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5.0 out of 5 stars best wrestling book i have ever seen, 1 Aug 1999

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gives a great look into a sucessful college wrestling program and what it takes to be a great team, a great wrestler and a great coach.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best book a wrestling coach can get their hands on., 14 April 1999

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I really enjoyed reading this book. It went through all the problems that can happen in a season. Even if it was Dan Gable last stand as coach the history and reputation of hawkeye wrestling will always be the one to beat. No other divison 1 coach can match what coach Gable as done for his wrestlers. And that program.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Book was both great & mediocre, 13 Mar 1999

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I grew a Dan Gable fan (as did any other Iowa kid who touched the mat in the last 30 years). I have studied much about him. This author did a great job in two areas: 1)analyzing the murder of his sister and the implications for the Gable family. Very detailed (such as Dan told his father who probably (and Dan was right)killed his sister on the ride back to Waterloo and that his father struck him for not telling him sooner. 2) Dan's only collegiate loss to Larry Owings. In depth and probing. You feel some of the pain Dan was bearing.

However, the author was very weak on his ability to convey the wrestling spirit during the Hawks tremendous season. At times it was liking reading a $2 romance novel.

Overall, this would have been a better book if it was just a Dan Gable biograghy.

It should be noted that Dan was not happy about a lot that was in the book. It exposed alot of his (and his Parents)flaws. Dan has an enormous ego and has been treated with kid gloves by reporters and authors up until this point. I doubt the author would have been given this much access if Dan knew that the dirty laundry was going to get mixed in.

Anyway, with the lack of books on Dan Gable/wrestling - this is a must read.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Book was both great & mediocre
I grew a Dan Gable fan (as did any other Iowa kid who touched the mat in the last 30 years). I have studied much about him. Read more

Published on 13 Mar 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars A good read, not great
I could not have been more excited to read this book. I'm fascinated by wrestling, the lore that surrounds it and the legend of Dan Gable. Read more

Published on 11 Mar 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing, well-written book
Though I'm not a huge wrestling fan, I found this book fascinating. It's part biography and part chronicle of Gable's last championship season at Iowa. Read more

Published on 6 Nov 1998

2.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat cheerless, and poorly written
Though sort of a one dimensional attempt at deifying wrestling legend Dan Gable, Nolan Zovoral is a little out of his element here. Read more

Published on 30 Oct 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Great coverage of a wrestling season.
I am a wrestler and this book went into detail about all a coach and his wrestlers go through in a season. In this case the coach is the legendary Dan Gable. Read more

Published on 19 Oct 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars An inspirational book showing REAL work of REAL wrestling
An excellent summary of a tough year for the great Iowa Hawkeyes. A tough loss to the Oklahoma Cowboys at the NCAA Duals could have given the Hawks a vision of their future, but... Read more

Published on 6 Jul 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars a great look inside the wrestling room and lockerroom.
As a former wrestler and now a coach, the book gave a great look at the behind the scence of Iowa wrestling. the book shed some light on some of the rumors of the program. Read more

Published on 12 May 1998

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