Canby Then is brought to you by Retro Revival. Owings didn’t wipe the floor with Gable; that would have been impossible. If memory serves, he dropped TWO weight classes for the 1970 NCAAs, all with the idea of wrestling -- and beating -- Dan Gable. They made up songs about me and teased me unmercifully.”. University of Washington. If you would like to voice your opinion to the athletic department at the University of Washington and the college leadership, I have listed their information below along with the contact information. Recommended to you based on your activity and what's popular • Feedback The 1972 NCAA University Division Wrestling Championships were the 42nd NCAA University Division Wrestling Championships to be held. screamed the banner headline in the next day's Des Moines Register. But it will have to wait till next time, on Canby Then. And if he could use them to help somebody else, he should. Fifty years ago this week -- Saturday, March 28, 1970 - … #SwimWithTheCurrent. In the 1970’s the University of Washington was a powerhouse in NCAA Division I wrestling. 1970: Larry Owings 142 NATIONAL CHAMP. Only one man who ever lived can say he beat Dan Gable, and that man is 1968 Canby Union High School grad Larry Owings. In reaching out to the website owner, he provided me with some the following data on the University of Washington wrestling program. No, with his movie star looks and charisma, and a physique that would make Chris Hemsworth jealous, he was legitimately world famous. “And when I was younger, I really was pretty fat. To understand the legend of Larry Owings, you must first understand the legend of Dan Gable. Gable won, easily, but Owings scored some points and even put the champ on his back one time. Larry Owings (Washington) vs. Darrell Keller (Oklahoma State), 142 pounds, 1971 A year after upsetting Dan Gable in the previously unbeaten Hawkeye’s final college match, Owings had an undefeated season going heading into his finals showdown with the 134-pound champion from 1970, Keller. But in the 1970 NCAA 142-pound final, it would be a different story when Gable met Washington sophomore Larry Owings, normally a 150-pounder who pared weight to … The first inaugural, 1969 USWF (now USA Wrestling) tournament was held at Northwestern's McGaw Hall, Evanston. The match spawned a book, a documentary, countless magazine articles, and decades of reflection. 64-0. Let us know if you can support our efforts to launch a 21st-century newspaper today. The Oregon Wrestling Coaches Association and National Wrestling Hall of Fame Oregon Chapter in partnership with Restore College Wrestling – Oregon (RCWOR) is excited to announce the first-ever Oregon Virtual Wrestling Clinic designed to be of interest to all wrestling coaches, wrestling officials, athletic directors, and anyone interested in learning more. History of WA College All-Americans. Here is a great website to look at past Midlands BracketsMIDLANDS 1977 134 5th Bobby Sparks1973 126 6th Brad Jacot1973 150 3rd Tom Brown1973 158 3rd Laare Pepenfuse1972 126 3rd Mike Downer1972 150 1st Mike Fitzpatrick1970 150 3rd Larry Owings, The University of Washington crowned two National Champions. When he was a small boy, his parents drank, and they fought. The 1970 NCAA University Division Wrestling Championships were the 40th NCAA University Division Wrestling Championships to be held. In this conversation, we talk about Owings' childhood, high school career, and the match with Gable. He won national titles at 130 and 137 pounds in 1968 and 1969. College Wrestling ; Anyone have a video of Larry Owings vs Darrell Keller Sign in to follow this . The two met in the finals of the 1970 NCAA wrestling championship. Dan Gable was — and is — a god among men in the world of amateur wrestling. Larry Owings ends Dan Gables' undefeated record in college wrestling with a win in the 1970 NCAA Finals. Open daily. In 1928 and from 1931 to 1933, there was only an unofficial title. A household name, and a hero to kids all over the country. He was a legend in his home state and across the country with his work ethic and drive to succeed in wrestling. Canby Coach Larry Wright encouraged Owings to continue his wrestling at the highest level. Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois hosted the tournament at McGaw Memorial Hall.. Iowa State was took home the team championship with 99 points and three individual champions.. Larry Owings of Washington was named the Most … It was a decision the Chicago Daily News writer Bill Jauss said made him “either the bravest or dumbest guy in amateur wrestling.” Gable’s reputation was such that guys generally piled on weight to avoid facing him on the mat; not the other way around. Owings was a sophomore at the University of Washington, who had dropped two weight classes (from 158 to 142) just to get a shot at the legend. 1971: Larry Owings 142 2nd. Well, here we go. During that decade, UW finished in the top ten five times! As painful as the experience was, looking back, he believes it may have helped toughen him up. A natural introvert, he struggled for decades against his reputation as “The Man Who Beat Dan Gable.” He didn’t want his whole life to be defined by something that transpired over a period of nine minutes when he was a teenager. He became an assistant wrestling coach at Woodburn High School, and today strives to serve as a positive role model and mentor to local youth. Larry Owings Fall 6:12 Leandro Torres 4-3 Bruce Burnett 11-7 Paul Brodmerkel 6-2 Bob Bergen 15-6 Rob Brown 6-4 Larry Owings Fall 1:36 Leandro Torres 4-3 Bob Bergen 3-2 Larry Owings 17-2 Leandro Torres 4-1 Darrell Keller 16-12 142 Weight Class Larry Owings 5-2 Clay Jester, Massachusetts James Guizzotti, Ashland [7] Doug Moses, Iowa State Bye Wrestler's seed in brackets, [US] indicates unseeeded. Larry Owings, on the other hand, returned to Oregon, and faded into obscurity, at least as far as the wrestling world was concerned. There's the champion Dan Gable hasn't lost in high school or College. After college, Owings competed on the senior level circuit before retiring. Here is Larry Owings: sitting at his dining room table in his modest house in the Oregon countryside, 30 miles outside of Portland, on a May afternoon. He lost 20 pounds, while simultaneously growing several inches, and all of a sudden no one was saying he’d never be a wrestler anymore. Owings was a sophomore at the University of Washington, who had dropped two weight classes (from 158 to 142) just to get a shot at the legend. Larry Owings ends Dan Gables' undefeated record in college wrestling with a win in the 1970 NCAA Finals. He played college basketball for Yavapai College and Oral Roberts University. In his first 117 college matches, undefeated, including two national championships. one years old old against against Larry Larry Owens Owens is is is a a a sophomore sophomore sophomore sophomore from from from Hubbard Hubbard Oregon Oregon as as low low as one bout this 130 130. ... College career Yavapai College (2001–2003) Owens averaged 22.7 points and 10.6 rebounds per game as a sophomore at Yavapai College. Larry Owings (Washington) vs. Darrell Keller (Oklahoma State), 142 pounds, 1971. It made him want another crack at the legend, but he wouldn’t have a chance until that final round of the 1970 national championship at the Northwestern University fieldhouse in Evanston, Ill. Help us build a sustainable news organization to serve Canby for generations to come! In 1972, Bill Murdock was the champion at 177 pounds. Larry Owings is a wrestling legend. When it comes to the University of Washington wrestling program most fans think of the legendary Larry Owings. He's the 1 in the 181-1 record (official High school & College) of Dan Gable, the most recognizable name in amateur wrestling. Even his four daughters have never heard it. The Smith era also produced Washington's only national wrestling champions - Bill Murdock ('72) and Larry Owings ('70), the only man to beat Iowa State's legendary Dan Gable. Gable's college career record was 117–1, with his only loss being in the final match of his final season to Larry Owings of the University of Washington. He is deeply afraid of one thing. In his high school career, undefeated. Enjoy your achievement after you accomplish your goals. Owings was an outstanding 29-1 for the season, Gable an astonishing 181-0 against high school and college competition. In that stadium full of 9,000 screaming fans, the only one who thought Owings had a shot at taking down Gable might have been Owings himself (and, as he would later admit, “probably” his brother, and “maybe” his coach). daler, Stovepipe was correct, it was Larry Owings. Jennifer Cohen - Director of Athletics - jcohen@uw.edu, Ana Mari Cauce - President of UW - pres@u.washington.edu, University of Washington Board of Regents - regents@uw.edu, Shondell Reed - Senior Associate Athletic Director - sdreed2@uw.edu, Kate Cullen - Chief Financial Officer - katebou@uw.edu, Erin O’Connell - Senior Associate Athletic Director - oconnell@uw.edu, Kim Durand - Senior Associate Director of Athletics for Student Development - durand@uw.edu, Carter Henderson - Senior Associate Athletic Director for External Relations - chender2@uw.edu, Nina Ellen Keaney - Director of Administration - keaneyne@uw.edu. Come watch me as I finish my career 182-0.”. Followers 0. 1968: Larry Paul 191 lbs (Big Bend Community College) 1969: Terry Dawson 167 lbs (Big Bend Community College) 1970: Thurman Landers 142 lbs (Central Washington University) 1970: Larry Owings 142 lbs (University of Washington) Then, one night about 10 years ago, he had an epiphany, which he believes came from God. Wrestling fans attending the 2018 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Cleveland, Ohio, March 15-17, will have the chance to relive arguably the most talked about wrestling match of all time — … Freestyle. He went on to finish 2nd as a junior and senior. When it comes to the University of Washington wrestling program most fans think of the legendary Larry Owings. Not, like “he-was-on-a-Wheaties-box-one-time” famous (though he was). He played college basketball for Yavapai College and Oral Roberts University. The University of Washington crowned two National Champions. Larry Owings ends Dan Gables undefeated streak in the 1970 NCAA Finals. On March 28, 1970, in what remains the most famous college match ever, a Washington sophomore named Larry Owings defeated him, 13-11. Enjoy folks! Right after the individual champions photo in the middle of the mat, Larry came up to me pointing and said, " I'm gonna beat Gable." The name "Larry Owings" might not be immediately recognizable to Iowa fans, but he's an important figure in the history of both Gable and Iowa wrestling. In reaching out to the website owner, he provided me with some the following data on the University of Washington wrestling program. Freestyle. He was, perhaps, the most superbly conditioned athlete the sport had ever seen. Wrestling fans attending the 2018 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Cleveland, Ohio, March 15-17, will have the chance to relive arguably the most talked about wrestling match of all time — the Larry Owings’ upset of undefeated two-time NCAA champion Dan Gable in the 1970 NCAA finals. He coached 152 all-Americans, 45 national champions, 106 Big Ten Champions and 12 Olympians, including eight medalists. Wrestler's seed in brackets, [US] indicates unseeeded. In the 1970’s the University of Washington was a powerhouse in NCAA Division I wrestling. Larry Owings (Washingtion) d. Dan Gable (Iowa State) 13-11 One of the greatest upsets in the history of wrestling not to mention in all of sports history. Larry Owens (born January 8, 1983) is an American professional basketball player. His results were extraordinary. The University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland hosted the tournament at Cole Field House.. Iowa State was took home the team championship with 103 points and three individual champions.. Wade Schalles of Clarion was named the Most … Larry Owings' high school mat accomplishments attracted the attention of a number of college wrestling programs, including Oklahoma State, and, according to Nolan Zavoral's A Season on the Mat, his 1997 book on Dan Gable and the Hawkeyes, even Iowa State. Wrestling: Where Are They Now: Portrait of former University of Washington wrestler Larry Owings during photo shoot at his home. None of the media, or those who followed college wrestling, took Owings very seriously. ... Minn. Owings was wrestling best at … A year after upsetting Dan Gable in the previously unbeaten Hawkeye’s final college match, Owings had an undefeated season going heading into his finals showdown with the 134-pound champion from 1970, Keller. Gable made numerous attempts to explain the only defeat he would ever know. “Michael Jordan is the Dan Gable of basketball,” a sportswriter once said. In his international career, undefeated. But he was right. (Larry Owings, Dan Gable’s only college loss, hangs another medal on a wrestler while looking good in his purple University of Washington blazer.) He's a senior 20 -. See, Larry Owings … Now nearly 70 but still strong as an ox, Owings is not one to use a blackboard to teach his wrestlers how to do a takedown. Soon after the defeat to Larry Owings, Gable went on to win the Olympic Gold Medal in 1972, without a single point scored against him, even against a Russian team that was stoked up … It was quite the pedigree, but no one expected the same from Larry, for one simple reason. My nickname was ‘Porky.’ Everyone called me that, even my teachers at school. Gable recovered from the defeat and would later say it made him a much better wrestler. None of the media, or those who followed college wrestling, took Owings very seriously. Let the sun … Continue reading → (I mean, why not, right?). How can you blame them? He was known to wake up in the middle of night, just to do push-ups while his opponents slept. Larry Owens (born January 8, 1983) is an American professional basketball player. 1969: Randy Berg 123 3rd. Owings, who upset Iowa State Dan Gable in the 1970 NCAA National Wrestling Championships, is now a retired school administrator. Gable's college career record was 117–1, with his only loss being in the final match of his final season to Larry Owings of the University of Washington. Overall Gable had lost just four matches—all of them while wrestling under unfamiliar international freestyle rules and in competitions in which he, though a promising youngster, clearly had been in over his head. “Owings was very squirmy and hard to control.”, But Owings’ recollection, recorded immediately after his great victory, is probably still true to this day: “When it was over, I looked at Dan, and he looked like he didn’t know what had happened.”. He may have been the only opponent Gable had faced in years who saw him as anything other than invincible. After college, Owings competed on the senior level circuit before retiring. It is time to bring it back the University of Washington Men’s Wrestling team and add a Women’s Wrestling team. Hidden in his past, before he ever wrestled a match, there's a story most people don't know. His conditioning was so legendary that the Russians — whom he would face in an international career that included two world championships and a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics in Munich — nicknamed him “The Machine.”. “He tired me out more than I thought he would,” he said. Before the match, Gable had recorded a promo for ABC saying, “Hi, I’m Dan Gable. As a college sophomore, he defeated Dan Gable in one of the biggest upsets of NCAA finals history,. “I think I’ll wrestle till I’m at least 80,” he said during a recent interview. Kick back and bask in the cheers. He lost his final match against Larry Owings in the finals of the NCAA Division 1 finals. In addition to the four-year programs at PLU and Central, four community colleges - Big Bend, Yakima Valley, Lower Columbia and Highline - have teams. “My strategy was to throw everything I could at him, keep him so busy he wouldn’t be able to get into a rhythm in the match,” Owings later said. He even had the honor of facing Dan Gable, then a sophomore at Iowa State and already a national champion. Yesterday, I stumbled across a College Wrestling Website that has some great information and data on College Wrestling in the country. So when Mack and Katie went out o… To say Owings was the underdog would be, well, an understatement. The most dramatic moment came in the final 30 seconds, with Gable technically in the lead although the scoreboard showed otherwise, when Owings slipped underneath his arms for a brilliantly executed leg sweep that dropped Gable to the mat for the winning points. How can you blame them? He lost only once, in the final match of his final season at Iowa State University. Owings grew up in the Ninety-One School district, the youngest of five brothers who were all high school wrestling state champions. Most memorable was the 1970 tournament where Larry Owings gave Dan Gable his only collegiate loss at 142 pounds. From 1971 to 1973, Gable competed internationally in freestyle wrestling. Below is a list of wrestlers that placed at the Midlands Tournament, one of the toughest college tournaments around. He was wrestling up two weight classes at 158# and pinned Adams. Yesterday, I stumbled across a College Wrestling Website that has some great information and data on College Wrestling in the country. It was done out of utter desperation, but hey — it worked. He went on to finish 2nd as a junior and senior. 3/9/1972 to 3/11/1972 at Maryland. “They said I’d never be a wrestler because I was too fat,” he recalled, much later. Wrestling fans attending the 2018 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Cleveland, Ohio, March 15-17, will have the chance to relive arguably the most talked about wrestling match of all time — the Larry Owings’ upset of undefeated two-time NCAA champion Dan Gable in the 1970 NCAA finals. NCAA Individual Results Dave Enslow 1959 @ HWTJerry Mayberry 1960 @ 123Fred Fuhrer 1961 @ 130Richard Bell 1961 @ 167, 1962 @ 167, 1963 @ 177 4th PlaceMaurice Bush 1961 @ 191Dave Davidson 1961 @ HWTRon Johnson 1962 @ 147, 1964 @ 157Roger Tennant 1967 @ 123Douglas Smith 1967 @ 130, 1968 @ 130Jim Moore 1967 @ 145, 1969 @ 137Jim Hodge 1967 @ 160, 1968 @ 160Charles Lock 1967 @ 177, 1968 @ 177Bruce Schultz 1968 @ 137, 1969 @ 145Ray Wallace 1968 @ 167Randy Burg 1969 @ 123 3rd place, 1970 @ 126Larry Owings 1969 @ 130, 1970 @ 142 National Champion, 171 @ 142 2nd Place, 1972 @ 142 2nd Place, Neil Cebell 1969 @ 167Mike Downer 1970 @ 118, 1972 @ 118, 1973 @ 118Roger Peterson 1970 @ 142Lyle Ballew 1970 @ 150, 1971 @ 130Ken Latimer 1970 @ 167Bill Allen 1970 @ 190, 1971 @ 190, 1973 @ 190Scott Cahoon 1971 @ 118Pat Kaven 1971 @ 126Don Pleasant 1971 @ 150, 1972 @ 158Hajime Shinjo 1971 @ 158 6th place, 1972 @ 150 3rd place, 1973 @ 158 6th PlaceBill Murdock 1971 @ 167, 1972 @ 177 National Champion, Ricky Maras 1971 @ 177Mike Kondo 1972 @ 134Jim Woods 1972 @ 167 6th place, 1974 @ 167Randy Corn 1972 @ 190Don Dunham 1972 @ HWTBrad Jacot 1973 @ 126, 1974 @ 126, 1975 @ 134Tom Brown 1973 @ 142 3rd place, 1974 @ 150 3rd place, 1976 @ 158 2nd place, Mike Fitzpatrick 1973 @ 150 6th PlaceMel Renfro 1973 @ 167, 1974 @ 177 2nd PlaceDave Graves 1973 @ HWT, 1974 @ HWTToshi Oosishi 1974 @ 134, 1975 @ 126 6th placeKaare Papenfuse 1974 @ 158Rich Calderon 1974 @ 190 4th place, 1975 @ 190Dave McClain 1975 @ 118Mike Miller 1975 @ 158Dave Mitchell 1976 @ 126Jay Sullivan 1976 @ 190Bobby Sparks 1977 @ 126, 1978 @ 134Mike Bressler 1977 @ 167Carl Mangrum 1978 @ 126Doug Smith 1978 @ 142Richard Evans 1978 @ 167Mike Garrison 1978 @ HWTBrian Higa 1980 @ 118Dan Drllevich 1980 @ 158Mike Hogobaum 1980 @ 167. 1969 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 9 of 34 Championship Pigtail Bouts for 130 Hahn 13-7 John Hahn - UCLA Phil Parker - Iowa State Groom 11-2 Len Groom - Northern Colorado Glenn Anderson - California-Berkeley Owings Fall 3:15 Larry Owings - Washington Jim Pace - North Carolina State Cook 6-6, 7-2 Jim Cook - SIU-Carbondale Dan Silbaugh - Wyoming Below is a list of every University of Washington wrestler to compete at the national tournament. NCAA Indivdual Champions. But Owings honestly believed he could beat him. Their highest finish was in 1972, when the team finished in 4th place. The two met in the finals of the 1970 NCAA wrestling championship. He went on to the sensational international and Olympic career that has already been described. As did one summer before high school, where he went to work for a Norwegian dairy farmer who had him hauling hay bales from dawn to dusk. So just after graduating from Canby, Owings traveled to Ames, Iowa to compete in the 1968 U.S. Wrestling Olympic Trials. 130 -. The teams of the 70’s had many outstanding wrestlers. “Anything that I can do to help keep these kids away from the video games, and the drugs, the violence and the gangs, I’m going to do it.”. The message was that his talent at wrestling, and his improbable victory over Dan Gable, had happened for a reason. Below is a list of every University of Washington wrestler to compete at the national tournament. They are not your average antique shop. When the 13-11 decision was announced in Owings’ favor, the crowd erupted in a standing ovation. In the Olympics, he not only won every match, he did so without giving up a single point. Email Dave Gilbertson if you have updates to this list. The 1973 NCAA Wrestling Tournament was actually held at the University of Washington showcasing our state to college teams and fans across the country. In 1972, Bill Murdock was the champion at 177 pounds. He won every college match before dropping his last match in a stunning 13-11 loss to Washington's Larry Owings … Indeed, from a family of state champion wrestlers, Larry wound up as the best of the bunch, winning the 136-pound crown in 1967 and 141 in 1968. Larry Owings - Washington (1969 - 1972) 1-time NCAA Champion High School: Canby, Oregon The University of Washington dropped their program in 1980 after 5 Top-10 team finishes at the NCAA’s! Owings was the first UW wrestler to win an NCAA title, but what mattered was that he had upset a man the Russians reverently called "The Machine," a man who had … But he squeaked out an early lead and manage to barely hang onto it through a close, hard-fought, furious match that exhausted both men. I have always wanted to see that match since I … In the world of high school wrestling, “going to Iowa” meant training at Dan Gable’s summer camp. Anyone have a video of the NCAA championship match between Larry Owings and Darrell Keller? From 1971 to 1973, Gable competed internationally in freestyle wrestling. By my count there are 53 individuals who earned their way to the NCAA Tournament, with 11 All-Americans during that time. Below is a list of those NCAA Qualifiers. As a college sophomore, he defeated Dan Gable in one of the biggest upsets of NCAA finals history,. Most memorable was the 1970 tournament where Larry Owings gave Dan Gable his only collegiate loss at 142 pounds. After retiring as the virtually undisputed greatest wrestler in the history of the sport, he decided to go ahead and become its greatest coach. Only one man who ever lived can say he beat Dan Gable, and that man is 1968 Canby Union High School grad Larry Owings. The Gables always seemed to be one bad night from breaking apart, leaving Dan without a family: alone. Find them on the corner of NW Third and Grant in downtown Canby. Larry Owings upsets Dan Gable, 1970 NCAAs. 1972 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 1 of 30 Gil Keith, Brigham Young Mike Downer, Washington Nabil Guketlov, New York University Dan Sherman, Iowa [5] Bruce Biondi, SUNY-Brockport [4] Bill Froman, Eastern Kentucky ... Larry Owings Fall 3:04. Standing is about just about to get underway. Owings won both Greco and Freestyle @ 149 lbs. People think Dan Gable isn't afraid of anything, but that's not true. In high school and college combined, Gable pinned 108 opponents. He also went 17-0 as a college freshman, wrestling in tournaments open to all amateurs, ... Gable got his rematch against Larry Owings, ... when he defeated Owings in the 1972 Olympic Trials. That was April, 1969. He was undefeated in high school (64-0) and he only lost one match in college (117-1). 42nd NCAA Wrestling Tournament 1972 3/9/1972 to 3/11/1972 at Maryland Champions and Place Winners Top Ten Team Scores Outstanding Wrestler: Wade Schalles - Clarion Team Champion Iowa State - 103 Points Number of Individual Champs in parentheses. “I gave it everything I had.”. He prefers to show them, firsthand. While there, he faced off against Iowa State sophomore Dan Gable, and lost to the recently-crowned 130-pound NCAA champ, 13-5. NCAA Top 10 Team Performances 7th in 1970 @ NCAA DI8th in 1971 @ NCAA DI4th in 1972 @ NCAA DI7th in 1973 @ NCAA DI6th in 1974 @ NCAA DI, The team won two PAC 12 Team Titles during that same decade taking home the trophy in both 1971, and 1974. It still stands as one of the greatest upsets in sports history. And he was famous. Wrestler's seed in brackets, [US] indicates unseeeded.
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