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ODH · 04-16-2008, 10:41 PM

I remember this article when it was first published. I was in my second year wrestling and it was inspiring. When of my favorite parts is when is gold was misplaced:
Worldly possessions don't motivate Gable. Moments after he was awarded the gold medal in Munich, it disappeared. Gable's parents were frantic, but he shrugged it off: "It doesn't matter. I don't need no medal. I know I won it." Subsequently, the medal was located, in the rubble at the bottom of his gym bag.

I also have always had problem believing this part of the Gable legend:
Yet Gable's forte is his ability to take average wrestlers, like Chuck Yagla and Bruce Kinseth, and turn them into champs. Yagla, who was a pet project of then assistant coach Gable, won national championships at 150 pounds in '75 and '76, and Kinseth also took the 150-pound title, in '79. Each won outstanding wrestler honors at the NCAA tournament, as did Gable, who was a high school wrestler of average ability, very average, but with a heart as big as the Iowa outdoors.
OK he gets the most out of his athletes, but neither them nor he was an average wrestler with average abilities.

04-16-2008, 10:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
ODH World Champ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 1,998 Tournaments Joined: 0 Tournament Wins: 0	Re: Another Gable article from the SI Vault I remember this article when it was first published. I was in my second year wrestling and it was inspiring. When of my favorite parts is when is gold was misplaced: Worldly possessions don't motivate Gable. Moments after he was awarded the gold medal in Munich, it disappeared. Gable's parents were frantic, but he shrugged it off: "It doesn't matter. I don't need no medal. I know I won it." Subsequently, the medal was located, in the rubble at the bottom of his gym bag. I also have always had problem believing this part of the Gable legend: Yet Gable's forte is his ability to take average wrestlers, like Chuck Yagla and Bruce Kinseth, and turn them into champs. Yagla, who was a pet project of then assistant coach Gable, won national championships at 150 pounds in '75 and '76, and Kinseth also took the 150-pound title, in '79. Each won outstanding wrestler honors at the NCAA tournament, as did Gable, who was a high school wrestler of average ability, very average, but with a heart as big as the Iowa outdoors. OK he gets the most out of his athletes, but neither them nor he was an average wrestler with average abilities.