President Trump to award Iowa wrestling icon with 181-1 record Dan Gable with the Medal of Freedom

[basquebromance]

Dan just spoke in the middle of Trump's speech at Iowa rally just now. will post it later!

A son-in-law's letter to a senator leads to president awarding wrestling icon Dan Gable the Medal of Freedom

Dan Gable is about to add a significant award to his crowded trophy case. As a wrestler, he went 181-1, and he coached Iowa to 15 national titles.

www.desmoinesregister.com

 

[mudwhistle]

Dan just spoke in the middle of Trump's speech at Iowa rally just now. will post it later!

A son-in-law's letter to a senator leads to president awarding wrestling icon Dan Gable the Medal of Freedom

Dan Gable is about to add a significant award to his crowded trophy case. As a wrestler, he went 181-1, and he coached Iowa to 15 national titles.

www.desmoinesregister.com

Dan Gable went to H.S. for a short time with my brothers and sisters.
He was a pretty decent wrestler, I hear.

 

[konradv]

I can see it now, Trump saying "He's great, but I would have been 182-0."

 

[Redcurtain]

I took dan out easy in a Exhibition years ago..

 

[basquebromance]

Trump is 182-0 against me, because i let him dominate me

Gable is the 1st wrestler to receive the award

 

[shockedcanadian]

Dan just spoke in the middle of Trump's speech at Iowa rally just now. will post it later!

A son-in-law's letter to a senator leads to president awarding wrestling icon Dan Gable the Medal of Freedom

Dan Gable is about to add a significant award to his crowded trophy case. As a wrestler, he went 181-1, and he coached Iowa to 15 national titles.

www.desmoinesregister.com

Holy hell. 181-1! lol.

I want to know the dude who beat him for the one loss.

As a former wrestler I am biased, but, of all the sports I've participated (so long ago now), wrestling without question was the most demanding. Both in terms of making weight, in terms of competition and standing in the middle of an auditorium surrounded by high school peers watching you risk embarrassment.

Alex Karelin was the best wrestler in history IMO, possibly the greatest athlete. Again, I'm biased. He didn't go 181-1, though he did win a few gold olympic medals

 

[basquebromance]

his only loss came in his final match. QUIT WHILE YOU'RE AHEAD!

OTL: The Losses of Dan Gable

Wrestling's most famous winner is taking on one final battle: To save his sport and all he's ever been.

www.espn.com

 

[BULLDOG]

Caligula awarded his horse the title of Council (lawmaker). Not sure if that is much crazier than awarding a wrestler the medal of freedom

 

[basquebromance]

no man struggles as much as...THE WRESTLER!

hence the verb "wrestling with..."

 

[shockedcanadian]

his only loss came in his final match. QUIT WHILE YOU'RE AHEAD!

OTL: The Losses of Dan Gable

Wrestling's most famous winner is taking on one final battle: To save his sport and all he's ever been.

www.espn.com

So did Karelin. Getting the silver.


I qualified for the Canadian Nationals in High School and I didn't go. I didn't want to be away from home and I hadn't been in a plane to that point. I still regret not going.

The guy who I beat approached me and I told him, "you can take my place, I'm not going". The guy was ecstatic. I can't blame him, we had a hell of a grueling match too.

Hey, I went out on top! Might be the minor leagues but it was MY minor leagues

 

[basquebromance]

 

[Billiejeens]

I can see it now, Trump saying "He's great, but I would have been 182-0."

Okay,
That's funny.

 

[Synthaholic]

Fake president, fake sport. Fitting.

 

[Billiejeens]

Fake president, fake sport. Fitting.

Wrong type of Wrestling - Idiot.

 

[Synthaholic]

Fake president, fake sport. Fitting.

Wrong type of Wrestling - Idiot.

Definitely the wrong type of president - an idiot.

 

[basquebromance]

Anyone who knows wrestling knows how much time, energy, effort, and dedication he’s put in to becoming an Olympic gold medalist, the greatest collegiate coach of all time regardless of sport, and being a genuinely great human being. Gable is the type of person people should be looking up to

 

[liarintheWH]

Fake president, fake sport. Fitting.

You’ve been posting a lot of stupid shit the last couple of days.

It’s normal but usually not at this rate.

Pretty fucking obvious you’re panicking.

It’s gonna be alright little buddy. You’ll (maybe) survive another four years of President Trump.

 

[basquebromance]

When LARRY OWINGS handed DAN GABLE his only loss, Larry bellowed, "Undefeated no more!"

Gable inspired countless wrestlers!

Underwood's Alex Thomsen gets revenge against Fort Dodge's Brody Teske at J-Hawk Invitational

Fort Dodge's Brody Teske and Underwood's Alex Thomsen wrestled again on Saturday. This time, Thomsen came away victorious.

www.desmoinesregister.com

 

[basquebromance]

I can see it now, Trump saying "He's great, but I would have been 182-0."

Okay,
That's funny.

konrad called it