Rudi SaboRudolph "Rudi" Jon Sabo was born in August 1925 in Sand Coulee, Mont. He graduated from Great Falls High School in 1943, then joined the Navy, where he served for nearly three years before being honorably discharged as a Seaman 2nd Class with the American Area Campaign Medal and World War II Victory Medal. During his time in the Navy, Sabo began his college career. He attended the University of Dubuque and St. Ambrose University in Iowa. He also attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY and Carleton College in Minnesota. As a WWII veteran, he participated in the Big Sky Honor Flight to Washington D.C. in April 2014.
Sabo returned to Montana in 1946 to complete his degree at Montana State University, where he was a member of the wrestling team as an undergraduate. He obtained his bachelor's degree from MSU in 1952 and a Master of Education in 1955.
In 1953, Sabo began his teaching career at Fairfield High School, where he launched a wrestling program even though there were no other schools to compete against. Sabo also taught at Billings Senior High School for one year and took the wrestling team there to the state championship in 1955. In 1956, he returned to his high school alma mater, Great Falls High School, where he served as a teacher for 37 years and as wrestling coach for more than a dozen seasons. During his tenure as Bison coach, Sabo guided his wrestlers to three state team titles, seven second-place finishes, four Divisional Championships and a dual-meet record of 146-42. He coached 26 wrestlers to individual state championships. In 1970, Sabo was honored with the Montana Coaches Association Wrestling Coach of the Year award. He retired from Great Falls High School in 1994.
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