Well, thats not me, he says, as he reads about the retirement of Larry Owings of Brownwood, Texas. Gables obsession with preparation and routine was already legendary; the stories are almost outlandish -- but they are all true. While wrestling still consumes Gables life, it now occupies such a small corner of Owings -- a retired school administrator, his life revolves around his wife and his 15-year-old daughter Sami, his work with his church and maintaining his properties in the small town of Aurora, Ore. -- that even some of those closest to him are unaware of his wrestling past. Unbelievably, Mr. Flasche was my neighbor and customer at my pharmacy when he moved to our tiny, beautiful town of Troy, MT in the early 2000s. National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum, Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award, Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award. Olympic Champion. Feeling stripped of his powers after his loss, Gable was finding out what it was like to be human. The article didn't mention the fact that Caldwell had pinned Metcalf the previous season. Owings was an outstanding 29-1 for the season, Gable an astonishing 181-0 against high school and college competition. Again in '69 @ 137. Larry Owings Documentary: https://youtu.be/AHuD161zOBU Full match vs Dan Gable: https://youtu.be/98HYl3c0L1c Any can be beaten, nothing is impossible! <> In Chicago, though, the bubble burst. 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. It's famous in part because of the outcome -- it was the only match Gable lost in college -- and in part because of what it led to: an even more focused and determined Gable, who won gold at the World Championships and Olympics in the years that follow and who then coached Iowa to 15 national championships in 21 seasons, a staggering and unprecedented accomplishment. It's also a worthwhile read to find out more about Owings, who was an interesting figure in his own right. ", Owings and Gable, forever linked, met in the NCAA final for the 142-pound weight class. He's still the most famous person in the world of wrestling. The atmosphere was electric, though what everyone had expected -- what ABC had come for -- was a coronation, not a competition. Just sitting here, talking about it it hurts. At Iowa State, he became an NCAA Division I national runner-up and two-time national champion. He has softened in his old age -- thats what nine grandchildren will do to you -- and lately he has been more reflective; a stack of papers on the desk is the memoir hes working on with a writer. "I had two minutes more riding time, so I was pretty much in control of the match," Gable said. National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum, "Bio: Dan Gable 15 National Championships. He growls, What I dont understand, and what still pisses me, off is that how, I did not get up properly for the biggest match of the year. 405 West Hall of Fame Avenue Stillwater, OK 74075 Phone: (405) 377-5243 Email: [email protected] Before the match, Gable had recorded a promo for ABC saying, Hi, Im Dan Gable. WHERE ARE THEY NOW? "He tired me out more than I thought he would," Gable told Tomashek. 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. National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Many who were there that day use the same words to describe the strange aftermath: it was like a bomb went off. 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. 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. Im not going out there, Jean said. He had won more than 200 matches in high school." It's famous in part because of . He prefers to show them, firsthand. Larry Owings Fall 6:12 Leandro Torres 4-3 Bruce Burnett 11-7 Paul Brodmerkel 6-2 Bob Bergen 15-6 Rob Brown 6-4 Larry Owings Fall 1:36 Leandro Torres 4-3 Bob Bergen 3-2 Larry Owings 17-2 Leandro Torres 4-1 Darrell Keller 16-12 142 Weight Class Larry Owings 5-2 Clay Jester, Massachusetts James Guizzotti, Ashland [7] Doug Moses, Iowa State Bye Perri had given Owings two points for the takedown and two for a near-fall, as Gable's shoulders were briefly exposed to the mat. He wasn't stalling on top, but he wasn't earning any additional points either. Come watch me as I finish my career 182-0.. Despite leading Iowa to 15 team championships and cementing his legacy as one of the best leaders in the sport, he still thinks about Larry Owings. Find them on the corner of NW Third and Grant in downtown Canby. After beating up on them, he thought to himself, OK, I'm still good. By the end of the second period, Owings had stretched the lead to 7-2 and the crowd was hysterical. Owings nearly escaped, but Gabled rolled him around and nearly put him on his back before Owings persistence paid off and he earned the escape point. Im emotional about it because theres still a lot of meaning Gable told SI.com in 2014. Hes not. Although Gable has called his sister's death his "biggest loss,"[4] he did not allow the tragedy to affect his focus on wrestling. "It was an indication," Gerald said, "that Gable was taking him real seriously. He has one VHS cassette of the broadcast but the tape is the only copy of the match hes ever owned, so worn that hes afraid that if he runs it in the VCR one more time the tape will be ruined forever. However, Gable had to deal with more distractions than Owings. "It was bedlam. His 1970 NCAA finals victory over Dan Gable cemented his place in wrestling history. Graduated from Canby High School where he was a two-time OSAA champion. "Probably some day," said Roderick, who is president of the museum. Olympic Champion. "He (Gable) was dazed and confused. At Iowa State, he became an NCAA Division I national runner-up and two-time national champion. And when I was younger, I really was pretty fat. Just a thought. His four brothers, his classmates, even his coaches at Canby High when he started wrestling told him he was fat. 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. "I knew who he was," Owings said, somewhat disingenuously. I assume how hard it could be to train when you're given a lot of essays and homework to do. I enjoyed your article and with no intention of being critical. But it will have to wait till next time, on Canby Then. 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. "There was probably not 10 people in that crowd of 9,000 or so who would have bet on Owings," Oklahoma State Coach Myron Roderick said. "I'm not going out there," Jean said. 0@f@b'>dnk;k2 E\ 5EFsmdm9_-3uyKfmp}Mv$F+\ 8PBMvZ4li-miLbccx*kj3 j CL# ^3>=@aW6F(qmDCL4*@u|hw-fTy-[pal{5@V 08Nl+FNt@@*eF$~1H*UXj1(B`xfLE!HsZm!| Gable didnt feel redemption or justice, only a heavy weight lifted: in an unexpected moment of clarity, he realized that all these years hes somehow been partly blaming himself for her death. But now he is about to try. Looks like Owings wrestled at 142 the entire season. Instead, he thought of it as a reason to train with even more determination: "The more you can settle into focusing on what you have and what you would like to do and where you want to go a positive point of view the quicker things turn around and positive things start to happen. While Gable's record that season was 31-0, with five straight pins in the 1970 NCAA tourney, Owings was 32-1, and had four pins entering . 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. USWF Greco-Roman and freestyle champion and Outstanding Wrestler. Owings wore a black singlet with white trim, while Gable was in cardinal and gold. Gable, who admitted he was uncharacteristically worn down as the match dragged on, remembered telling himself, "Don't get caught in the cradle. But Dan Gable, of course, is so much more than one result. A Des Moines newspaper reporter once wore an Iowa hat to a Russian village during the Cold War, in the mountains near the Siberian. That's what I thought. One competitor already knows hes going to win, and the other knows hes going to lose before either steps onto the mat, Gable likes to say. I was almost embarrassed to have won, he says. Let us know if you can support our efforts to expand our operations and keep all of our content paywall-free. 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. Maybe Larry Owings is the only thing that is keeping that part of him alive. The OFFICIAL Facebook site of Western Australia's premiere Pro Wrestling organisation - EPW Perth. 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. He will show up at a practice at a high school just a few miles from where he lives now, and he will stand in front of the teenagers and say, If you can score on me, you can win the state title. Some of the wrestlers will think hes joking. The night before the start of the tournament, a teammate asked if hed seen the front page of the Chicago Tribune sports section. Inducted into University of Washington Athletic Hall of Fame. No high school kid can come close to scoring on Owings. But I have to admit to this day that match made my career, not only the next two years. Come watch me next week as I finish my career 182-0." Larry Richard Oliver (October 6, 1952 - March 5, 2020) was an American professional wrestler, known as "Crippler" Rip Oliver, who had success in Pacific Northwest Wrestling (PNW). 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. I wasn't that surprised the night Caldwell beat Metcalf. Larry Owens (born January 8, 1983) is an American professional basketball player. To understand the legend of Larry Owings, you must first understand the legend of Dan Gable. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. The fans, said Roderick, "were in shock, as well as excited seeing history. He became an assistant wrestling coach at Woodburn High School, and today strives to serve as a positive role model and mentor to local youth. 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. This was where Owings wanted to be, on the mat in the middle of the action. Thats the way Owings prefers it. Dan Gable height is 5 Feet 9 Inches. stream Facing a wrestler legendary for his endurance, opponents of Gable would almost always go for broke from the opening whistle. He also helped the Cyclones to a team title the year of his loss, scoring enough team points to help them edge out Michigan State by over ten points. Gable, then and now, says the near-fall was "a judgment call.". Dan Gable has not forgotten about that night in 1970. Is the hardest S.O.B. Yeah, college basketball is ready for March. "After that match, it took me a long time to really admit a lot of things," Gable said. Gable recovered from the defeat and would later say it made him a much better wrestler. Anything that I can do to help keep these kids away from the video games, and the drugs, the violence and the gangs, Im going to do it.. 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. Of the century. 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. Leading 7-2, Owings continued to ride Gable before Gable notched a reversal and put himself back on track with a 7-4 score. Larry Owings, Coach/Official, Canby, Oregon Graduated from Canby High School where he was a two-time OSAA champion. Odds & lines subject to change. x][w~3sV% $f'$qRUzV[%JVwr|rnNk{-66Y6'{.oO\n.OyR$.`XISdf$fy&!=y67eiPl>M4?~sH^[email protected]^~6hPW~nkz9^4Y\,2E /uVMo]BP6wi&$P,s5Gsxp*.&J4X~BHwf=Sx7p&,\/bi,b%_%eR?UM4]AB! Owings will forever be in the history books because of this match, and the lesson from this moment is that anything can happen in the NCAA finals. "I've never wrestled after you've lost a match, and I'm not going to do it now." He is turning on his iPad, hoping to find clips of the match that would change his life in unexpected and complicated ways. In his first 117 college matches, undefeated, including two national championships. Owings briefly wrestled internationally and retired in 1973 to his home in Oregon. His teams won 21 Big Ten championships and 15 NCAA Division I titles. The two met in the finals of the 1970 NCAA wrestling championship. Is that so? In that way, he and I were similar. Both athletes pushed the pace, with Owings fearlessly attempted a duck under with the goal of spinning around behind Gable, but the Cyclone was too tough and he put himself on the board first by coming around for two points with a single leg takedown within the first minute of the period. His 1970 NCAA finals victory over Dan Gable cemented his place in wrestling history. After defeating Gable, Owings left the crowd at Northwestern stunned having witnessed wrestling history. He won 117 college wrestling matches with impressive dominance, setting a tone and a pace that few could match. 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. That loss is a key part of the creation story for the Dan Gable myth. Dan Gable will tell you that eighty percent of wrestling matches are decided before the first whistle blows. Gable had an undefeated high school wrestling career. It is the subject of an old wrestling match from 44 years ago that has him go silent. 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. It was done out of utter desperation, but hey it worked. Now nearly 70 but still strong as an ox, Owings is not one to use a blackboard to teach his wrestlers how to do a takedown. Gable asked Jean as he stood there under the water. It was simple: I wanted to beat the guy who beat me, says Owings. Gable said no thank you. "I was almost embarrassed to have won," he says. 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. 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. Now, it was like a burden was lifted. All Rights Reserved. 405 West Hall of Fame Avenue Stillwater, OK 74075 Phone: (405) 377-5243 Email: [email protected] It was close throughout the three-period match, and the constant crowd noise was deafening. I have to agree with the other poster - Vincenzo Joseph over Imar has to be in the top 3. Wrestling never came up until they went on a date later in their relationship and two strangers walked up to them and asked for Owings autograph. He now does university fund raising and works with the U.S. Olympic team. ,Bk*+P2S` (fTrcSo NY]XX+%[w R&]_O!-(%z2R Er= de DHN"q)^P#o6Cx$%{s'1|zV9 Gable was in the locker room when he heard the water running in the shower. Larry took the match to him.". Gable remembers the moment the seed of doubt was planted entering the 1970 national championships at Northwestern Universitys McGaw Hall. The way I see it, he says, Im the coach of the sport.. Darrell Keller, Oklahoma State DEC Larry Owings, Washington, 16-12 150 lbs Stan Dziedzic, Slippery Rock DEC Jay Arneson, Oklahoma . Iowa State's Dan Gable had one of the most legendary careers in college wrestling, pinning 76 of his 118 opponents during his three years as a starter for the Cyclones and amassing a nearly flawless record on his way to two NCAA titles. He also became the greatest coach in U.S. college wrestling, winning 17 NCAA titles, and 21 Big Ten Championships. "Stunned was the word," Owings said of his first moments as the giant-killer. "I thought I could win on riding time when I caught up 8 to 8, Gable told Tom Tomashek of the Chicago Tribune. Larry Owings won the Pac 12 at 157 and went to 142 for Nationals. Iowa shocked college baseball on Saturday, dominating top-ranked LSU 12-4 in the Karbach Round Rock Classic. It also dominated him. Dan had a lot of pressure on him. "The Sophomore From Washington" is a documentary feature about Larry Owings, the University of Washington wrestler who defeated Iowa State's Dan Gable at the 1970 NCAA Wrestling Championships. Gable is 65 now, still works out every day on the elliptical and lifting his old high school weights, but lately hes been feeling his body crumbling; he walks with a limp, the result of eight knee surgeries and four hip replacements. 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. For the first time in history, the two living [] After returning to Ames the next day, the first thing he did was ask teammates to wrestle him. Smith would rather have Owings wrestle at 150 pounds. Danny Mack Gable (born October 25, 1948) is an American former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler and coach. Facebook gives people the power to. If so, he must have had to have gone 142 for his qualifying tournament before the Big Dance, right? The newspapersthough, focused on Gable's match:Iowa State star suffers mat loss, read the title in a story run by the Associated Press following the match. Let's take a look into the NCAA vault and recap the sequence of events that led to this final collegiate dual and the battle between the Cyclone star and his opponent, Washington's Larry Owings, in 1970. AZ, CO, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, (select parishes), MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY, CA-ONT only.Eligibility restrictions apply. A Seattle Times article, Whatever happened to Larry Owings? comes up, as well as the Wikipedia entry for Dan Gable. Smith, a man not quite 5 feet tall, ran over and bear-hugged and hoisted his champion. In the days afterward he shut himself from the world. He Googles his name on the iPad. The tributes to Dan Gable on the Internet are endless, but time, it seems, has forgotten the one man who beat him. Graduated from Canby High School where he was a two-time OSAA champion. Larry Owings, Coach/Official, Canby, Oregon. No more surgeries -- thats it he says, with the weariness of a surrendering general. Was I annoyed? says Owings. That wouldn't happen in 1970. What are you doing? Then he would wrestle two hours a day. While at Iowa State, Gable continued his winning ways by capturing three Big Eight Championships, earning All-American honors all three years. As Sports Illustrated reported in its coverage of the 1970 NCAA's, "Larry Owings was far more accomplished than most people realized.". Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. In the days afterward he shut himself from the world. As lopsided as that score was, it was the only point allowed by Gable during the trials or the Olympics. With none of his family members in attendance that day, Owings remembers staggering around, trying to process what just happened. Owings went to work on top, forcing Gable into a passive position and generating a stall call against the Cyclone for a point. If we would have tied and there was an overtime, I dont think I would have won, he says. No, with his movie star looks and charisma, and a physique that would make Chris Hemsworth jealous, he was legitimately world famous. He won't allow it. "If he had never tried that before, then that tells me it's desperate. Phone: (319) 233-0745 He had a chance to face Owings again three weeks later, then again seven months later, but Owings lost in the preliminary round. Dan Gable won 181 consecutive matches during high school and college before losing his final match at Iowa State. He clings to it like a drowning man trying to stay afloat, because he understands what once had defeated him also made him a champion. Larry Owings Invitational - Wrestling Event - FloWrestling Larry Owings Invitational Larry Owings Invitational on Dec 21, 2013 in Canby, OR. Only one man who ever lived can say he beat Dan Gable, and that man is 1968 Canby Union High School grad Larry Owings. '@$6. They shut down the whole tournament for 15 minutes. 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. During the award ceremonies, his real feelings came out. 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. Larry was tough. "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. The result, though unexpected, put the crowd of 8,500 on its feet throughout the match and gave them [the athletes] a shattering ovation when it ended, per the New York Times. The final seconds ticked down, and it was actually Owings, in the lead, who went for a final takedown. Owings had won. He was as relentless and as conditioned as Gable was. He would drop down two weight classes, from 158 to 142, just to have a shot at Gable at the NCAAs. Owings strategy in the match was his strategy in all his others: to wear out the other guy; he was, in short, going to out Gable Gable. Now hes fighting for it to be reinstated beyond 2020. The house lights were dimmed, with only the overhead lights framing the mat in the center of McGaw Hall. Gable said he learned not to take an opponent lightly, to eliminate distractions and accentuate an aura of invincibility and intimidation toward an opponent, just as Owings had done to him. Gable was only the third wrestler to have ever been inducted into the United World Wrestling's Hall of Fame in the Legend category. "I really didn't want to see it or talk about it much. But Owings has a prominent spot in the Hall, with a large picture of the match and some mementos. [email protected], Twitter: @MatWriter. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. How Tall Is Dan Gable? Yes, Dan Gable -- the most famous wrestler and most decorated coach in the history of the sport, the volcanic legend who was so combustible as a coach at Iowa that after losses hed return home and punch holes into his young daughters bedroom doors -- has admitted that he has become more emotional these last few years, someone who finds himself now tearing up at the end of old movies. He beat Gable in the finals of the 1970 NCAA Tournament, one of the most famous wrestling matches in history. He won every college match before dropping his last match in a stunning 13-11 loss to Washington's Larry Owings in the 142-pound finals in 1970. 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. Gable's teams compiled a dual meet record of 355215. It's all good. Larry Owings, Coach/Official, Canby, Oregon. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan smiled after being presented with a prayer book during a visit to Cardinal Hickey Academy on February 26, 2016 in. He was taking time out to do countless interviews, up until the very moment of his match: ABCs Wide World of Sports requested that he tape a spot for them on the mat just minutes before the final. How about a nod to the wrestler Owings so very wisely avoided. He wrestled Gable one more time, in the 1972 Olympic Trials, losing 7-1. The basement in the Gable home in Iowa City is full of trophies and trinkets and framed photos in glass cases; Dan Gable calls this part of the house the museum, and every museum must be a complete representation of history. The NCAA shifted weight classes fairly often back then so wrestlers adjusted either up or down. SI digs into the lives of the competitors of one of the most famous wrestling matches of all time. SECOND PERIOD: Gable chose top to start the second period with the goal of looking for a turn against Owings for back points, but, instead, Owings, escapes and takes a shot for another two-point takedown, extending his lead to 6-2. He even had the honor of facing Dan Gable, then a sophomore at Iowa State and already a national champion. They said Id never be a wrestler because I was too fat, he recalled, much later. He would sprint from class to class on the campus at Ames, clutching course books and wearing weights tied to his ankles. Then, one night about 10 years ago, he had an epiphany, which he believes came from God. Wrestling is just two people out there -- anyone can be beat, anything can happen. Owings had dropped two weight classes to wrestle in Gables class at 142 pounds. The teasing was merciless and nearly crushed him, but it also fueled him to drop the weight and spend extra hours in the gym, and by his senior year he was the best wrestler in the state, competing in national tournaments and Olympic trials. Dan stood there crying. In his high school career, undefeated. He was intrigued -- Dan and Kathy went to Washington to have a series of meetings at the White House. He won every college match, and the only match he dropped was his last match against Larry Owings in the 142-pound finals in 1970. That number 182 would have included Gable's undefeated high school and collegiate career. "It just about killed my parents," he says. A household name, and a hero to kids all over the country. He coached 152 All-Americans, 45 national champions, 106 Big Ten champions, and 12 Olympians, including eight medalists. After retiring as the virtually undisputed greatest wrestler in the history of the sport, he decided to go ahead and become its greatest coach. WATCH "Larry Owings Documentary (The Man Who Beat Dan . There is, however, still the open wound from 1970. "He was a good, solid all-around wrestler who did not make a lot of mistakes," said Owings, now director of facilities for the Molalla (Ore.) School District. The roar of the crowd was unbelievable. It would take me years to realize this, but I wouldnt have become great wrestler and a great coach -- a legend in the sport -- without that match. 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