The champion 

Wow. Just wow. Didn't know this good of footage of his wrestling existed. Can't imagine. Shed tears just watching this.

as amazing as this film is...it's an actual shame that we done have more clear HD footage of the greatest of all time wrestling...I'd love to see an HD version of his 72 olympics matches...

He then avenged his (single NCAA) loss to Larry Owings during the Olympic trials, outscoring his opponents in the Olympic & trials combined 130 to 1.

It’s amazing that gable didn’t give up a single point in the Olympics. No one will ever be able to duplicate that. That’s another reason why he’s the best

Great video, Dan Gable is one of my favorite true athletes that I believed in. I wrestled in high school and when HBO did a documentry on him in 2000. It gave me motivation to be the best I could be in the sport. Placed in top 20 ranking in Sacramento bee, California in 2001. Thanks to my coach, Jimmy Fechner. For training me so hard, through the off season, summer.

Dan Gable is one of the greatest sports personalities in USA His knowledge about all styles of wrestling was phenomenal His amazing work ethic and leadership qualities made him a champion and a successful coach I'm from india where wrestling is considered a cultural sport we honour wrestlers a lot Many great wrestlers came from india like Great gama, Dara Singh, Sushil kumar etc. You can Google about this guys But Dan gable was the only one who made me interested in the sport of wrestling He's an American legend

Gable. The best. I wrestled high school 158 lbs, only was varsity my senior year and won the metro championship. Gable was an inspiration to us. Owings was too as we were close to the University of Washington. But no one motivated us like Gable.

My dad wrestled at ISU in 71 and so did my uncle Don and Ron Glass they were twins. I never even knew they did or were any good or were champions until I was in high school. They were all very humble including Dan and still are! Except my uncle Ron Glass RIP. Love seeing this on here I’m happy I randomly searched it after talking about the olympics and Dan with a stranger from Iowa! Haha!

While many disagree with me because John Smith was a thing, I still believe that Gable is the best wrestler to come out of America. No wrestler had ever dominated like he did. Gable went unbeaten in high school, and then destroyed everyone college by not only scoring many points against them, but in many of them he would end up pinning his opponents. Gable could easily pin to #2 kid in his weight class, that’s just how dominant he was. Then after that upset loss to Larry Owings, he used the loss to make himself better, and he came back in 71 and 72 and won the world championships and the Olympic Gold Medal with hardly a point scored on him. The world championships no one scored on him, and in the Olympics and Olympic trials themselves Gable out scored his opponents 130-1, ironically the only point against him was from Larry Owings. But whenever he won the Worlds and the Olympics, no one had done it as easily or as dominant as Dan Gable. Dan Gable was a legend on the mat, and his legendary discipline and will power allowed him to destroy his opponents with points, and then Gable would pin them. I don’t think there was any harder worker, or any better wrestler than Dan Gable. In my opinion, Dan Gable is the greatest wrestler to come out of America

Why the hell this doesn't have more views

This is the best footage by far of the Owings match!

Beautiful quality. The footage of him wrestling is so clear and the colors are gorgeous. Makes it seem much more real and relevant when compared to the other existing footage. The level of competition has drastically improved, but it's important to note that the cinematic frame rate makes the wrestling look a hair slower than it truly was.

Legend!

My high school coach Randy berg wrestled on that university of Washington team. Sure wish they still had one. While wrestling is the oldest and purest sport unfortunately its not too popular. Great video. Dan is still the man!

This is the first HD footage I’ve ever seen of the great one...thanks!!

He absolutely predicted the reactions of both his parents to the loss----Dad supporting him right away, and Mom standing back with the look of disgust on her face. I'm sure she loved him just as much, but people handle these things differently. It says a lot about Gable that he overcame this to win the Olympics.

Time capsule worthy

It’s funny how they looked at bumping up to face the other national champ.... his dad was like I don’t want any part of it I told him don’t do it!!!

Old school navy ride, awesome to see. I was thought that series in the 70’s. Hardly ever see that style anymore. The sport is ancient nuff said.

I've only seen bits a pieces of this. Thank you so much for posting.

Incredible. Clear footage too.

I used to have those same wrestling shoes as Dan had.

He was in top notch shape makes me wish I’d wrestled in high school

this is amazing. how are the views this low?

It was a big mat wrestling game back then. You didn’t even have the option to pick “neutral” as a second or third period starting position until 1982!

25:16 still wild to see

The ashamed part is they kinda made a blanket for no reason. Gable did end up winning the Gorriaran trophy though. But besides the trophy, Owings ended up winning everything at the National Tournament that Dan Gable was suppose to win

he was so humble broo

Really get the 70s feel

Give it a like if you are watching this video because of Lex's podcast

It sucks that Iowa State is just good not great anymore. 6 team national titles between 1965 through 1977.

Gable said in his book that he focused so much on that big match vs Grant, that afterwords he had a dilemma that now that I beat him what's next. He wasn't as focused on NCAA opponents and Owings just kind of came out of nowhere and Dan sort of took him for granted. Still he almost won the match anyways. Most officials wouldn't have given Owings any back points there

No music for the intro? Just that weird air handler?

Whoever posted this I owe you dinner 🥘

I still don’t think those near fall points were legit...I know Gable accepted it and as we all know became even better by completely demolishing the field at 72 Olympics...but that was still a quick count...and he did avenge that loss at the Midlands...

Carl Sanderson

So yall jinxed this guy by claiming he was the titanic or bismark. God said. naw I don't think, here's what I think of your premature red blanket.

Love dan Gable, but I hate the amount of focus and attention the Larry Owings march gets. I don’t think it was a fluke match because Larry was a great wrestler I think if they had wrestled Dan would have

Cael sanderson vs dan gable

Dan Gable- “Never been defeated”. Larry Owings- “Hold my headgear”

I purposely lost a match against an opponent because he was wrestling the number one seed the following week. I gave him false confidence and possibly through off his training when he wrestled me in the leagues. I wanted it that bad. Owens let grant win to screw up gable.

The wikipedia page for this guy is pathetic.