Then lost in '70 @ 142 when Owings beat him 13-11. I told him he had to get out there. Jean made it out just in time; he won the match, and the national title. 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. Gable won, easily, but Owings scored some points and even put the champ on his back one time. Ive never wrestled after youve lost a match, and Im not going to do it now. Says Gable, You could say that this was my first coaching moment. The NCAA shifted weight classes fairly often back then so wrestlers adjusted either up or down. [7] After competing sporadically from 1974 to 1975, Gable retired and became a full-time coach. Owings briefly wrestled internationally and retired in 1973 to his home in Oregon. And that was before he won gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics. 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. But I have to admit to this day that match made my career, not only the next two years. "You can't put someone in because of one match. Larry Owings. If he had won two national championships it would be easier, but he never went to the Olympics and didn't do much international wrestling.". I gave it everything I had.. >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 % Finally, Gable says in a quiet, raspy voice, I know that the match affected my entire life. Every once in a while now Owings will still go to the mat. After returning to Ames the next day, the first thing he did was ask teammates to wrestle him. Dan Gable has not forgotten about that night in 1970. 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 . A sophomore had beaten the giant. From inside his cabin Gable looks out onto the night fast approaching. 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. The two met in the finals of the 1970 NCAA wrestling championship. He walked over and saw his teammate Chuck Jean there. Facebook gives people the power to. The night before the finals he reluctantly attended a banquet honoring him as the sports Man of the Year. Larry Owings Documentary: https://youtu.be/AHuD161zOBU Full match vs Dan Gable: https://youtu.be/98HYl3c0L1c Any can be beaten, nothing is impossible! He is turning on his iPad, hoping to find clips of the match that would change his life in unexpected and complicated ways. Odds & lines subject to change. That wouldn't happen in 1970. Mike Gerald, who now lives in Austin, Texas, wrote a book on Owings when the two became acquainted in Oregon. Earned bachelor's degree and master's degree in education from the University of Washington. He had two points in riding time that would be rewarded at the end by Perri. To understand the legend of Larry Owings, you must first understand the legend of Dan Gable. 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 . "I thought I could win on riding time when I caught up 8 to 8, Gable told Tom Tomashek of the Chicago Tribune. "It was my mom's worst fear." Gable, who admitted he was uncharacteristically worn down as the match dragged on, remembered telling himself, "Don't get caught in the cradle. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. He holed himself up in his room, he didn't talk to anyone, he didn't even return his parents' phone calls. 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. 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. "I was almost embarrassed to have won," he says. Waterloo, Iowa 50701 I assume how hard it could be to train when you're given a lot of essays and homework to do. Owings was an outstanding 29-1 for the season, Gable an astonishing 181-0 against high school and college competition. To say Owings was the underdog would be, well, an understatement. The next match featured Grant, like Gable a defending Champion from 1969. I remember asking him what he did in Colorado. An escape from Owings gave the Washington wrestler the lead, even after Gable pushed his riding time up over a minute, symbolically tying the match with time to go, but Owings wasnt done. He tried an arm-bar move, coming over Owings' shoulder in an attempt to lock him up and take him down. Larry Owings Invitational detail view. But it will have to wait till next time, on Canby Then. Minn. Owings was wrestling best at 136.5 . I say that I went undefeated for seven years, lost a match, and then I got good, he says. The final seconds ticked down, and it was actually Owings, in the lead, who went for a final takedown. Results Placement Matches (16 Man) Team. Don't get caught in the cradle." FIRST PERIOD: The legend took the first shot, moving in on Owings right leg before squaring up a then fending off an attack from Owings. 405 West Hall of Fame Avenue Stillwater, OK 74075 Phone: (405) 377-5243 Email: info@nwhof.org SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. 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). A few years ago, the Republican Party recruited Gable to run for governor of Iowa. After beating up on them, he thought to himself, OK, Im still good. He was intrigued by Owings' swagger. Gable said a teammate showed him the article. At Iowa State, he became an NCAA Division I national runner-up and two-time national champion. Gable did escape, looking for points of his own, but the momentum had shifted. 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.. [8], From 1976 to 1997, Gable was the head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa. Not, like he-was-on-a-Wheaties-box-one-time famous (though he was). He won 117 college wrestling matches with impressive dominance, setting a tone and a pace that few could match. NCAA Champion and Outstanding Wrestler. Darrell Keller, Oklahoma State DEC Larry Owings, Washington, 16-12 150 lbs Stan Dziedzic, Slippery Rock DEC Jay Arneson, Oklahoma . Is the hardest S.O.B. 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. How Much Is Dan Gable Worth? Join Facebook to connect with Larry Owings and others you may know. Desperation is something that brings out unusual things," Gable said. 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. 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. Larry took the match to him.". Says Gable, "You could say that this was my first coaching moment. They said Id never be a wrestler because I was too fat, he recalled, much later. Gable got his rematch against Larry Owings, who handed Gable his only defeat at Iowa State, when he defeated Owings in the 1972 Olympic Trials. He wasn't stalling on top, but he wasn't earning any additional points either. It was one of the greatest upsets in American sports: an unknown sophomore from the University of Washington slaying the god from Iowa State and one of the most astonishing streaks in sports history. I really enjoyed the article - thanks. Looking at the photo now, Gable says, I felt -- I feel -- like I let everyone down. After Gable received his second place trophy, there was a loud ovation in the hall that stretched on for minutes, until one of Gables teammates approached him and said, Gable, lift up your head. "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. He beat Gable in the finals of the 1970 NCAA Tournament, one of the most famous wrestling matches in history. 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. "I'm not going out there," Jean said. He took notice of the young Husky, perhaps more than appropriately. Larry Owings, Coach/Official, Canby, Oregon. Yeah, college basketball is ready for March. His teams won 21 Big Ten championships and 15 NCAA Division I titles. Dan Gable won 181 consecutive matches during high school and college before losing his final match at Iowa State. It meant that when they met, it would be for the national title - Gable's final college match. Come watch me next week as I finish my career 182-0." Although Gable has called his sister's death his "biggest loss,"[4] he did not allow the tragedy to affect his focus on wrestling. The house lights were dimmed, with only the overhead lights framing the mat in the center of McGaw Hall. ", Owings and Gable, forever linked, met in the NCAA final for the 142-pound weight class. He holed himself up in his room, he didnt talk to anyone, he didnt even return his parents phone calls. 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. But in the final 30 seconds of a close, intense, exhausting match, Owings slipped underneath Gable's arms for a leg lift or sweep, putting the erstwhile invincible Gable on his back for the winning points. v%NoBPXw Come watch me as I finish my career 182-0.. 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. Owings got four points for the move -- two for the takedown, two for exposing Gables shoulders to the mat. Gable's career soared. With a score of 8-6, Gable again worked for back points before a scramble ensued. Gable won 13-4 and went on; Owings never forgot. Gable remembers the moment the seed of doubt was planted entering the 1970 national championships at Northwestern Universitys McGaw Hall. Once there is a seed of doubt planted in your mind, well, youre probably doomed. It is annually the most viewed element in the Hall. 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. He prefers to show them, firsthand. It was Gable's first loss of his collegiate wrestl. The two met in the finals of the 1970 NCAA wrestling championship. 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. 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. 971K views, 7.2K likes, 334 loves, 948 comments, 4.9K shares, Facebook Watch Videos from NCAA Wrestling: Only one man stopped Dan Gable in his college career: Larry Owings. Larry Owings won the Pac 12 at 157 and went to 142 for Nationals. 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. 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 category. The match at Northwestern had its impact on both wrestlers. 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. In the days afterward he shut himself from the world. He was stunned he had lost. Larry Owings, Coach/Official, Canby, Oregon Graduated from Canby High School where he was a two-time OSAA champion. 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 (Gable) was dazed and confused. Then, just an hour before the match, ABC-TV convinced him to do a short promo advancing the telecast, which would be shown a week later, by having him tell the viewer to watch him finish his career 182-0. This was where Owings wanted to be, on the mat in the middle of the action. ", DAN GABLE: The complete history of one of the greatest college wrestlers. This was Owings' opportunity, the fateful moment when his never-used leg sweep caught Gable by surprise. His one collegiate loss, however, has become the most famous match from his wrestling tenure in his final match. Gable wrestled collegiately at Iowa State, but spent his coaching career from 1976-1997 at the University of Iowa. It's an essential part of the origin story for Dan Gable-as-superhero. Larry Owings - Washington (1969 - 1972) 1-time NCAA Champion High School: Canby, Oregon One day his mother finally showed up at his door and when she saw Dan, she slapped him across the face, walked away, and made the one and a half hour drive back to Waterloo. When I was a high school student I turned to. At Iowa State, he became an NCAA Division I national runner-up and two-time national champion. Email: info@nwhof.org, 303 Jefferson St. Gable, then and now, says the near-fall was "a judgment call.". "I'm not going to this tournament to be a national champion. National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum, Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award, Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award. Check out the highlights. He was U.S. Olympic freestyle coach in 1980, 1984, and 2000. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. It was done out of utter desperation, but hey it worked. Owings was a sophomore at the University of Washington, who had dropped two weight classes (from 158 to 142) just to get a shot at the legend. Dan had a lot of pressure on him. He attempted an arm-bar move, raising his arm over Owingss shoulder to lock him up and take him down. Gable recovered from the defeat and would later say it made him a much better wrestler. But that was my gig, too. Over the first two periods the match went back and forth, and when the match stretched into the third period the energy of the hall seemed to change -- from frenzy to palpable anxiety -- as the crowd seemed to realize that Gable was in a fight. Dan Gable will tell you that eighty percent of wrestling matches are decided before the first whistle blows. He went on to finish 2nd as a junior and senior. He coached 152 All-Americans, 45 national champions, 106 Big Ten champions, and 12 Olympians, including eight medalists. The tributes to Dan Gable on the Internet are endless, but time, it seems, has forgotten the one man who beat him. He loved to golf with his wife, had a strong handshake with Popeye forearms. 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. He was, perhaps, the most superbly conditioned athlete the sport had ever seen. "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. Gable finished the scramble on top and ended the second period in the opposite manner of the first, this time holding the momentum and the power and the clock reset with two more minutes on the clock for the final period. Waterloo, Iowa 50701 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. "It was a move," Owings said, "I had never done before or since.". He also has a museum named for him in his hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, part of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum. "[5], From 1967 to 1970, Gable attended Iowa State University, where he competed in folkstyle wrestling. It still stands as one of the greatest upsets in sports history. As a sophomore, he wrestled mainly in the 95-pound weight class before moving up to 112 pounds by his senior year. Owings was very squirmy and hard to control., But Owings recollection, recorded immediately after his great victory, is probably still true to this day: When it was over, I looked at Dan, and he looked like he didnt know what had happened.. After returning to Ames the next day, the first thing he did was ask teammates to wrestle him. Gable's teams compiled a dual meet record of 355215. He was presented with the Man of the Year award during the championships, the media sought him out before and after every match, and he was struggling under the burden of a 181-match winning streak. in the state of Iowa really going to lose it right now? His conditioning was so legendary that the Russians whom he would face in an international career that included two world championships and a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics in Munich nicknamed him The Machine.. BRENNAN Stacy. 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. In the Olympics, he not only won every match, he did so without giving up a single point. "People are still talking about it," said Ron Good, editor of the Amateur Wrestling News. Overall Gable had lost just four matchesall of them while wrestling under unfamiliar international freestyle rules and in competitions in which he, though a promising youngster, clearly had been in over his head. In 1991, Gable was awarded with the Art Abrams Lifetime Achievement Award by Cauliflower Alley Club. In his international career, undefeated. Dan Gable was and is a god among men in the world of amateur wrestling. Earned bachelor's degree and master's degree in education from the University of Washington. Open daily. I have to agree with the other poster - Vincenzo Joseph over Imar has to be in the top 3. [6], In addition to coaching folkstyle wrestling at the University of Iowa, Gable coached freestyle wrestling. No high school kid can come close to scoring on Owings. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. There had never been a day like March 28, 1970 in the world of wrestling, and there has never been one since. He faced Gable on the mat one more time, at the 1972 Olympic trials in Anoka, Minn. Owings was wrestling best at 136.5 that year, but he struggled to keep his weight under 138. After graduating, Gable undertook an intensive training program and won the 1971 world and Pan-American championships. 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. Gable was in the locker room when he heard the water running in the shower. Earned bachelor's degree and master's degree in education from the University of Washington. Wow! There is, however, still the open wound from 1970. Owings had one more thing Gable didn't have - implacability. For the first time in history, the two living [] "After that match, it took me a long time to really admit a lot of things," Gable said. Looks like Owings wrestled at 142 the entire season. Where Are They Now: Catching up with Cubs legend Ernie Banks. 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. Gable was more exhausted than hed ever been at the end of a match. He coached for a while, then settled into obscurity of teaching and administrating. "It just about killed my parents," he says. Feeling stripped of his powers after his loss, Gable was finding out what it was like to be human. 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. If there was one code Owings lived by then, it was a desire to have a second chance against anyone who had beaten him. BURROWS Beverley. A few years ago, at a wrestling banquet, Les Anderson, a former assistant coach at Iowa State, pulled his former protg aside, and said, Gable, I just want to apologize for that last match. Referee Pascal Perri described the noise as "comparable to Niagara Falls during the spring thaw.". Gable was given a four-minute standing ovation during his introduction as the ceremonies stopped. The Cyclone star did rack up his time in control and actively worked for the turn with an arm bar before resetting and continuing to ride. Gable was inducted into the USA Wrestling Hall . He wrestled Gable one more time, in the 1972 Olympic Trials, losing 7-1. After college, Owings competed on the senior level circuit before retiring. In the days afterward he shut himself from the world. And when I was younger, I really was pretty fat. #SwimWithTheCurrent. 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. How Tall Is Dan Gable? . 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. Gable grew up in Waterloo, Iowa. Smith would rather have Owings wrestle at 150 pounds. National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum, Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award, Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award. He was known to wake up in the middle of night, just to do push-ups while his opponents slept. "It's the biggest upset ever in the sport, and it's a fascinating story. 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. CACCAMO Rita. Larry Owings, on the other hand, returned to Oregon, and faded into obscurity, at least as far as the wrestling world was concerned. Great article, Mark, thanks. Theyre waiting for you to lift your head. Gable did -- and the cheering finally stopped. A Seattle Times article, Whatever happened to Larry Owings? comes up, as well as the Wikipedia entry for Dan Gable. It doesn't matter that it's been 30 years. In his high school career, undefeated. Both wrestlers advanced through the tournament by pinning each of their opponents. It was a decision the Chicago Daily News writer Bill Jauss said made him either the bravest or dumbest guy in amateur wrestling. Gables reputation was such that guys generally piled on weight to avoid facing him on the mat; not the other way around. They made up songs about me and teased me unmercifully.. Gable is in the U.S. Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Okla. Owings, despite a national title and an 87-4 record at Washington (52-1 in dual meets), is not. Two years ago, Gable got the call that Dianes killer had died in prison. Is that so? The article didn't mention the fact that Caldwell had pinned Metcalf the previous season. Many who were there that day use the same words to describe the strange aftermath: it was like a bomb went off. I told him he had to get out there." WA Death Notices. stream The YouTube video cuts to black. 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