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Dan Gable, the namesake of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo, Iowa takes time with Kyle Klingman and goes On The Mat. Gable talks about the recent golf Dan Gable Celebrity Golf Outing in Waverly, Iowa on Friday, June 6. The tournament went along with the Glen Brand Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame weekend.
Gable talks about the struggles wrestling has faced on the Olympic level and what the sport has done to change how it's viewed worldwide and domestically. He also talks about his reaction to the IOC bringing wrestling back in the Olympic Games.
On The Mat is a presentation of the NWHOF Dan Gable Museum and is produced by 1650thefan.com. On The Mat is part of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast series. Short Time is sponsored by Flipswrestling.com
Below is a list of celebrities who played in the 15th annual Dan Gable Celebrity Golf Tournament:
- Nick Ackerman—NCAA wrestling champion
- Mike Allen—Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa
- John Alt—Kansas City Chiefs
- Ed Banach—1984 Olympic wrestling champion
- Tavian Banks—Jacksonville Jaguars
- Larry Biittner—Chicago Cubs
- Casey Blake—Cleveland Indians
- Pete Bush—Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa
- Craig Clemons—Chicago Bears
- Don Denkinger—Major League umpire
- Jared DeVries—Detroit Lions
- Tim Dwight—Atlanta Falcons
- Don Eddy—Chicago White Sox
- Mike Eischeid—Oakland Raiders
- Joel Greenlee—Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa
- Ryan Hannam—Seattle Seahawks
- Eric Keller—Wartburg head wrestling coach
- Bruce Kimm—Chicago Cubs
- Bruce Klosterman—Denver Broncos
- Bob Kratch—New York Giants
- Gary Kroeger—Saturday Night Live
- Matt Kroul—New York Jets
- Jim Miller—10x NCAA team champions at Wartburg
- Mike Morris—Minnesota Vikings
- Derek Pagel—New York Jets
- Bobbi Petersen—UNI volleyball coach
- Mack Reiter—Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa
- Sage Rosenfels—Miami Dolphins
- Matt Roth—Miami Dolphins
- Doug Schwab—UNI head wrestling coach
- Jed Smith—UNI strength coach
- Mike Stensrud—Houston Oilers
- Greg Stokes—Philadelphia 76ers
- Tolly Thompson—NCAA wrestling champion
- Matt Wagner—Seattle Mariners
- Don Wengert—Oakland A’s
- Chuck Yagla—1980 Olympian
