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. Two years ago, Gable got the call that Dianes killer had died in prison. Theres the verbal stuff, here and there. "Stunned was the word," Owings said of his first moments as the giant-killer. Only one man who ever lived can say he beat Dan Gable, and that man is 1968 Canby Union High School grad Larry Owings. It also dominated him. The article didn't mention the fact that Caldwell had pinned Metcalf the previous season. However, because of NCAA. How about a nod to the wrestler Owings so very wisely avoided. ,Bk*+P2S` (fTrcSo NY]XX+%[w R&]_O!-(%z2R Er= de DHN"q)^P#o6Cx$%{s'1|zV9 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. 2014. He tried an arm-bar move, coming over Owings' shoulder in an attempt to lock him up and take him down. However, Gable had to deal with more distractions than Owings. He prefers to show them, firsthand. His senior year, he earned a spot on Wrestling USA magazine's 1967-68 High School All-American team. It was one of the most emotional scenes I can ever remember.". Olympic Champion. 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. 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. 2023 National Wrestling Hall Of Fame. He was intrigued by Owings' swagger. 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. Thats the way Owings prefers it. "It was an indication," Gerald said, "that Gable was taking him real seriously. Great article, Mark, thanks. He walked over and saw his teammate Chuck Jean there. "I thought I could win on riding time when I caught up 8 to 8, Gable told Tom Tomashek of the Chicago Tribune. That loss is a key part of the creation story for the Dan Gable myth. There is, however, still the open wound from 1970. 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. Darrell Keller, Oklahoma State DEC Larry Owings, Washington, 16-12 150 lbs Stan Dziedzic, Slippery Rock DEC Jay Arneson, Oklahoma . Gable's teams compiled a dual meet record of 355215. Email: info@nwhof.org, 303 Jefferson St. 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. But the scars from 1970 would never go away, and not just for Gable. He is turning on his iPad, hoping to find clips of the match that would change his life in unexpected and complicated ways. 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. The night before the start of the tournament, a teammate asked if hed seen the front page of the Chicago Tribune sports section. Of the century. They shut down the whole tournament for 15 minutes. In that stadium full of 9,000 screaming fans, the only one who thought Owings had a shot at taking down Gable might have been Owings himself (and, as he would later admit, probably his brother, and maybe his coach). Gables obsession with preparation and routine was already legendary; the stories are almost outlandish -- but they are all true. [10], Gable has been written about in many magazines and numerous books, including Two Guys Named Dan (1976), From Gotch to Gable: A History of Wrestling in Iowa (1981), The Toughest Men in Sports (1984) and Legends of the Mat (2006), all by wrestling historian Mike Chapman.[11]. [1][2] On December 8, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump awarded Gable with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.[3]. 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 the cost, maps, directions, flyer and registration details all in one location. When I was a high school student I turned to. He beat Gable in the finals of the 1970 NCAA Tournament, one of the most famous wrestling matches in history. I remember asking him what he did in Colorado. He attempted an arm-bar move, raising his arm over Owingss shoulder to lock him up and take him down. He lost 20 pounds, while simultaneously growing several inches, and all of a sudden no one was saying hed never be a wrestler anymore. Smith successfully argued with the seeding committee for his wrestler, who would finish 33-1 that year, to get the second seed behind Gable. Every sport except boxing and wrestling, she said. Just sitting here, talking about it it hurts. 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. After beating up on them, he thought to himself, OK, Im still good. Washington's Larry Owings knocked off Iowa State's Dan Gable for the 1970 NCAA championship at 142 pounds. But in ink? They were on their first date when Owings asked if she was into sports. "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. Was I annoyed? says Owings. Gable calls his loss to Larry Owings of Washington his greatest loss. It was the greatest wrestling match of all-time. He said he "coached some wrestling ". 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. No high school kid can come close to scoring on Owings. 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. 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. Let us know if you can support our efforts to expand our operations and keep all of our content paywall-free. Larry Owings is a wrestling legend. 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. 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 was going for his third title at 142 pounds, and virtually everyone thought he was a lock. Graduated from Canby High School where he was a two-time OSAA champion. 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. The regular season winds downs on the final Sunday before conference tournaments. The scorer had not seen the near-fall signal because a TV cameraman had jumped in the way, so Perri stopped the match to explain. 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. No, she says, disbelieving. The move was so fast that Perri stopped the match and walked to the scorers table to ensure that the proper points were awarded. No one had ever said something that, at least no one who could back it up. Waterloo, Iowa 50701 It's hard to win a third NCAA title. [6], From 1971 to 1973, Gable competed internationally in freestyle wrestling. Owings wore a black singlet with white trim, while Gable was in cardinal and gold. "I don't think he's out of my head even today," Gable said recently. Im emotional about it. 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.. Danny Mack Gable (born October 25, 1948) is an American former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler and coach. "If he had never tried that before, then that tells me it's desperate. His teams won 21 Big Ten championships and 15 NCAA Division I titles. The next match featured Grant, like Gable a defending Champion from 1969. 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. Owings briefly wrestled internationally and retired in 1973 to his home in Oregon. Larry Owings, Coach/Official, Canby, Oregon. In the days afterward he shut himself from the world. It has to be in the top five here. Facebook gives people the power to. Odds & lines subject to change. "I really didn't want to see it or talk about it much. 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. Really? 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. Theyre waiting for you to lift your head. Gable did -- and the cheering finally stopped. Larry took the match to him.". Gable was more exhausted than hed ever been at the end of a match. Then lost in '70 @ 142 when Owings beat him 13-11. If there was one code Owings lived by then, it was a desire to have a second chance against anyone who had beaten him. He had a chance to face Owings again three weeks later, then again seven months later, but Owings lost in the preliminary round. 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. We were on our knees at the end of the match. He played college basketball for Yavapai College and Oral Roberts University . He may have been the only opponent Gable had faced in years who saw him as anything other than invincible. 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. He describes Owings as a "Charles Lindbergh persona, quietly confident," who believed he could equal Gable's strength and conditioning. Larry Owings's wrestling career was different from Gable's. Growing up with 5 wrestling champs, Larry was told by his siblings he would never be a wrestler even being nicknamed "Porky." Owing wanted to prove them wrong. It's also a worthwhile read to find out more about Owings, who was an interesting figure in his own right. What bothered him was how he was always introduced to the room, but now, it almost makes him proud, the words, Larry Owings. Both wrestlers advanced through the tournament by pinning each of their opponents. Larry Owings - Washington (1969 - 1972) 1-time NCAA Champion High School: Canby, Oregon You can find youth folkstyle wrestling tournaments as well as Freestyle and Greco-Roman events. stream No more surgeries -- thats it he says, with the weariness of a surrendering general. "I thought it would be a contest. Find them on the corner of NW Third and Grant in downtown Canby. [6], Olympic gold medalist freestyle wrestler Gable Steveson was named after him. The wrestler would go on to win a national championship. He holed himself up in his room, he didn't talk to anyone, he didn't even return his parents' phone calls. The pins were accomplished by Owings' best move, an inside reverse cradle that left his opponent unable to escape. To say Owings was the underdog would be, well, an understatement. As for Owings, people did not leave him alone. Iowa State Coach Harold Nichols protested. He coached for a while, then settled into obscurity of teaching and administrating. With none of his family members in attendance that day, Owings remembers staggering around, trying to process what just happened. 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. He would drop down two weight classes, from 158 to 142, just to have a shot at Gable at the NCAAs. That wouldn't happen in 1970. A sophomore had beaten the giant. 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. Gable did escape, looking for points of his own, but the momentum had shifted. Gable wrestled collegiately at Iowa State, but spent his coaching career from 1976-1997 at the University of Iowa. 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 . A few years ago, the Republican Party recruited Gable to run for governor of Iowa. He won national titles at 130 and 137 pounds in 1968 and 1969. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. Phone: (405) 377-5243 Owings looks like hes one sweaty workout away from his wrestling weight at Washington. He won 117 college wrestling matches with impressive dominance, setting a tone and a pace that few could match. So I went up to 149, he says, and I told myself that hed beat me, and everybody will leave me alone. It was not a contest: Gable won 7-1. Gambling problem? Michael Jordan is the Dan Gable of basketball, a sportswriter once said. It was probably the match of the century. The most comprehensive list of wrestling tournaments all in one place. He was U.S. Olympic freestyle coach in 1980, 1984, and 2000. 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. 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. 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.. [7] After competing sporadically from 1974 to 1975, Gable retired and became a full-time coach. 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. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. '@$6. Owings, who said, "I did not really realize the scope of what I accomplished," never again won the championship, losing in the NCAA finals his final two years. 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 FALLS!" screamed the banner headline in the next day's Des Moines Register. Finally, Gable says in a quiet, raspy voice, I know that the match affected my entire life. He coached 152 all-Americans, 45 national champions, 106 Big Ten Champions and 12 Olympians, including eight medalists. National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Indeed, from a family of state champion wrestlers, Larry wound up as the best of the bunch, winning the 136-pound crown in 1967 and 141 in 1968. 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. Dan Gable height is 5 Feet 9 Inches. Owings watches the video as Perri lifts his arm and Gable staggers away. 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 even had the honor of facing Dan Gable, then a sophomore at Iowa State and already a national champion. 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. Gable was in the locker room when he heard the water running in the shower. What are you doing? There had never been a day like March 28, 1970 in the world of wrestling, and there has never been one since. Next, well bring you the story of the Canby cowboy who became the best bronc rider in the country at the age of 23. But now he is about to try. Check out the highlights. Larry, what are you doing here? the neighbor said, then looked up and saw the banner that read LARRY OWINGS INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT. 2023 National Wrestling Hall Of Fame. 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 The YouTube video cuts to black. NCAA Champion and Outstanding Wrestler. A stalemate brought the wrestlers back to the center, but, within seconds, the match was over. "But I was distracted by Larry Owings. "It just about killed my parents," he says. But he was right. Larry Owings Documentary: https://youtu.be/AHuD161zOBU Full match vs Dan Gable: https://youtu.be/98HYl3c0L1c Any can be beaten, nothing is impossible! 4 0 obj 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!| Gables success was always due in large part of his ability to live in a bubble -- no distractions ever got in his way. Gable remembers the moment the seed of doubt was planted entering the 1970 national championships at Northwestern Universitys McGaw Hall. 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. The fans, said Roderick, "were in shock, as well as excited seeing history. Wow! Dan had a lot of pressure on him. 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. 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. During the award ceremonies, his real feelings came out. Many who were there that day use the same words to describe the strange aftermath: it was like a bomb went off. I had it, says Gable. in-depth (8,000-word) analysis of that epic upset, https://edubirdie.com/essay-editing-service. In his high school career, undefeated. 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. His 1970 NCAA finals victory over Dan Gable cemented his place in wrestling history. BRENNAN Stacy. Stillwater, OK 74075 ", DAN GABLE: The complete history of one of the greatest college wrestlers. That makes it worse now from my point of view. 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. It meant that when they met, it would be for the national title - Gable's final college match. After returning to Ames the next day, the first thing he did was ask teammates to wrestle him. His one collegiate loss, however, has become the most famous match from his wrestling tenure in his final match. This was the featured match of the tournament. No, with his movie star looks and charisma, and a physique that would make Chris Hemsworth jealous, he was legitimately world famous. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. In a corner of the room theres a photo of Gable on the podium after the Owings match, a close black and white shot of his face with tears in his eyes. Gable recovered from the defeat and would later say it made him a much better wrestler. He was intrigued -- Dan and Kathy went to Washington to have a series of meetings at the White House. "He tired me out more than I thought he would," Gable told Tomashek. . It doesn't matter that it's been 30 years. "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. "I'm not going to this tournament to be a national champion. Come watch me next week as I finish my career 182-0." 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. It was quite the pedigree, but no one expected the same from Larry, for one simple reason. Come watch me next week as I finish my career 182-0. 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