Hall of Fame

Dan Gable is a two-time NCAA national champion, a world gold medalist and an Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling. Growing up in Waterloo, Iowa, Gable compiled a 181-1 record throughout his high school and collegiate wrestling career. He attended Iowa State University and won two NCAA national championships, and was a three-time All-American and Big Eight champion. His dominance extended to Olympic competition, when at the Olympic Games Munich 1972, he won all six of his matches without giving up a point en route to the gold medal. Gable joined the wrestling coaching staff at the University of Iowa in 1972, and became the university’s all-time winningest coach from 1976-97. He compiled a career record of 355-21-5 as the University of Iowa’s head wrestling coach, and won 15 NCAA national wrestling team championships. Gable has been named to the USA Wrestling Hall of Fame and is only the third wrestler to be inducted into the United World Wrestling Hall of Fame in the Legend category. He also served on the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports in 2002.