Larry Owings Fall 6:12 Leandro Torres 4-3 Bruce Burnett 11-7 Paul Brodmerkel 6-2 Bob Bergen 15-6 Rob Brown 6-4 Larry Owings Fall 1:36 Leandro Torres 4-3 Bob Bergen 3-2 Larry Owings 17-2 Leandro Torres 4-1 Darrell Keller 16-12 142 Weight Class Larry Owings 5-2 Clay Jester, Massachusetts James Guizzotti, Ashland [7] Doug Moses, Iowa State Bye "(But) I got greedy.". "I'm not going out there," Jean said. "GABLE FALLS!" screamed the banner headline in the next day's Des Moines Register. If there was one code Owings lived by then, it was a desire to have a second chance against anyone who had beaten him. 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.. The OFFICIAL Facebook site of Western Australia's premiere Pro Wrestling organisation - EPW Perth. "I've never wrestled after you've lost a match, and I'm not going to do it now." The words hang in the air. National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum, Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award, Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award. Many who were there that day use the same words to describe the strange aftermath: it was like a bomb went off. 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. 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. 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 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. Larry Owings Invitational - Wrestling Event - FloWrestling Larry Owings Invitational Larry Owings Invitational on Dec 21, 2013 in Canby, OR. They made up songs about me and teased me unmercifully.. I was like, Who would say that?, Where are they now: Catching up with Chamique Holdsclaw, The wrestler was an unknown coming off a 30-1 season at Washington, a reserved 19-year-old who didnt appreciate anyone who suggested that any result on the mat was a foregone conclusion. In Chicago, though, the bubble burst. After beating up on them, he thought to himself, OK, I'm still good. Maybe it does but maybe it doesn't. "I had two minutes more riding time, so I was pretty much in control of the match," Gable said. 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). 11 ranked men's hoops teams in action tonight, DI indoor T&F championship selections revealed. "I thought it would be a contest. "Probably some day," said Roderick, who is president of the museum. But he was right. Really? Only one man who ever lived can say he beat Dan Gable, and that man is 1968 Canby Union High School grad Larry Owings. As a sophomore, he wrestled mainly in the 95-pound weight class before moving up to 112 pounds by his senior year. After losing 20 pounds and growing several inches, nobody believed he couldn't be a wrestler anymore. Owings had won. "I could talk after that," he says. Larry was tough. Larry took the match to him.". Gable remembers the moment the seed of doubt was planted entering the 1970 national championships at Northwestern Universitys McGaw Hall. Odds & lines subject to change. Now, it was like a burden was lifted. Conditioning was a big part of my preparation.". It was the final moments of the third period that elevated the match into the realm of myth: 30 seconds remained, and Gable was ahead 10-9; if he could stall, if he could just bide his time, a third national title was his. 2023 National Wrestling Hall Of Fame. No, with his movie star looks and charisma, and a physique that would make Chris Hemsworth jealous, he was legitimately world famous. 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. Larry Owings Documentary: https://youtu.be/AHuD161zOBU Full match vs Dan Gable: https://youtu.be/98HYl3c0L1c Any can be beaten, nothing is impossible! Owings had a not-so-successful start; nicknamed Porky, Owings lost all eight of his matches in his first year in junior varsity competition at Canby High, wrestling for coach Larry Wright. I think Ill wrestle till Im at least 80, he said during a recent interview. To say Owings was the underdog would be, well, an understatement. "It just about killed my parents," he says. He took notice of the young Husky, perhaps more than appropriately. 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.. I really enjoyed the article - thanks. Wow! Wrestling was already fading in his life when he met Diane, the woman who would become his second wife. "[5], From 1967 to 1970, Gable attended Iowa State University, where he competed in folkstyle wrestling. Email: info@nwhof.org, 303 Jefferson St. Instead, he thought of it as a reason to train with even more determination: "The more you can settle into focusing on what you have and what you would like to do and where you want to go a positive point of view the quicker things turn around and positive things start to happen. Gable won @ 130 in '68. He prefers to show them, firsthand. Theres the verbal stuff, here and there. They are not your average antique shop. Gable recovered from the defeat and would later say it made him a much better wrestler. "It was bedlam. NCAA Indivdual Champions. Dan Gable won 13-4 in a match that would serve as the central motivation for Owings two years later. I know a good way for a sportsman to get rid of it. The man who beat Dan Gable.. While at Iowa State, Gable continued his winning ways by capturing three Big Eight Championships, earning All-American honors all three years. 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 . f&6wZ> 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. 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. Phone: (405) 377-5243 It was close throughout the three-period match, and the constant crowd noise was deafening. He was U.S. Olympic freestyle coach in 1980, 1984, and 2000. Owings was an outstanding 29-1 for the season, Gable an astonishing 181-0 against high school and college competition. Iowa State had won the national team championship, but Gable's loss dominated the headlines. I wasn't that surprised the night Caldwell beat Metcalf. Im emotional about it because theres still a lot of meaning Gable told SI.com in 2014. Gable made numerous attempts to explain the only defeat he would ever know. Grant went up, Owings went. "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. 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. It meant that when they met, it would be for the national title - Gable's final college match. The pins were accomplished by Owings' best move, an inside reverse cradle that left his opponent unable to escape. In fact, Gable would emerge from the Owings match stronger, more determined. THIRD PERIOD: Both wrestlers anxiously waited for the whistle to start the third, leading the referee to caution the men. Gable calls his loss to Larry Owings of Washington his greatest loss. Larry Owings won the Pac 12 at 157 and went to 142 for Nationals. The final seconds ticked down, and it was actually Owings, in the lead, who went for a final takedown. _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( Larry, what are you doing here? the neighbor said, then looked up and saw the banner that read LARRY OWINGS INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT. 4 0 obj 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. [6], Olympic gold medalist freestyle wrestler Gable Steveson was named after him. Gable was in the locker room when he heard the water running in the shower. 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. When Larry was on his high school team, the coach used to joke that he was so slow that theyd have to drive pegs into the mat to see if hes still moving. He loved to golf with his wife, had a strong handshake with Popeye forearms. But he squeaked out an early lead and manage to barely hang onto it through a close, hard-fought, furious match that exhausted both men. And if he could use them to help somebody else, he should. Iowa Wrestling Lands Commitments From Spencer Lee and Gavin Teasdale, TONY RAMOS TO LEAVE IOWA FOR NORTH CAROLINA, FORMER IOWA HEAVYWEIGHT TERRANCE JEAN-JACQUES SIGNS DEAL WITH WWE, TONY RAMOS FEELS "BETRAYED" BY IOWA, LEAVING IOWA PROGRAM, DAN DENNIS BEATS TONY RAMOS, WILL WRESTLE IN THE OLYMPICS IN RIO. Gable's teams compiled a dual meet record of 355215. The two met in the finals of the 1970 NCAA wrestling championship. It is the match that Dan Gable will say turned him into a great wrestler -- and yet he still has trouble bringing himself to talk about it. 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. It also dominated him. Owings didnt wipe the floor with Gable; that would have been impossible. Owings told UW Coach Jim Smith that he was aiming directly at the legend. 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. Phone: (405) 377-5243 All Rights Reserved. It would take me years to realize this, but I wouldnt have become great wrestler and a great coach -- a legend in the sport -- without that match. After he left Iowa State, Gable went on to win the 1971 Pan Am games and world championships, he took gold at the Munich Olympics in 1972 without allowing surrendering a single point; he went on to a 21-year coaching career at the University of Iowa, where he led the Hawkeyes to an unprecedented 15 national titles. It's never going to leave, that painful image of defeat. He walked over and saw his teammate Chuck Jean there. 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. Gable, who admitted he was uncharacteristically worn down as the match dragged on, remembered telling himself, "Don't get caught in the cradle. He was intrigued by Owings' swagger. I don't know if he planned it or not, but he got inside my head.". Gable said when Owings grabbed his leg "it was kind of like a slow-motion fall. "But I was distracted by Larry Owings. It was one of the most emotional scenes I can ever remember.". 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. 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. By the end of the second period, Owings had stretched the lead to 7-2 and the crowd was hysterical. If we would have tied and there was an overtime, I dont think I would have won, he says. From 117-0 to 117-1. He was a legend in his home state and across the country with his work ethic and drive to succeed in wrestling. Don't get caught in the cradle." National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Gable says that the loss was "like a death in the family." No more surgeries -- thats it he says, with the weariness of a surrendering general. Gable was heartbroken. He was intrigued -- Dan and Kathy went to Washington to have a series of meetings at the White House. Owings grew up in the Ninety-One School district, the youngest of five brothers who were all high school wrestling state champions. Gable grew up in Waterloo, Iowa. Graduated from Canby High School where he was a two-time OSAA champion. With focus and determination Grant won 6-1in the match after Owings-Gable. It was Gable's first loss of his collegiate wrestl. 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. A few old black-and-white wrestling photos turn up in the image results, but mostly he finds himself staring at photos of strange faces. 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. 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. The article didn't mention the fact that Caldwell had pinned Metcalf the previous season. After returning to Ames the next day, the first thing he did was ask teammates to wrestle him. I got bumped down a seed at Nationals in 72 because the winner of the regionals 1 weight above me dropped down for Nationals. Olympic Champion. Smith would rather have Owings wrestle at 150 pounds. Gable was one of the few. "At that point, once I saw the score and only three seconds left, I knew he couldn't get two points," Owings said. His physical makeup was legendary, his results extraordinary. But I have to admit to this day that match made my career, not only the next two years. Then he would wrestle two hours a day. Gable was inducted into the USA Wrestling Hall . The message was that his talent at wrestling, and his improbable victory over Dan Gable, had happened for a reason. Licensed Building Contractor. Gable was the head coach of three Olympic teams and six world teams. That loss is a key part of the creation story for the Dan Gable myth. The line Gable had to recite was simple: Hi, Im Dan Gable. His one collegiate loss, however, has become the most famous match from his wrestling tenure in his final match. He tried an arm-bar move, coming over Owings' shoulder in an attempt to lock him up and take him down. The basement in the Gable home in Iowa City is full of trophies and trinkets and framed photos in glass cases; Dan Gable calls this part of the house the museum, and every museum must be a complete representation of history. I kind of wish he had gotten me with his best move.". Leading 7-2, Owings continued to ride Gable before Gable notched a reversal and put himself back on track with a 7-4 score. Check out the highlights. Canby Coach Larry Wright encouraged Owings to continue his wrestling at the highest level. While wrestling still consumes Gables life, it now occupies such a small corner of Owings -- a retired school administrator, his life revolves around his wife and his 15-year-old daughter Sami, his work with his church and maintaining his properties in the small town of Aurora, Ore. -- that even some of those closest to him are unaware of his wrestling past. It was simple: I wanted to beat the guy who beat me, says Owings. 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 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 . 2023 National Wrestling Hall Of Fame. But it will have to wait till next time, on Canby Then. He beat Gable in the finals of the 1970 NCAA Tournament, one of the most famous wrestling matches in 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. BURROWS Beverley. 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. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. NCAA Champion and Outstanding Wrestler. Washington's Larry Owings knocked off Iowa State's Dan Gable for the 1970 NCAA championship at 142 pounds. World Champion", "Trump honors legendary Iowa wrestler Gable at White House", "Dan Gable among speakers discussing victims' rights", "Himself the victim of a violent tragedy, Gable says loss can result in some good", "Bio: Dan Gable 15 National Championships. 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. 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. 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. That number 182 would have included Gable's undefeated high school and collegiate career. The fans, said Roderick, "were in shock, as well as excited seeing history. Yes. When I started to embrace that, I started to become happier, I think., The young wrestlers have all heard of Dan Gable. He noticed that the UW wrestler was making "all kinds of mistakes but still ended up pinning his opponent." 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. 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