Dan Gable, “I Was Born into Wrestling”

A life of competing, coaching, and inspiring

Wrestling gold medalist, Dan Gable, at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. A champion in high school and college, he would go on to a successful coaching career that spanned over 2 decades at the University of Iowa.

Not many athletes have a National Hall of Fame Museum named after them, but Dan Gable stands in a class of his own.

The vast mural at his museum’s L…