A Wrestling Life, Dan Gable
A Wrestling Life, Dan Gable
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A Wrestling Life
The Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable

Author: Dan Gable, Scott Schulte

Narrator: Joe Barrett

Unabridged: 4 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/09/2015

Synopsis

What does it take to be an Olympic gold medalist and to coach a collegiate team to fifteen NCAA titles? In A Wrestling Life: The Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable, famed wrestler and wrestling coach Dan Gable tells engaging and inspiring stories of his childhood in Waterloo, Iowa; overcoming the murder of his sister as a teenager; his sports career from swimming as a young boy, to his earliest wrestling matches, through the 1972 Olympics; coaching at the University of Iowa from the Banachs to the Brands; life-changing friendships he made along the way; and tales of his family life off the mat.



A celebration of determination, teamwork, and the persevering human spirit, A Wrestling Life captures Gable's methods and philosophies for reaching individual greatness as well as the incredible amount of fulfillment and satisfaction that comes from working as part of a team.

About Dan Gable

Dan Gable has been named to the USA Wrestling Hall of Fame, the United States Olympic Hall of Fame, the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, and is the namesake of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo, Iowa. He has been named the top wrestler of the twentieth century by Gannett News Services, is listed as one of the top coaches of the twentieth century by ESPN, and is named Iowa's top sports figure in the past 100 years. In 1996, Gable was named one of the "100 Golden Olympians," an honor bestowed to the top 100 US Olympians of all time. During the 2012 Olympics, he was inducted into the FILA Hall of Fame Legends of the Sport category, becoming one of five people in the world to receive this honor.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kristen on November 20, 2015

I liked this book, but it was a little all over the place for me. Meant to be a collection of stories, it does contain some good ones, my favorites being the commentary from Gable's daughter (the eldest of whom used to sit under Dan's chair as he coached), Gable's experiences at the Munich Olympics,......more

Goodreads review by Brandon on September 18, 2017

Dan Gable was by far one of the most intense books I have ever read. In this book Gable is a American olympic wrestler and a head coach for the Iowa Hawks. He won 15 NCAA team titles between the years of 1976 and 1997. I chose this book because it had so much to do with wrestling and so many inspiri......more

Goodreads review by Forrest on June 17, 2021

I came into this book with high hopes as a college coach and after being blown away by a podcast featuring Dan Gable (Talks at Google). In the end, this book was pretty good. Each chapter is a different short story from Gable’s life and some stories ended up being more impactful and memorable than o......more

Goodreads review by Michael on July 05, 2023

This frickin dude is tougher than an old leather boot.......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy on March 17, 2019

Dan Gable is an amazing human. Stoic and determined, he shares stories of a life spent as the greatest American wrestler to date.......more

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