There were some things I could have done We just thought you were invincible., Anderson was dying of cancer, and as Gable says, It was like he was unloading a lifelong burden., Where are They Now: Former UConn star Doron Sheffer. He holed himself up in his room, he didnt talk to anyone, he didnt even return his parents phone calls. Owings looks like hes one sweaty workout away from his wrestling weight at Washington. Gables success was always due in large part of his ability to live in a bubble -- no distractions ever got in his way. Larry Owings, The Man Who Beat Gable, What happened to Larry Owings? I know that the match affected my entire life. Larry was tough. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. What are you doing? . Owings was the first UW wrestler to win an NCAA title, but what mattered was that he had upset a man the Russians reverently called "The Machine," a man who had won 181 straight matches, 108 by pins. "After that match, it took me a long time to really admit a lot of things," Gable said. He just smiled and congratulated me, never once mentioning he was an NCAA national champion! 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. That wouldn't happen in 1970. He went 64-0 at Waterloo (Iowa) West High School and 117-0 in three years at Iowa State (freshmen could not compete then) with NCAA titles at 130 and 137 pounds. We got up, and he offered me his hand and we shook. After returning to Ames the next day, the first thing he did was ask teammates to wrestle him. His four brothers, his classmates, even his coaches at Canby High when he started wrestling told him he was fat. 2023 National Wrestling Hall Of Fame. Don't get caught in the cradle." Canby Coach Larry Wright encouraged Owings to continue his wrestling at the highest level. He was Goliath, but David was coming to the mat, ready to live out a dream. Gambling problem? Considered to be one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, Gable is a two-time NCAA Division I national champion, a world gold medalist, and an Olympic gold medalist. ", Owings and Gable, forever linked, met in the NCAA final for the 142-pound weight class. 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. 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. After the defeat, Gable won gold medals at the 1971 world championships as well as the 1972 Olympics. Only 30 seconds remained in the match; and Gable, despite the fact that he could coast to a one-point win, continued to stand up and circle with Owings. 11 ranked men's hoops teams in action tonight, DI indoor T&F championship selections revealed. Phone: (319) 233-0745 Owings shows up at local wrestling practices and events more, and when people ask him about the Gable match, he no longer tightens up. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. While Gable's record that season was 31-0, with five straight pins in the 1970 NCAA tourney, Owings was 32-1, and had four pins entering . Where Are They Now: Catching up with Cubs legend Ernie Banks. Shop official NCAA team and championship gear. Phone: (319) 233-0745 We were on our knees at the end of the match. "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. Olympic Champion. Overall Gable had lost just four matchesall of them while wrestling under unfamiliar international freestyle rules and in competitions in which he, though a promising youngster, clearly had been in over his head. It was a good match, wasnt it? he says. The most comprehensive list of wrestling tournaments all in one place. 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 . The match at Northwestern had its impact on both wrestlers. 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. Jean made it out just in time; he won the match, and the national title. He was known to wake up in the middle of night, just to do push-ups while his opponents slept. A sophomore had beaten the giant. If he had won two national championships it would be easier, but he never went to the Olympics and didn't do much international wrestling.". He had won more than 200 matches in high school." He would get up in the middle of the night to do pushups, knowing his opponent still slept. It is the subject of an old wrestling match from 44 years ago that has him go silent. "He was a good, solid all-around wrestler who did not make a lot of mistakes," said Owings, now director of facilities for the Molalla (Ore.) School District. He went in for Gables leg and picked up a clutch third-period takedown, almost catching the Cyclone off guard as time ticked down. While at Iowa State, Gable continued his winning ways by capturing three Big Eight Championships, earning All-American honors all three years. "I really didn't want to see it or talk about it much. That loss is a key part of the creation story for the Dan Gable myth. It was one of the most emotional scenes I can ever remember.". 64-0. "It was my mom's worst fear." This was where Owings wanted to be, on the mat in the middle of the action. Earned bachelor's degree and master's degree in education from the University of Washington. "It was an indication," Gerald said, "that Gable was taking him real seriously. Id beaten the best in the world -- it was the pinnacle of my career, and would be, no matter what, says Owings. The message was that his talent at wrestling, and his improbable victory over Dan Gable, had happened for a reason. Larry Owings, on the other hand, returned to Oregon, and faded into obscurity, at least as far as the wrestling world was concerned. Find them on the corner of NW Third and Grant in downtown Canby. That has never bothered Owings. View the profiles of people named Larry Owings. They haven't talked to each other since. At Iowa State, he became an NCAA Division I national runner-up and two-time national champion. Come watch me next week as I finish my career 182-0. Gable kept bungling the lines, and the take took half an hour; by the time he was finished, without having gone through his regular pregame warm-up, every seat in the area was already filled, and the match was about to start. His career had been one of perfection -- he was 64-0 as a high schooler, a three-time state champion, and 117-0, with two national championships, entering the final collegiate match of his career -- and there was no reason for Gable to be anything other than supremely confident when he arrived with his teammates in Evanston. All Rights Reserved. He was U.S. Olympic freestyle coach in 1980, 1984, and 2000. Perri brought the two wrestlers back with 17 seconds left for a final grab-and-hold. But now it is late afternoon, and Gable is sitting at a desk in the cabin behind his house that is his place of refuge, and his throat has closed. 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. Thanks for the great article. He tried an arm-bar move, coming over Owings' shoulder in an attempt to lock him up and take him down. He prefers to show them, firsthand. Is the hardest S.O.B. After college, Owings competed on the senior level circuit before retiring. f&6wZ> [10], Gable has been written about in many magazines and numerous books, including Two Guys Named Dan (1976), From Gotch to Gable: A History of Wrestling in Iowa (1981), The Toughest Men in Sports (1984) and Legends of the Mat (2006), all by wrestling historian Mike Chapman.[11]. From inside his cabin Gable looks out onto the night fast approaching. With 17 seconds left, Owings was ahead 13-11. If there was one code Owings lived by then, it was a desire to have a second chance against anyone who had beaten him. Time heals nothing, not the memory, not the legend and not the gap between the two men, Iowa State's Dan Gable, the greatest wrestler of all time, and a confident University of Washington sophomore named Larry Owings. "GABLE FALLS!" screamed the banner headline in the next day's Des Moines Register. The tributes to Dan Gable on the Internet are endless, but time, it seems, has forgotten the one man who beat him. He took notice of the young Husky, perhaps more than appropriately. Lately hes been calling around -- to the University of Washington, to the Wrestling Hall of Fame in Iowa named after the loser of the match, to ABC, which was there to broadcast the event -- to see if anyone can send him a DVD, but no one seems to have one. To understand the legend of Larry Owings, you must first understand the legend of Dan Gable. As lopsided as that score was, it was the only point allowed by Gable during the trials or the Olympics. It's never going to leave, that painful image of defeat. THIRD PERIOD: Both wrestlers anxiously waited for the whistle to start the third, leading the referee to caution the men. It doesn't matter that it's been 30 years. As Sports Illustrated reported in its coverage of the 1970 NCAA's, "Larry Owings was far more accomplished than most people realized.". He would sprint from class to class on the campus at Ames, clutching course books and wearing weights tied to his ankles. After defeating Gable, Owings left the crowd at Northwestern stunned having witnessed wrestling history. Even now, no one tells Dan Gable what to do. Larry Owings, Coach/Official, Canby, Oregon. Gable, then and now, says the near-fall was "a judgment call.". His 1970 NCAA finals victory over Dan Gable cemented his place in wrestling history. Both athletes pushed the pace, with Owings fearlessly attempted a duck under with the goal of spinning around behind Gable, but the Cyclone was too tough and he put himself on the board first by coming around for two points with a single leg takedown within the first minute of the period. 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. The match spawned a book, a documentary, countless magazine articles, and decades of reflection. On March 28, 1970, in what remains the most famous college match ever, a Washington sophomore named Larry Owings defeated him, 13-11. Gable, then and now, says the near-fall was "a judgment call.". 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 . For the first time in history, the two living [] 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. Gable says that the loss was like a death in the family. It just about killed my parents, he says. In his final meeting, he sat face to face with Karl Rove, who made the mistake of saying something to the effect of, Youll do what we tell you to do. "I had two minutes more riding time, so I was pretty much in control of the match," Gable said. 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. Owings ran three miles every morning around the Husky Stadium track, averaging six minutes a mile and sprinting the final quarter-mile in less than a minute. His one collegiate loss, however, has become the most famous match from his wrestling tenure in his final match. Where do you go from there? Owings remained one of the top wrestlers in the country, but as disappointments mounted -- he finished second in the NCAA championships in 1971 and 72 -- Owings began to feel like his national championship win was a curse. Does all that happens without the loss to Owings? After graduating, Gable undertook an intensive training program and won the 1971 world and Pan-American championships. I had it, says Gable. No high school kid can come close to scoring on Owings. Larry Owings - Washington (1969 - 1972) 1-time NCAA Champion High School: Canby, Oregon The newspapersthough, focused on Gable's match:Iowa State star suffers mat loss, read the title in a story run by the Associated Press following the match. Of the century. No, with his movie star looks and charisma, and a physique that would make Chris Hemsworth jealous, he was legitimately world famous. "I've never wrestled after you've lost a match, and I'm not going to do it now." (I mean, why not, right?). Well, thats not me, he says, as he reads about the retirement of Larry Owings of Brownwood, Texas. This is where Gable thought he had the match won. So, yeah,go read the article. Wow! 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. Gable was told Owings' comment and said he didn't realize the infamous leg sweep was not a practiced move. Owings told UW Coach Jim Smith that he was aiming directly at the legend. I didnt know you could do that. I don't know if he planned it or not, but he got inside my head.". Not in Dan Gable's mind, not in this lifetime. He had two points in riding time that would be rewarded at the end by Perri. His gig was always that he was going to out condition people, says Owings. ", DAN GABLE: The complete history of one of the greatest college wrestlers. He describes Owings as a "Charles Lindbergh persona, quietly confident," who believed he could equal Gable's strength and conditioning. 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. Referee Pascal Perri described the noise as "comparable to Niagara Falls during the spring thaw.". Come watch me as I finish my career 182-0.. In 1968, in Ames, Iowa, he stepped onto the mat to face the Iowa State sophomore who was already considered the best wrestler in the country. It was the greatest wrestling match of all-time. [8], From 1976 to 1997, Gable was the head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa. "Stunned was the word," Owings said of his first moments as the giant-killer. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. 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. "Owings was very squirmy and hard to control.. Larry Owens (born January 8, 1983) is an American professional basketball player. He faced Gable on the mat one more time, at the 1972 Olympic trials in Anoka, Minn. Owings was wrestling best at 136.5 that year, but he struggled to keep his weight under 138. Dan had a lot of pressure on him. 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. Gable was in the locker room when he heard the water running in the shower. Grant went up, Owings went. In fact, the result was so expected that Gable filmed a commercial with ABCs Wide World of Sports encouraging viewers to watch his final match by saying "Hi, Im Dan Gable. The next match featured Grant, like Gable a defending Champion from 1969. They were on their first date when Owings asked if she was into sports. Larry Owings, Coach/Official, Canby, Oregon Graduated from Canby High School where he was a two-time OSAA champion. 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 wasn't that surprised the night Caldwell beat Metcalf. Gable never lost before he faced Owings in that match, nor after it. "There was probably not 10 people in that crowd of 9,000 or so who would have bet on Owings," Oklahoma State Coach Myron Roderick said. A Seattle Times article, Whatever happened to Larry Owings? comes up, as well as the Wikipedia entry for Dan Gable. The roar of the crowd was unbelievable. I think Ill wrestle till Im at least 80, he said during a recent interview. Owings was the first UW wrestler to win an NCAA title, but what mattered was that he had upset a man the Russians reverently called "The Machine," a man who had won 181 straight matches, 108 by pins. A natural introvert, he struggled for decades against his reputation as The Man Who Beat Dan Gable. He didnt want his whole life to be defined by something that transpired over a period of nine minutes when he was a teenager. I enjoyed your article and with no intention of being critical. Gable was only the third wrestler to have ever been inducted into the United World Wrestling's Hall of Fame in the Legend category. However, because of NCAA. 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.. It was during 117-1 at Iowa State University that lost to Larry Owings in 1970. I got bumped down a seed at Nationals in 72 because the winner of the regionals 1 weight above me dropped down for Nationals. Owings had one more thing Gable didn't have - implacability. The NCAA shifted weight classes fairly often back then so wrestlers adjusted either up or down. The house lights were dimmed, with only the overhead lights framing the mat in the center of McGaw Hall. Darrell Keller, Oklahoma State DEC Larry Owings, Washington, 16-12 150 lbs Stan Dziedzic, Slippery Rock DEC Jay Arneson, Oklahoma . This was Owings' opportunity, the fateful moment when his never-used leg sweep caught Gable by surprise. Most have never heard of Larry Owings. Id never experienced that before, says Gable. 93 talking about this. Finally, Gable says in a quiet, raspy voice, I know that the match affected my entire life. Gable did escape, looking for points of his own, but the momentum had shifted. It's hard to win a third NCAA title. Caldwell was always dangerous and capable of beating anyone anytime. Then lost in '70 @ 142 when Owings beat him 13-11. ICONIC LEADER: How Dan Gable coached Iowa to 15 team titles. If we would have tied and there was an overtime, I dont think I would have won, he says. Gable recovered from the defeat and would later say it made him a much better wrestler. Maybe Larry Owings is the only thing that is keeping that part of him alive. But Dan Gable, of course, is so much more than one result. Indeed, from a family of state champion wrestlers, Larry wound up as the best of the bunch, winning the 136-pound crown in 1967 and 141 in 1968. Lyle Ballew, a teammate of Owings', reported back to Owings that during the Iowa State practices, Gable would work with teammates on every possible countermove to the cradle. in the state of Iowa really going to lose it right now? Gable was in the locker room when he heard the water running in the shower. Gable is in the U.S. Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Okla. Owings, despite a national title and an 87-4 record at Washington (52-1 in dual meets), is not. Gable loves telling the story of how he once had a freshman wrestler on his team who faded at the end of matches; to build up the wrestlers mental toughness, Gable drove would drive the wrestler 10 miles out of town a several times a week after practices, and had the freshman run all the way back to campus as Gable followed him in his car. National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum, Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award, Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award. "I was almost embarrassed to have won," he says. He won every college match before dropping his last match in a stunning 13-11 loss to Washington's Larry Owings in the 142-pound finals in 1970. 2023 NCAA | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Dan Gable vs. Larry Owings: FULL 1970 NCAA title match at 142 pounds, I know that the match affected my entire life. Finally, he says, Theres a barrier between us that Im not sure needs to ever go away., 2023 ABG-SI LLC. Iowa shocked college baseball on Saturday, dominating top-ranked LSU 12-4 in the Karbach Round Rock Classic. Who wants to be known for just one thing? He thinks about what would have happened if he would have lost his match: maybe he wouldnt have entered a failed marriage in 1970 just months after the match (Maybe she wouldnt have married me if I wouldnt have been a winner, he says), maybe he would have pushed himself harder to become an Olympian. Facebook gives people the power to. But Owings has a prominent spot in the Hall, with a large picture of the match and some mementos. He wrestled Gable one more time, in the 1972 Olympic Trials, losing 7-1. It has to be in the top five here. In "Larry Owings Documentary (The Man Who Beat Dan Gable," filmmaker Kaden Christiansen shares the story of Washington Athletics' Larry Owings, who is famously known for his upset of undefeated two-time NCAA champion Dan Gable of Iowa State Wrestling in the 1970 NCAA Wrestling finals. He was as relentless and as conditioned as Gable was. Owings strategy in the match was his strategy in all his others: to wear out the other guy; he was, in short, going to out Gable Gable. It was simple: I wanted to beat the guy who beat me, says Owings. Larry Owings. "It was a move," Owings said, "I had never done before or since.". He went on to the sensational international and Olympic career that has already been described. First, though, he has a question about the man who beat him: Here is Larry Owings: sitting at his dining room table in his modest house in the Oregon countryside, 30 miles outside of Portland, on a May afternoon. Wrestling never came up until they went on a date later in their relationship and two strangers walked up to them and asked for Owings autograph. Gable said a teammate showed him the article. To say Owings was the underdog would be, well, an understatement. "When I got to the tournament, I still felt fine - that I could win and do everything I thought I could do," Gable said. 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