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Trump to Present Dan Gable, Iowa Wrestling Legend, with Presidential Medal of Freedom
A true Iowa wrestling legend will be awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor.
The family of Dan Gable tells WHO 13 Sports Director Keith Murphy that Gable will be presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Gable spoke with President Donald Trump on the phone Wednesday morning about the honor. A date for the ceremony has not yet been determined.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom was established in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy. According to the White House’s website, “It is awarded by the President of the United States to individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the security or national interests of America, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.”
Gable won a Gold Medal for the United States in wrestling in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany.
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Unbeaten Dan Gable, right, of Iowa State, grapples with Minnesota’s Gary Pelcl during NCAA wrestling championships at McGaw Hall in Evanston, Ill. on March 27, 1970. Gable pinned Pelcl and is unbeaten through high school and college compettion which includes 179 victories with 106 pins.(AP Photo/FJ) -
Dan Gable, right, of Iowa State, who was undefeated in his high school and college wrestling career until that evening, congratulates Larry Owings of the Universithy of Washington, March 28, 1970, at Evanston, IL. Owings has his hand raised in victory after beatng Gable in their final 142 -pound NCAA chamipnship bout at Northwestern University. (AP Photo/fj) -
Larry Owings, top, of the University of Washington, has the advantage over Dan Gable, Iowa State University senior, in their 142 lb. NCAA wrestling match in Evanston, Ill., March 30, 1970. It ended a string of 181 consecutive victories for Gable that extended through his entire high school and college wrestling career to the final bout. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell) -
Larry Owings, top, of the University of Washington, applies leverage to the leg of Dan Gable, Iowa State University senior, in their 142 lb. NCAA wrestling match in Evanston, Ill., March 30, 1970. It ended a string of 181 consecutive victories for Gable that extended through his entire high school and college wrestling career to the final bout. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell) -
Larry Owings, top, of the University of Washington, has the advantage over Dan Gable, Iowa State University senior, in their 142 lb. NCAA wrestling match in Evanston, Ill., March 30, 1970. It ended a string of 181 consecutive victories for Gable that extended through his entire high school and college wrestling career to the final bout. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell) -
Dan Gable, top, Iowa State University senior, has the advantage, for the moment, over Larry Owings of the University of Washington during their 142 lb. NCAA wrestling match in Evanston, Ill., March 30, 1970. The match ended a string of 181 consecutive victories for Gable that extended through his entire high school and college wrestling career to the final bout. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell) -
Dan Gable, top, Iowa State University senior, has the advantage, for the moment, over Larry Owings of the University of Washington during their 142 lb. NCAA wrestling match in Evanston, Ill., March 30, 1970. The match ended a string of 181 consecutive victories for Gable that extended through his entire high school and college wrestling career to the final bout. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell) -
U.S. wrestler Dan Gable, of Waterloo, Iowa, is assisted by a medical aide after suffering a bad cut near the left eye during a freestyle wrestling match against Safer Sali of Yugoslavia in the Munich Olympic Games, August 27, 1972. Despite his wound, the gold medal hopeful managed to pin down his opponent. (AP Photo) -
Dan Gable, left, of Waterloo, Iowa, levers his Greek opponent, Stephanos Ioanidis, to canvas during their 150-pound wrestling bout Tuesday, August 29, 1972. Gable moved into the semifinals of the Olympic freestyle wrestling by pinning his opponent in 4:03. Gable eventually won the gold medal in the lightweight (150lb) class. (AP Photo) -
Dan Gable bandaged head, of Waterloo, Iowa, levers his Greek opponent, Stephanos Ioanidis, to canvas during their 150-pound wrestling bout in Munich on Tuesday, August 29, 1972. Gable moved into the semifinals of the Olympic freestyle wrestling by pinning his opponent in 4:03. (AP Photo) -
Dan Gable of the USA wins over Kikuo Wada of Japan, right, in their meet during Olympic Wrestling Tournament in Munich on August 30, 1972. (AP Photo) -
American 100kgs wrestler Dan Gable from Waterloo, Iowa tries to throw Soviet Union’s Rusl Ashuraliev during their match at the Munich Olympic Games, Thursday, September 1,1972. Gable got the gold medal and Ashuraliev the Bronze. (AP Photo) -
Three Americans wrestlers who won medals at the Olympic Games freestyle wrestling competitions pose together at the medal award ceremony September 1, 1972 in Munich. From left: Ben Peterson, of Comstock, Wis, a gold medal winner in the 90 kilos class, Chris Taylor, of Dowagiac, Mich, a bronze medal in the over 100 kilos class, and Dan Gable, of Waterloo, Iowa, a gold medal in the 68 kilos class. (AP Photo). -
Former Iowa State basketball player Fred Hoiberg, left, and former University of Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable, right, autograph t-shirts during the Iowa Soybean Association’s Soy Day on the Hill, Tuesday, March 7, 2006, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) -
Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands, right, and assistant coach Dan Gable react as Iowa’s Ryan Morningstar beats Iowa State’s Trent Paulson in their 157 lb. match during this college wrestling meet, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2006, in Iowa City, Iowa. Morningstar won the match 3-2 as Iowa won the meet 24-6. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) -
From left, Bruce Baumgartner, 1984 and 1992 gold medalist in wrestling, Joe Frazier, 1962 gold medalist in boxing and Dan Gable, 1972 gold medalist in wrestling attend the 100 Golden Olympians gala reception at the Marriott Hotel in Atlanta Thursday, July 18, 1996. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) -
Former Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable speaks during a news conference by the Committee for the Preservation of Olympic Wrestling at the NCAA Division I wrestling championships on Friday, March 22, 2013, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Prior to that, he won three state high school titles at Waterloo West High School and two national titles at Iowa State University, among a myriad of other wrestling honors. As a collegiate wrestler, he had a streak of 100 matches unbeaten before losing in the NCAA finals in 1970.
After a storied career on the mat, Gable turned his attention to coaching. As the head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes, Gable won 15 team titles – with a record nine of those being consecutive. He was head coach from 1977 to 1997.
Gable also coached multiple U.S. Olympic Wrestling teams.
The Dan Gable Museum is part of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Waterloo.