#118: Olympic and Collegiate Wrestling Legend Dan Gable

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 11 June 2015

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In this episode I talk with the legendary wrestler and wrestling coach Dan Gable. He won the 1972 gold medal in Munich without giving up a single point, and won 15 championships as a coach at the University of Iowa between 1976 and 1997. His new book is called "A Wrestling Life: The Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable."

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0:00.0	For that, McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:18.6	So if you are familiar at all with collegiate wrestling or Olympic wrestling, you probably
0:23.5	know who Dan Gabel is.
0:24.9	This man had a phenomenal career as a wrestler.
0:28.2	He only lost one match in college at Iowa State University, only lost one match, defeated
0:34.6	ones.
0:35.6	He won the gold medal at the 1972 Olympic Games, and after this phenomenal career as a wrestler,
0:41.4	he went on to have a phenomenal career as a coach of wrestling at the University of
0:46.0	Iowa where he won 15 NCAA team titles between 1976 and 1997, making him one of the winning
0:53.0	ness collegiate coaches out of all the sports.
0:56.0	So phenomenal career.
0:57.0	He has just come out of the new book called A Wrestling Life, Biography, Stories From His
1:02.2	Life of Memoir.
1:03.2	And today on the show, I talk to Mr. Gabel about his career in wrestling, his life as a family
1:09.0	man, and how wrestling has made him a better man.
1:12.0	The lessons he has learned from wrestling made him a better man, a better coach, a better
1:15.7	leader, a better husband, a better father.
1:18.2	After you are done listening to this, I think you are going to be really motivated to get
1:21.8	out there and do something and push yourself a little harder.
1:24.7	Without further ado, Mr. Dan Gabel.
1:31.7	All right, Mr. Dan Gabel, welcome to the show.
1:35.8	Hey, I'm glad to be on.
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