Dan Gable - Net Worth, Salary, Age, Height, Weight, Bio, Family, Career

Danny Mack Gable, also known as Dan Gable is a former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler from the United States who was only the third wrestler inducted into the United World Wrestling Hall of Fame in the Legend category. In addition, from 1976 to 1997, he was the head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa.

Gable was born in Waterloo, Iowa on October 25, 1948. He is of white ethnicity and holds an American nationality. His zodiac sign is Scorpio.

Net Worth of Dan Gable

Dan Gable is a veteran wrestler. He has estimated net worth is of $5 million as of 2020. His wealth was greatly influenced by his wrestling and coaching careers. During his coaching career, he earned $400,000 per year.

About Married Life;

Gable is a happily married man. In 1974, he married his girlfriend Kathy Gable. Jenni Mitchell (Brian), Annie Gavin (Mike), Molly Olszta (Danny), and Mackenzie McCord are the couple’s four daughters (Justin).

Childhood of Dan Gable

Gable was born to parents who never worked together, which had a negative impact on Dan and his sister’s upbringing. Dan attended Waterloo West High School. His sister was sexually assaulted and murdered at the age of 19 by a teenager from his neighborhood during his sophomore year of high school.

Despite the fact that his sister’s death was his greatest loss, he did not let the tragedy interfere with his focus on wrestling. Rather, he saw it as an even stronger motivation to train: “The more you can settle into focusing on what you have and what you want to do and where you want to go — a positive point of view — the quicker things turn around and positive things start to happen.”

Career of Dan Gable

From 1967 to 1970, Gable attended Iowa State University and competed in folkstyle wrestling. During that time, he was a National runner-up and two-time NCAA Division I national champion at Iowa State. Gable’s college career record was 117-1, with his only loss coming in the final match of his final season to Lee Kemp of the University of Wisconsin.

Gable competed in international freestyle wrestling from 1971 to 1973. Gold medals at the Tbilisi Tournament in 1971, the World Championships in 1971, and the Olympic Games in 1972 were among his career highlights. Gable, in particular, won all six of his matches at the 1972 Olympic Games without conceding a point.

Gable was the head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa from 1976 to 1997. In dual matches, Gable’s teams had a record of 355–21–5. He has coached 152 all-Americans, 45 national champions, 106 Big Ten champions, and 12 Olympians, eight of whom have won medals. His teams have won 21 Big Ten Conference championships and fifteen NCAA Division I championships.

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