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Author
Publisher
University of Iowa Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
What does it take to be an Olympic gold medalist and to coach a collegiate team to fifteen NCAA titles? In this book, famed wrestler and wrestling coach Dan Gable tells engaging and inspiring stories of his childhood in Waterloo, Iowa; overcoming the murder of his sister as a teenager; his sports career from swimming as a young boy, to his earliest wrestling matches, through the 1972 Olympics; coaching at the University of Iowa from the Banachs to...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Language
English
Formats
Description
Overview: For twenty-one years, Dan Gable's Iowa Hawkeyes dominated wrestling to an extent rarely seen in any sport: twenty-one consecutive Big 10 titles and fifteen national championships. In A Season on the Mat, award-winning reporter Nolan Zavoral explores Iowa's storied wrestling program and Gable's record of excellence in an unprecedented, intimate look at the man and his methods during his final season as a head coach. A Season on the Mat chronicles...
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