"When I got to the tournament, I still felt fine - that I could win and do everything I thought I could do," Gable said. I'm coming here to beat Gable," he was quoted. Owings got four points for the move -- two for the takedown, two for exposing Gables shoulders to the mat. "He (Gable) was dazed and confused. Larry Owings of Washington breaks hold and flips Dan Gable of Iowa State during the final match in the 142-pound class of the NCAA Wrestling. In that way, he and I were similar. He attempted an arm-bar move, raising his arm over Owingss shoulder to lock him up and take him down. The move was so fast that Perri stopped the match and walked to the scorers table to ensure that the proper points were awarded. Now, it was like a burden was lifted. In "Larry Owings Documentary (The Man Who Beat Dan Gable," filmmaker Kaden Christiansen shares the story of Washington Athletics' Larry Owings, who is famously known for his upset of undefeated two-time NCAA champion Dan Gable of Iowa State Wrestling in the 1970 NCAA Wrestling finals. mark@intermatwrestle.com, Twitter: @MatWriter. The line Gable had to recite was simple: Hi, Im Dan Gable. The two met in the finals of the 1970 NCAA wrestling championship. 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. He grew up the youngest of five Owings brothers, all of them wrestlers; Larry, overweight growing up, was always the least likely of the Owings brothers to go one to become a great in the sport. Here's what you may have missed. While the result of the match against Owings was unusual, in comparison with Gable's previous results, his effort is undeniable. Larry Owings - Washington (1969 - 1972) 1-time NCAA Champion High School: Canby, Oregon Larry Owings. To say Owings was the underdog would be, well, an understatement. What are you doing? Later, in a quiet moment in his hotel room, Gable got his hands on the paper, and there, in big bold letters across the top of the paper was the headline IM HERE TO BEAT DAN GABLE. In his first 117 college matches, undefeated, including two national championships. It was a name I had not come across too much ahead of time, but I began paying more attention to him. "I had two minutes more riding time, so I was pretty much in control of the match," Gable said. But Larry Owings had tremendous credentials of his own. Referee Pascal Perri described the noise as "comparable to Niagara Falls during the spring thaw.". NCAA Champion and Outstanding Wrestler. Theyre waiting for you to lift your head. Gable did -- and the cheering finally stopped. Owings went to work on top, forcing Gable into a passive position and generating a stall call against the Cyclone for a point. As for Owings, people did not leave him alone. Then lost in '70 @ 142 when Owings beat him 13-11. It was the greatest wrestling match of all-time. Within the first 30 seconds, Gable got up 2-0 with a takedown, but Owings came back on a takedown and escape to lead, 3-2. I kind of wish he had gotten me with his best move.". He now does university fund raising and works with the U.S. Olympic team. 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. 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. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. It was simple: I wanted to beat the guy who beat me, says Owings. Not in Dan Gable's mind, not in this lifetime. Gable wrestled collegiately at Iowa State, but spent his coaching career from 1976-1997 at the University of Iowa. And if he could use them to help somebody else, he should. All Rights Reserved. He tired me out more than I thought he would, he said. So, yeah,go read the article. He walked over and saw his teammate Chuck Jean there. And then, having found a nine-minute YouTube clip titled Gable-Owings, Larry Owings taps the play button, and, with a strange mix of fascination and unease, he leans back in his chair. But Dan Gable, of course, is so much more than one result. Great article, Mark, thanks. Is that so? Now I read this and learn his win was the greatest upset in wrestling history at the time and still ranks in the top three. "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. The man who beat Dan Gable.. Once the period began, it was Owings on top, temporarily, before Gable notched a reversal to tie the score at 8-8 with just over 1:45 to go in the third. Owings briefly wrestled internationally and retired in 1973 to his home in Oregon. 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. 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. 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. 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. After retiring as the virtually undisputed greatest wrestler in the history of the sport, he decided to go ahead and become its greatest coach. It doesn't matter that it's been 30 years. You can find youth folkstyle wrestling tournaments as well as Freestyle and Greco-Roman events. They made up songs about me and teased me unmercifully.. In 1991, Gable was awarded with the Art Abrams Lifetime Achievement Award by Cauliflower Alley Club. Shop official NCAA team and championship gear. Feeling more comfortable in the match, Gable started to go for a pinning combination, but Owings defense held him off. Larry Owings, Coach/Official, Canby, Oregon. 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. Dan Gable won 181 consecutive matches during high school and college before losing his final match at Iowa State. The night before the finals he reluctantly attended a banquet honoring him as the sports Man of the Year. Iowa State Coach Harold Nichols protested. Then he would wrestle two hours a day. The house lights were dimmed, with only the overhead lights framing the mat in the center of McGaw Hall. 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. His voice cracks, his eyes flicker, and suddenly, he goes silent, grasping for words. Finally, he says, Theres a barrier between us that Im not sure needs to ever go away., 2023 ABG-SI LLC. _n*RgX`E^FkZoe%Y*poZ)XK+i.8p58Pu?MC%m j(Xq/|V\zl,ebRB9z}#m0/gmUH2.;9gtGix#91Nz2Oe&+"W5G`ota WBuHS{,$)/pxWu c oZ_/:~[ZWn7E8FX:oKAU( Michael Jordan is the Dan Gable of basketball. "Stunned was the word," Owings said of his first moments as the giant-killer. For the first time in history, the two living [] >ZY&k>.w6jI.E]^`OUF2X28U2EaI<5^F:+}TskfpjSiC)s5:V\4jgU3[[8?&JzK'[Iz)MHeqk}\"/y fd8< iqNHh|@bLM(uE'+8 ANqWR%T]t?s6S(t.yuzw,eb`WV(^Q*DYnuQuXUvWy1 kNV*)?I'lf}(+2_{^i|Dd$wIZ)E5AR a5SysmZ5o=~atjtlINH9[fy:y Owings at that moment pulled off a move that hed never done in a match: a leg sweep that caught Gable by surprise and dropped him down to the mat -- as Gable fell, he felt like he was going down in slow motion. He was a legend in his home state and across the country with his work ethic and drive to succeed in wrestling. Its been 17 years since he coached his last match, but his life still revolves around wrestling and fixing problems within in the sport, both small and big, from the new freshman at the university who needs a kick in the butt to the sports very survival -- last year, after the International Olympic Committee dropped wrestling as one of its core sports in February 2013, Gable made it a personal crusade to have it reinstated. Desperation is something that brings out unusual things," Gable said. Stillwater, OK 74075 The tributes to Dan Gable on the Internet are endless, but time, it seems, has forgotten the one man who beat him. The article didn't mention the fact that Caldwell had pinned Metcalf the previous season. His results were extraordinary. And when I was younger, I really was pretty fat. 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!| He was known to wake up in the middle of night, just to do push-ups while his opponents slept. But it will have to wait till next time, on Canby Then. Email: dgmstaff@nwhof.org. Waterloo, Iowa 50701 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. Gable grew up in Waterloo, Iowa. I remember asking him what he did in Colorado. Coached high school wrestling in Washington (Seattle) and Oregon (Clackamas CC, Oregon City, Molalla, Canby and Woodburn) for over 25 years. If there was one code Owings lived by then, it was a desire to have a second chance against anyone who had beaten him. Gable asked Jean as he stood there under the water. Gables success was always due in large part of his ability to live in a bubble -- no distractions ever got in his way. Gable's college career record was 1171, with his only loss being in the final match of his final season to Larry Owings of the University of Washington. Jean made it out just in time; he won the match, and the national title. % "The American people like the underdog, but at the same time there was sadness. my Events OPC Video News Powered by 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. Most have never heard of Larry Owings. He wrestled Gable one more time, in the 1972 Olympic Trials, losing 7-1. That makes it worse now from my point of view. Feeling stripped of his powers after his loss, Gable was finding out what it was like to be human. He said he "coached some wrestling ". "I was a scrambling type of wrestler, and I think he was more of a controlled wrestler," Owings told the Associated Press 17 years after his win in an article headlined "Gable's rival, former bosses look back. They said Id never be a wrestler because I was too fat, he recalled, much later. Only one man who ever lived can say he beat Dan Gable, and that man is 1968 Canby Union High School grad Larry Owings. 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 NCAA Champion and Outstanding Wrestler. Im emotional about it because theres still a lot of meaning Gable told SI.com in 2014. 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. In the days afterward he shut himself from the world. Where do you go from there? Owings remained one of the top wrestlers in the country, but as disappointments mounted -- he finished second in the NCAA championships in 1971 and 72 -- Owings began to feel like his national championship win was a curse. 4 0 obj After beating up on them, he thought to himself, OK, I'm still good. 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! Come watch me as I finish my career 182-0.. A Des Moines newspaper reporter once wore an Iowa hat to a Russian village during the Cold War, in the mountains near the Siberian. The way Owings sees it, there was his life before the match and his life after: before 1970 he was a nobody hungry to make a name for himself in the sport, though also an introvert completely unequipped for the attention that would come. 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. 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. Thats the way Owings prefers it. He won't allow it. Email: info@nwhof.org, 303 Jefferson St. I gave it everything I had.. 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. 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 . 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. It's also a worthwhile read to find out more about Owings, who was an interesting figure in his own right. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan smiled after being presented with a prayer book during a visit to Cardinal Hickey Academy on February 26, 2016 in. 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. It was done out of utter desperation, but hey it worked. The most dramatic moment came in the final 30 seconds, with Gable technically in the lead although the scoreboard showed otherwise, when Owings slipped underneath his arms for a brilliantly executed leg sweep that dropped Gable to the mat for the winning points. He was U.S. Olympic freestyle coach in 1980, 1984, and 2000. Really? 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. College career [ edit] Yavapai College (2001-2003) [ edit] Owens averaged 22.7 points and 10.6 rebounds per game as a sophomore at Yavapai College. Maybe it does but maybe it doesn't. He even had the honor of facing Dan Gable, then a sophomore at Iowa State and already a national champion. "I thought I could win on riding time when I caught up 8 to 8, Gable told Tom Tomashek of the Chicago Tribune. With a score of 8-6, Gable again worked for back points before a scramble ensued. In Chicago, though, the bubble burst. His gig was always that he was going to out condition people, says Owings. 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. Again in '69 @ 137. Gable's college career record was 117-1, with his only loss being in the final match of his final season to Larry Owings of the University of Washington. 64-0. I agree with dbestsport that the Marianetti-McIlravey final was a huge upset in the annals of wrestling. [8], From 1976 to 1997, Gable was the head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa. 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. Gable would go for five mile runs, then get inside a car and, with the windows rolled up all the way, turn the heater on full blast so he would return to his ideal wrestling weight at the end of the day. Larry Owings, Coach/Official, Canby, Oregon. 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.. . 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. Larry Owings, The Man Who Beat Gable, What happened to Larry Owings? How Tall Is Dan Gable? [1][2] On December 8, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump awarded Gable with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.[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. A stalemate brought the wrestlers back to the center, but, within seconds, the match was over. Yeah, college basketball is ready for March. I didnt know you could do that. If we would have tied and there was an overtime, I dont think I would have won, he says. "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. It has to be in the top five here. Gable said a teammate showed him the article. He respected his pinning ability.". Gable's teams compiled a dual meet record of 355215. Owings ran three miles every morning around the Husky Stadium track, averaging six minutes a mile and sprinting the final quarter-mile in less than a minute. He took notice of the young Husky, perhaps more than appropriately. Im emotional about it. In 1966, he entered Iowa State, 110 miles away in Ames. It was Gable's first loss of his collegiate wrestl. Im emotional about it. 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. 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. All people still wanted to talk about was that match, he says. It meant that when they met, it would be for the national title - Gable's final college match. Grant went up, Owings went. Earned bachelor's degree and master's degree in education from the University of Washington. Says Gable, "You could say that this was my first coaching moment. It still stands as one of the greatest upsets in sports history. 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. See, Larry Owings is the The Man Who Beat Dan Gable. "It was a move," Owings said, "I had never done before or since.". Licensed Building Contractor. WATCH "Larry Owings Documentary (The Man Who Beat Dan . (Refresh the page to see latest Notices) Monday February 27, 2023. Owings was an outstanding 29-1 for the season, Gable an astonishing 181-0 against high school and college competition. 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. In the final match of his illustrious career with the Cardinal and Gold, Gable suffered what is considered one of the biggest upset losses in college wrestling history, dropping to Larry Owings of . And that was it, he says. Before the match, Gable had recorded a promo for ABC saying, Hi, Im Dan Gable. Dan Gable has not forgotten about that night in 1970. WHERE ARE THEY NOW? The message was that his talent at wrestling, and his improbable victory over Dan Gable, had happened for a reason. "If he had never tried that before, then that tells me it's desperate. Every once in a while now Owings will still go to the mat. The most comprehensive list of wrestling tournaments all in one place. Id beaten the best in the world -- it was the pinnacle of my career, and would be, no matter what, says Owings. Email: info@nwhof.org, 303 Jefferson St. Darrell Keller, Oklahoma State DEC Larry Owings, Washington, 16-12 150 lbs Stan Dziedzic, Slippery Rock DEC Jay Arneson, Oklahoma . On March 28, 1970, in what remains the most famous college match ever, a Washington sophomore named Larry Owings defeated him, 13-11. 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. 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. 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. But Gable made a gritty comeback, as his fans expected him to, late in the match. BRENNAN Stacy. Dan had a lot of pressure on him. 2023 National Wrestling Hall Of Fame. 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. Danny Mack Gable (born October 25, 1948) is an American former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler and coach. The match at Northwestern had its impact on both wrestlers. %PDF-1.4 He holed himself up in his room, he didn't talk to anyone, he didn't even return his parents' phone calls. By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. 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. After graduating, Gable undertook an intensive training program and won the 1971 world and Pan-American championships. Hes not. This was Owings' opportunity, the fateful moment when his never-used leg sweep caught Gable by surprise. He was stunned he had lost. It was around the time I turned 50, and maybe that has something to do with it: I realized that I had a talent, and whats the point of denying that I had that talent? This was where Owings wanted to be, on the mat in the middle of the action. The fans, said Roderick, "were in shock, as well as excited seeing history. Phone: (319) 233-0745 Larry Owings, on the other hand, returned to Oregon, and faded into obscurity, at least as far as the wrestling world was concerned. I have to agree with the other poster - Vincenzo Joseph over Imar has to be in the top 3. [6], From 1971 to 1973, Gable competed internationally in freestyle wrestling. His teams won 21 Big Ten championships and 15 NCAA Division I titles. It was one of the most emotional scenes I can ever remember.". Larry Owings Invitational - Wrestling Event - FloWrestling Larry Owings Invitational Larry Owings Invitational on Dec 21, 2013 in Canby, OR. When his teammates passed him in the tunnels they never expected a hello. Mike Gerald, who now lives in Austin, Texas, wrote a book on Owings when the two became acquainted in Oregon. It is the subject of an old wrestling match from 44 years ago that has him go silent. 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. "I'm not going to this tournament to be a national champion. Owings grew up in the Ninety-One School district, the youngest of five brothers who were all high school wrestling state champions. More than any other sport, wrestling is rooted in self-belief and desire: being big, strong, fast and talented can take you only so far; in the end, it is about endurance, stamina, conviction. "It's the biggest upset ever in the sport, and it's a fascinating story. ,Bk*+P2S` (fTrcSo NY]XX+%[w R&]_O!-(%z2R Er= de DHN"q)^P#o6Cx$%{s'1|zV9 Is the hardest S.O.B. He was intrigued -- Dan and Kathy went to Washington to have a series of meetings at the White House. To understand the legend of Larry Owings, you must first understand the legend of Dan Gable. The only defeat that Gable suffered during his. "But I was distracted by Larry Owings. I had it, says Gable. Gable was told Owings' comment and said he didn't realize the infamous leg sweep was not a practiced move. He was Goliath, but David was coming to the mat, ready to live out a dream. THIRD PERIOD: Both wrestlers anxiously waited for the whistle to start the third, leading the referee to caution the men. The pins were accomplished by Owings' best move, an inside reverse cradle that left his opponent unable to escape. Gable was more exhausted than hed ever been at the end of a match. Michael Jordan is the Dan Gable of basketball, a sportswriter once said. The final seconds ticked down, and it was actually Owings, in the lead, who went for a final takedown. Gable was known for all of those things, and his relentless style was ultimately adapted by the Iowa Hawkeyes program during his historic tenure as a head coach with the program. 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. It's famous in part because of . His physical makeup was legendary, his results extraordinary. 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 were on their first date when Owings asked if she was into sports. 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. Such was the message from Saturdays thrill ride with its sharp turns and breathtaking drops. Check out the highlights. The fans, said Roderick, "were in shock, as well as excited seeing history. Larry, what are you doing here? the neighbor said, then looked up and saw the banner that read LARRY OWINGS INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT. He beat Gable in the finals of the 1970 NCAA Tournament, one of the most famous wrestling matches in history. 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. Canby Then is brought to you by Retro Revival. Earlier in the day, without any prodding, he brought up the murder of his sister Diane in 1964. Im emotional about it. All Rights Reserved. Graduated from Canby High School where he was a two-time OSAA champion. I didn't know how the referee would score it.". Im not going out there, Jean said. A sophomore had beaten the giant. As a college sophomore, he defeated Dan Gable in one of the biggest upsets of NCAA finals history,. The wrestler would go on to win a national championship. Don't get caught in the cradle." 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