategy was to throw everything I could at him, keep him so busy he wouldnt be able to get into a rhythm in the match, Owings later said. Dan Gable won 181 consecutive matches during high school and college before losing his final match at Iowa State. Of the century. Earlier in the day, without any prodding, he brought up the murder of his sister Diane in 1964. ", DAN GABLE: The complete history of one of the greatest college wrestlers. Wrestling fans attending the 2018 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Cleveland, Ohio, March 15-17, will have the chance to relive arguably the most talked about wrestling match of all time the Larry Owings' upset of undefeated two-time NCAA champion Dan Gable in the 1970 NCAA finals. Owings got four points for the move -- two for the takedown, two for exposing Gables shoulders to the mat. He beat Gable in the finals of the 1970 NCAA Tournament, one of the most famous wrestling matches in history. Owings grew up in the Ninety-One School district, the youngest of five brothers who were all high school wrestling state champions. But Larry Owings had tremendous credentials of his own. He had pinned everyone in the 1970s national tournament before this match, and he was considered to be the unquestionable favorite against a wrestler he beat two years prior at the Olympic Trials. Says Gable, "You could say that this was my first coaching moment. 4 0 obj His intensity only grew when he became coach at Iowa in 1976; Gable was legendary for going to extreme limits to solve a problem. No, she says, disbelieving. 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