Gable / Sanderson Timeline

[jackwebster]

Gable began his tenure at Iowa coaching-up honegrown talent. Once his methods proved effective, he started attracting athletes from all over the country and eventually had his pick of the very best. There were even some I stances when athletes would willing give up scholarships and certain starting positions at other programs just to be on tbe Iowa ladder. Eventually though, Gable started dealing with off-the-mat issues. Some speculated that the off the mat issues were connected to the larger than life status of Iowa wrestlers. They were kings of campus and behaved as such. At least, this is the story as I understand it. 

This is a little pastry, but is Sanderson going through the same ordeal? Are the timelines similar? Or, are the stories about Gable's later teams bs?

 

 

[Fadzaev2]

2 hours ago, jackwebster said:

Gable began his tenure at Iowa coaching-up honegrown talent. Once his methods proved effective, he started attracting athletes from all over the country and eventually had his pick of the very best. There were even some I stances when athletes would willing give up scholarships and certain starting positions at other programs just to be on tbe Iowa ladder. Eventually though, Gable started dealing with off-the-mat issues. Some speculated that the off the mat issues were connected to the larger than life status of Iowa wrestlers. They were kings of campus and behaved as such. At least, this is the story as I understand it. 

This is a little pastry, but is Sanderson going through the same ordeal? Are the timelines similar? Or, are the stories about Gable's later teams bs?

 

 

Read the book, The New Breed  Living Iowa Wresling by Mike Chapman....https://www.amazon.com/New-Breed-Living-Iowa-Wrestling/dp/0880112581

Edited Thursday at 05:41 PM by Fadzaev2

[jackwebster]

16 minutes ago, Fadzaev2 said:

Read the book, The New Breed  Living Iowa Wresling by Mike Chapman....https://www.amazon.com/New-Breed-Living-Iowa-Wrestling/dp/0880112581

Is this the guy who wrestled behind Martin or something. Maybe he went to train for a shot at the world team? I forget.

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

16 minutes ago, jackwebster said:

Is this the guy who wrestled behind Martin or something. Maybe he went to train for a shot at the world team? I forget.

no

[jackwebster]

thanks for the clarification. 

[Fadzaev2]

On 6/26/2025 at 1:58 PM, jackwebster said:

Is this the guy who wrestled behind Martin or something. Maybe he went to train for a shot at the world team? I forget.

What guy???  If you are talking about Mike Chapman, no.  https://www.iowawrestlinghalloffame.com/inductee/mike-chapman

[dragit]

On 6/26/2025 at 12:58 PM, jackwebster said:

Is this the guy who wrestled behind Martin or something. Maybe he went to train for a shot at the world team? I forget.

Is this who/what you're thinking of?

http://wrestlingforgable.blogspot.com/?m=1

[Iwrite]

"The New Breed: Living Iowa Wrestling" was written by Lou Banach and published in 1985. I was sports editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette at the time and a friend of Lou's, and helped put it together. He was kind enough to put my name on the cover with his, and we have stayed in contact all these years. Here is what Mark Johnson, Gable's assistant at the time who went on to a great career as head coach at the U. of Illinois, wrote on the back cover -- "In The New Breed, Lou provides great insight. one no other author could. The  high points and the low points, Lou tells it like it is, being a national champion on a national champion team, and coched by a legend."

The book has many superb photos but is hard to find for sale anymore.

Mike Chapman, author of 32 books (17 on wrestling), creator of WIN magazine, the Dan Hodge Trophy and the Dan Gable Museum.

 

[Powershouse]

1 hour ago, Iwrite said:

"The New Breed: Living Iowa Wrestling" was written by Lou Banach and published in 1985. I was sports editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette at the time and a friend of Lou's, and helped put it together. He was kind enough to put my name on the cover with his, and we have stayed in contact all these years. Here is what Mark Johnson, Gable's assistant at the time who went on to a great career as head coach at the U. of Illinois, wrote on the back cover -- "In The New Breed, Lou provides great insight. one no other author could. The  high points and the low points, Lou tells it like it is, being a national champion on a national champion team, and coched by a legend."

The book has many superb photos but is hard to find for sale anymore.

Mike Chapman, author of 32 books (17 on wrestling), creator of WIN magazine, the Dan Hodge Trophy and the Dan Gable Museum.

 

A lot to be proud of there.