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All I worried about was what Owings was doing to me, instead of what I was doing to him. When you start worrying about that stuff, you're going down the wrong path.

Dan Gable

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Dan Gable
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 25
Amateur Wrestler
Wrestler
Waterloo
Iowa
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