mspart Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 I watched this as it popped up on Youtube. There seems to be a few of these for Gable. I was surprised at how he dominated, he really dominated. Anyway, for those that haven't seen it yet, here you go. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwgRzU8oc4Y mspart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestleknownothing Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 5 minutes ago, mspart said: I watched this as it popped up on Youtube. There seems to be a few of these for Gable. I was surprised at how he dominated, he really dominated. Anyway, for those that haven't seen it yet, here you go. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwgRzU8oc4Y mspart Not a Gable match Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mspart Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) Yeah I messed that up. Sorry. Here is the proper link. mspart Edited July 10, 2023 by mspart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3 for LU Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 I remember watching the '72 olympics on ABC... happy that they showed wrestling A LOT (relatively a lot in my opinion... which was not enough!) Here's Dan vs the Greek: D3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3 for LU Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 Here's Dan vs the West German: D3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3 for LU Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 IF you have a Flowrestling subscription, you will find their stash of ABC videos of the FS wrestling @ Munich '72 Olympics. Search for the videos 1972 Olympics D3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestleknownothing Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 3 hours ago, D3 for LU said: Here's Dan vs the West German: D3 I don't recall seeing another wrestler in this match 1 Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3 for LU Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 10 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said: I don't recall seeing another wrestler in this match 20-zip... it was rather one sided. But the German did a great impression of a turtle! D3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClawRidesAgain Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Nobody even scored a point against Gable during the '72 Olympics in Munich. I got to meet a couple of guys from that team over the next couple of years, Gable, Peterson brothers, Chris Taylor. I met Chris at Russ Houk's Wrestling Camp. Anyone remember that? The race around the lake? Back then, it was really special to be able to see and meet big time wrestlers. We did not travel like we do now, and the information was far more limited. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchapman Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 23 hours ago, D3 for LU said: 20-zip... it was rather one sided. But the German did a great impression of a turtle! D3 Think about this, he won 20-0 and still picked up 1/2 a bad mark. Craig Henning got screwed in the 2007 NCAA Finals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mspart Posted July 12, 2023 Author Share Posted July 12, 2023 Well, he didn't pin him. So his effort was just not enough. Bad mark system. mspart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3 for LU Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 On 7/11/2023 at 9:56 PM, ClawRidesAgain said: Nobody even scored a point against Gable during the '72 Olympics in Munich. I got to meet a couple of guys from that team over the next couple of years, Gable, Peterson brothers, Chris Taylor. I met Chris at Russ Houk's Wrestling Camp. Anyone remember that? The race around the lake? Back then, it was really special to be able to see and meet big time wrestlers. We did not travel like we do now, and the information was far more limited. I certainly remembered Russ Houck's Wrestling Camp... went there three times in the early 70's. Also Chris Taylor was there... I remembered one evening , we were crowded in one of the wrestling pavilions listening to some of his experience @ the '72 Olympics. The lights were attracting a lot of moths... one particularly large moth was fluttering towards Chris... he flicked his hand at it and said "BEGONE!" The moth did a 180 and went away. The crowd laughed! D3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3 for LU Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 20 hours ago, jchapman said: Think about this, he won 20-0 and still picked up 1/2 a bad mark. 12 hours ago, mspart said: Well, he didn't pin him. So his effort was just not enough. Bad mark system. mspart Oh, I knew they had the bad mark system in place @ Munich... but Gable dominated all before wrestling Ashuraliev for the gold anyway. D3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npope Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 After watching a few of Gable's matches here (and note that I am in my 60s) I find it hard to reconcile my memories of him with the fact that he is a far older man now - his legend always precedes him in my mind. He was a force of nature during his time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackwebster Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 On 7/10/2023 at 1:38 PM, mspart said: Yeah I messed that up. Sorry. Here is the proper link. mspart Gable outweighs him by 20 lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgaveMaria Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Who was the Russian wrestler that also went unscored on during those Olympic Games? ” Never attribute to inspiration that which can be adequately explained by delusion”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3 for LU Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Ivan Yarigin won @100Kg... all by fall. I would think that would be a worthy note. D3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClawRidesAgain Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 The USSR wanted to beat Gable in the worst way. He was smoking all of their guys. Here is some insight on that. https://www.nytimes.com/1972/03/19/archives/soviet-is-looking-for-wrestler-to-halt-dan-gable-us-star.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lipdrag Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 I liked seeing all of the mat wrestling in the old free style. Freestyle today is simply a takedown fest. The silly little leg lace roll throughs with a guy sitting on his backside through the move just don't signify dominance of actually putting someone's shoulders near the mat. Of course, the ref in the match against the German Turtle did the whole sport a disservice by not stalling him out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestleknownothing Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 41 minutes ago, Lipdrag said: I liked seeing all of the mat wrestling in the old free style. Freestyle today is simply a takedown fest. The silly little leg lace roll throughs with a guy sitting on his backside through the move just don't signify dominance of actually putting someone's shoulders near the mat. Of course, the ref in the match against the German Turtle did the whole sport a disservice by not stalling him out. The German turtle. I love it. Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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