Dan Gable - Popularity

Popularity

  • A popular expression among Iowans is "Michael Jordan is the Dan Gable of basketball," which while alluding Jordan's dominance of his sport during the latter half of the 1980s and most of the 1990s, it remains comparatively inconsequential against Gable's imprint on U.S. wrestling as both athlete and coach.
  • In an Esquire interview, actor, and high school wrestler Tom Cruise considered Gable his greatest hero. Gable himself was profiled in Esquire by the novelist and former University of Pittsburgh wrestler John Irving. The story was entitled "Gorgeous Dan".
  • Gable has perennially been on the wishlist for a Republican candidate for Governor of Iowa or Congressional positions.
  • Gable was praised extensively during the speech given by the Iron Sheik at his induction to the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005.
  • In 1999, Sports Illustrated selected Dan Gable as the greatest sports figure in the history of the state of Iowa.
  • During Gable's tenure as coach, the teen sitcom Saved by the Bell referred to the University of Iowa and a fictional coach that had appeared to scout AC Slater portrayed by Mario Lopez for their team.
  • Gable appears in the documentary film 'Catch: The Hold Not Taken' in which he speaks of the origins of amateur wrestling. He recalls that, growing up, he knew high school wrestling as 'Catch as catch can', which is the name of the traditional style from Lancashire, England.
  • In the movie Never Back Down, Dan Gable is mentioned in a scene as the greatest Olympic wrestler ever.
  • In 1999 Gable published Coaching Wrestling Successfully in which he shared his blueprint for developing wrestling champions.
  • Gable has also hosted a series of successful instructional DVDs: Dan Gable's Wrestling Essentials: Bottom Position, Dan Gable's Wrestling Essentials: Standing Position], Dan Gable's Wrestling Essentials: Top Position; All three are also available in one comprehensive DVD: Dan Gable's Wrestling Essentials DVD. Gable's Advanced Wrestling DVD demonstrates more advanced wrestling techniques from a standing position and from the top and bottom positions.

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