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During his prep and college careers,
Gable compiled an unbelievable
record of 182-1. He was undefeated
in 64 prep matches, and was 118-1 at
Iowa State. His only defeat came in
the NCAA finals his senior year.
Gable was a three-time all-American
and three-time Big Eight champion.
He set NCAA records in winning and
pin streaks...Book
Dan Gable for Your Event
After college, Gable added titles at
the 1971 Pan American Games, the
1972 Tbilisi Tournament and the 1971
World Championships. He won an
unprecedented six Midlands Open
championships and was that meet's
outstanding wrestler five times. In
1972, he won a gold medal at the
Summer Olympics without surrendering
a point to any of his opponents. The
Soviets came to the Olympics with
only one goal in mind; to defeat
Gable. They were unsuccessful.
In
Gable's final 21 Olympic
qualification and Olympic matches,
he scored 12 falls and outscored his
nine other opponents, 130-1. The
single point being scored by Larry
Owings, who defeated Gable in his
final collegiate match.
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