Talk:Dan Gable

Convert list to prose
His record looks too much like a cereal list. it should probably be converted to paragraph form. -- ZeWrestler  Talk 15:27, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 11:38, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I took care of the problem. The image now has fair use rationale. -- ZeWrestler  Talk 17:09, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Lead needs a rewrite
I fail to see the relevance of Gable's sole loss his senior year in the NCAA finals. Not to downplay any of his accomplishments, though, as he's obviously more notable through his dominance in the 1972 Olympics as well as his record as head coach at Iowa and afterwards as an "ambassador" to wrestling in the U.S. I'm just wondering if that small part is really relevant in the article's lead. --MuZemike 07:13, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

Somebody should also explain how such a good athlete managed to avoid military service during the biggest war of his lifetime. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.49.20.187 (talk) 03:50, 22 May 2015 (UTC)

Given his Age...
Given his age and when he was in college, how did such a good athlete not serve in the military? This is a glaring omission because Vietnam was the biggest war of his lifetime and the draft took milions of young men (including me) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.49.27.38 (talk) 16:45, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Donald Trump
He is publicly supporting Donald Trump. Why isn't that important since his name is notable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:6000:e7c1:de00:e1ba:4773:793e:2e35 (talk)
 * This page doesn't get edited that much. Do you have a source for this? Also, did any secondary sources care enough to write about it? Someguy1221 (talk) 08:41, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

medal ceremony
Is it worth mentioning the way Trump just walked out of the room rather than talk to the press at the medal ceremony? It's weird,and notable, but is it germane to this article or does it belong somewhere else? Beeblebrox (talk) 03:20, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

I would first be interested why Gable got this extremely high honour in the first place. Nothing in the article indicates any influence on society, apart from an impressive sports career that took place decades ago. What did he do to deserve it, or rather: what did he do in the last couple of years to be regognized by Donald Trump who usually gave awards to sycophants and radical broadcasters? --Anvilaquarius (talk) 08:43, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

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