Biographies

Dan Gable

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In 1972 Dan Gable became the first American to win a World and Olympic title in consecutive years. After winning the World Championships in 1971, Gable won the gold medal at the Munich Olympics without surrendering a single point in his six matches.

Collegiately, Gable wrestled at Iowa State University and won two NCAA titles with a 119-1 career record. He also won three state titles at West Waterloo with a 64-0 record. In high school and collegiate competition he compiled an incredible record of 183-1. His only loss was to Larry Owings during the finals of the 1970 NCAA championships during his senior year.

As a coach, Dan Gable is quite possibly the greatest of all time. From 1977 through 1997 Gable led the University of Iowa to 15 NCAA team titles and a 355-21-5 dual meet record. The Hawkeye's also won nine NCAA titles in a row from 1978-1986.

Gable was also the coach of several international teams as well. He was head coach of the 1980, 1984, and 2000 Olympic teams. 

In high school Gable was 64-0 and won three state titles at West Waterloo.

Did you know?
Dan Gable pinned his way through the 1969 NCAA tournament.

Dan Gable

 

support_gableprint2In 1972 Dan Gable became the first American to win a World and Olympic title in consecutive years. After winning the World Championships in 1971, Gable won the gold medal at the Munich Olympics without surrendering a single point in his six matches.

Collegiately, Gable wrestled at Iowa State University and won two NCAA titles with a 119-1 career record. He also won three state titles at West Waterloo with a 64-0 record. In high school and collegiate competition he compiled an incredible record of 183-1. His only loss was to Larry Owings during the finals of the 1970 NCAA championships during his senior year.

s_gable_iAs a coach, Dan Gable is quite possibly the greatest of all time. From 1977 through 1997 Gable led the University of Iowa to 15 NCAA team titles and a 355-21-5 dual meet record. The Hawkeye's also won nine NCAA titles in a row from 1978-1986.

Gable was also the coach of several international teams as well. He was head coach of the 1980, 1984, and 2000 Olympic teams. 

In high school Gable was 64-0 and won three state titles at West Waterloo.

 

 

Did you know?
Dan Gable pinned his way through the 1969 NCAA tournament.

Terry McCann

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Terry McCann was a two-time NCAA champion at the University of Iowa and placed third once, with an overall college record of 36-3-1. He won three AAU national titles and was 6-0-1 against the touring Russians. He won the gold medal at the 1960 Olympic Games at 125.5 pounds. He had an estimated overall record of 87-4-1.

McCann helped found a new national governing body for the sport, the United States Wrestling Federation (now called USA Wrestling) and is credited with the United States' increasing involvement in the international wrestling scene. He spent four years as president of USA Wrestling and six years on the board of FILA (the FILA Bureau), the international governing body of wrestling. In addition, he served for many years in various capacities on the United States Olympic Committee.

McCann died on June 7, 2006 due to asbestos related cancer.

Bill Smith

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In 1952 Bill Smith reached the ranks of wrestling's elite by winning a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. Four years later, Smith qualified for the 1956 Olympics but was stripped of his opportunity to compete because of the strict amateur policy in place. He had taken money for being the head high school wrestling coach and this was unallowable at the time.

Smith wrestled collegiately for State College of Iowa (now Northern Iowa). Smith won two NCAA titles in 1949 and 1950 and posted a 52-0-2 career record. Because he wrestled a few matches as a freshman, Smith was declared ineligible for his senior year, taking away his chance at becoming a three-time NCAA champion. Smith was also a three-time national AAU champion.

Did you know? 
Smith served as the Canadian Olympic wrestling coach in 1968.

Glen Brand

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Brand was a standout athlete at Clarion High School and gained national attention at Iowa State University in the late 1940s. He was a three-time All-American for the Cyclones with an overall record of 54-3, earning a reputation as a fierce competitor and pinner.

In 1948 he was NCAA champion at 174 pounds. The crowning moment of his career came later in 1948 when he won a gold medal at 174 pounds in the Olympics Games in London.

Graduating from Iowa State with a degree in engineering, Brand has owned and operated Brand Hydraulics in Omaha for many years. He has won numerous honors and awards for his wrestling achievements, and for his support of wrestling through the years.

The Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa is named in his honor.

Allie Morrison

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Allie Morrison has the distiction of being the first Olympic gold medal winner the state of Iowa ever produced. At the 1928 Games in Amsterdam, Morrison won six straight matches to capture the United States' only wrestling title that year. He even won two matches over Kustaa Pihlajamäki of Finland, the defending champion who had been on four Olympic teams.

A native of Marshalltown, Iowa, Morrison went undefeated at the University of Illinois. In 1929 he suffered a broken neck and had to stop wrestling near the end of his junior year. 

In 1926, Morrison won his first of three consecutive AAU titles while still a senior in high school. The only loss of his career was at the 1924 Olympic Trials as a sophomore in high school.

Did you know?
Morrison led Marshalltown to a state team title in 1926 as a student coach. The faculty sponsor for the wrestling team that year was legendary basketball coach Adolf Rupp.

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