Great year for Iowa State. In the Olympics at Munich, Ben Peterson won the gold medal along with Cyclone alumni Dan Gable, while Taylor took the bronze.
I don’t know if anyone else caught the one inaccuracy there…but it actually wasn’t Schalles that won the award for most pins in the least amount of time, it was actually John Panning of Minnesota that won the award. Both had 4 pins, but Panning pinned them in less time. Just saying 😉👍🏼
Jeez. Can you imagine being ridden by Chris Taylor? Unlimited HWT was pretty interesting. Everybody rooted against those huge, fat dudes. Plus there were the small heavies who were technically sound and powerful for their size that everybody rooted FOR, it was pretty crazy. Now we don't have the truly huge heavies anymore and most of the heavies are fairly athletic.
@@mattmartinez1414 i might of read afterwards that a div. II college was not eligble for team points back then, but individuals could qualify for the Div. tourney. correct me if i am wrong
Gary Barton was the assistant wrestling coach @ university or Rhode Island in1976. I wrestled him every day in practice & realized why he was a national champion. Cause he was a Wiesel on the mat! U thought you had control , then he was gone! Lol spoke with him last week after 47 years. And we still laugh about practice! Blessings to all older grapplers!❤️
@@mattmartinez1414 I’m asking in the hopes of seeing Dan Gable wrestle in these tournaments. There’s only highlights of most his college days, and only two full matches on UA-cam
@@mattmartinez1414 no I was actually referring to Owings and Marty Willigan the year prior. I said college matches, and that’s freestyle with Kemp. Also there are some freestyle matches of him, there’s the one with Kemp (obviously), and there are some of his Olympic tournament when he was at his peak. There’s also a documentary called The Champion that shows brief highlights of him but not whole matches. That’s all there is to my knowledge
I was 12 when this happened. People today have no idea what it was like to get information back then. No internet, no espn etc. I would find out the results the following YEAR when my dad would bring home his copy of the NCAA rulebook and I would go theough it front to back because it had college results and also high school champions every year. My brother and I got to see Chris Taylor wrestle at the Naval Academy that year and got pictures with him. Scary! Had the good fortune of my son being coached by Schalles 7 or so years ago in Northern Virginia. Great times
I guess you both can be right at the same time. Owings was a very unorthodox and thrill a minute type wrestler. He was a very strong 142 pounder. These were the reasons why he was able to upset Gable, one of the greatest to ever do it. But Milkovich was a VERY defensive type wrestler (those that really know the mechanics of wrestling will see what I’m talking about in the match here). So I think his style ended up frustrating Owings. Had a he been a very offensive and attack type wrestler I think Owings could have taken advantage. So Milkovich wrestled a very smart match that day in my opinion. Hats off to both NCAA champions 👏🏽
Do you have full footage or footage of the NIU wrestlers from the same ‘72 championship? Been trying to find footage of my grandfather that wrestled named Larry Johnson
I love Wade Schalles's imagination, balance, guts, and intelligence. I consider him one of the greatest NCAA wrestlers of all time. I wish he was my coach when I started wrestling.
He was my coach personally, and I tell ya the man was just as good of a mentor and a teacher as he was a wrestler himself. His son enrolled in the Naval Academy and that brought him and his Eaglehawk Academy to my area. His passion, kindness, and ability to inspire were always fantastic. The man taught wrestling like it was chess, and knew how to make a steel-tough wrestler howl like an infant in pain without causing any lasting injury. Taking him down was like trying to crush a bar of soap with your foot in the shower, it was the strangest sensation I've ever personally experienced. He demonstrated five spladle variants I remember, one was on a darned high crotch if you can believe it. It was a spladle that worked with the opponents head on the BACK of your kidney rather than the front and he just kinda cartwheeled while falling and it just worked. Nobody else was able to get it though haha he said he was still "working on that one." Man those were excellent times.
@@Zachthesloth Wonderous Wade is a awesome coach. Had him for a clinic at my club years ago. Afterwards, he hung around, ate some hotdogs and told us wrestling war stories about the SOviet Team.
No you don’t! He has bad history coaching . Was told by one college that if he didn’t resign they would drop the program. Wade resigned . But he was a magnificent wrestler ❗️
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Great year for Iowa State. In the Olympics at Munich, Ben Peterson won the gold medal along with Cyclone alumni Dan Gable, while Taylor took the bronze.
I don’t know if anyone else caught the one inaccuracy there…but it actually wasn’t Schalles that won the award for most pins in the least amount of time, it was actually John Panning of Minnesota that won the award. Both had 4 pins, but Panning pinned them in less time. Just saying 😉👍🏼
The top tier wrestling has advanced by a lot.
Awesome
Jeez. Can you imagine being ridden by Chris Taylor? Unlimited HWT was pretty interesting. Everybody rooted against those huge, fat dudes. Plus there were the small heavies who were technically sound and powerful for their size that everybody rooted FOR, it was pretty crazy. Now we don't have the truly huge heavies anymore and most of the heavies are fairly athletic.
Hi Pat! Miss reading your posts on the old US Wrestling Forums, but I guess the forums are gone for good. Thanks for posting this.
We’d Schalles, man. No matter what you do, you end up on your back.
OK, the audio is clearly added to the video later. The announcer describes what is happening before it has happened.
how is clarion not in the top 10 with 2 individual champions?
I wanna say they ended up being like 4th or something. College division (nowadays division II).
@@mattmartinez1414 i might of read afterwards that a div. II college was not eligble for team points back then, but individuals could qualify for the Div. tourney. correct me if i am wrong
@@flyingwasp1 yeah you might be wright. I am not sure..
@@flyingwasp1 That's true they didn't count d2 or 3 team points, Bakersfield would have done well with Azevedo and Gonzalez in the 70's.
It is crazy. The level of this wrestling, you can find in high school today. The sport has gchanged so much.
LOL..."Challis" instead of Schalles :D
Some pretty sketchy wrestling in some of these matches. Lol.
Gary Barton was the assistant wrestling coach @ university or Rhode Island in1976. I wrestled him every day in practice & realized why he was a national champion. Cause he was a Wiesel on the mat! U thought you had control , then he was gone! Lol spoke with him last week after 47 years. And we still laugh about practice! Blessings to all older grapplers!❤️
Do you have anymore of these videos? I am looking for a video of my dad from 1971.
Imagine being warned for stalling when you have CHRIS TAYLOR on top of you 😂 The man was a beast.
Andy Matter! His son won it all 28 yrs later. Striking resemblance 😆
Wait 409 lbs? How the hell was Chris able to wrestle?
Was no limit back then
Toledo SIU-Carbondale Washington All great programs, that produce some great wrestlers that we no longer have
I love watching these old school matches
RIP Chris Taylor
Thanks for posting, Pat! Wish all these bouts could be posted in their entirety.
My favorite collegiate wrestler of all time Wade Schalles, period.
Do you have any from 67-70?
Yes!! Or from 1971 or 1969. Wish we could see ALL the matches, not just the finals.
@@mattmartinez1414 I’m asking in the hopes of seeing Dan Gable wrestle in these tournaments. There’s only highlights of most his college days, and only two full matches on UA-cam
@@ianshue2890 yep yep. I’m guessing the two you are referring to are the one with Larry Owings and the one with Lee Kemp?
@@mattmartinez1414 no I was actually referring to Owings and Marty Willigan the year prior. I said college matches, and that’s freestyle with Kemp. Also there are some freestyle matches of him, there’s the one with Kemp (obviously), and there are some of his Olympic tournament when he was at his peak. There’s also a documentary called The Champion that shows brief highlights of him but not whole matches. That’s all there is to my knowledge
Any chance that you have any footage from the 1974 NCAA championships? I'd love to see Shorty Hitchcock of Bloomsburg winning his title that year.
I was 12 when this happened. People today have no idea what it was like to get information back then. No internet, no espn etc. I would find out the results the following YEAR when my dad would bring home his copy of the NCAA rulebook and I would go theough it front to back because it had college results and also high school champions every year. My brother and I got to see Chris Taylor wrestle at the Naval Academy that year and got pictures with him. Scary! Had the good fortune of my son being coached by Schalles 7 or so years ago in Northern Virginia. Great times
I hear you! I remember reading about the Gable/Owings match from a wrestling book I bought. I never imagined being able to see the match.
Larry wrestled too careless
NO, Milkovich was a beast.
I guess you both can be right at the same time. Owings was a very unorthodox and thrill a minute type wrestler. He was a very strong 142 pounder. These were the reasons why he was able to upset Gable, one of the greatest to ever do it. But Milkovich was a VERY defensive type wrestler (those that really know the mechanics of wrestling will see what I’m talking about in the match here). So I think his style ended up frustrating Owings. Had a he been a very offensive and attack type wrestler I think Owings could have taken advantage. So Milkovich wrestled a very smart match that day in my opinion. Hats off to both NCAA champions 👏🏽
Crazy skill from schalles, threw that lat drop from nowhere!! Awesome footage thanks!
Great matches please post more of kids wrestling from 70s 80s and 90s
Do you have any other footage from older NCAA tourneys?
Do you have full footage or footage of the NIU wrestlers from the same ‘72 championship? Been trying to find footage of my grandfather that wrestled named Larry Johnson
I love Wade Schalles's imagination, balance, guts, and intelligence. I consider him one of the greatest NCAA wrestlers of all time. I wish he was my coach when I started wrestling.
He was my coach personally, and I tell ya the man was just as good of a mentor and a teacher as he was a wrestler himself. His son enrolled in the Naval Academy and that brought him and his Eaglehawk Academy to my area. His passion, kindness, and ability to inspire were always fantastic. The man taught wrestling like it was chess, and knew how to make a steel-tough wrestler howl like an infant in pain without causing any lasting injury. Taking him down was like trying to crush a bar of soap with your foot in the shower, it was the strangest sensation I've ever personally experienced. He demonstrated five spladle variants I remember, one was on a darned high crotch if you can believe it. It was a spladle that worked with the opponents head on the BACK of your kidney rather than the front and he just kinda cartwheeled while falling and it just worked. Nobody else was able to get it though haha he said he was still "working on that one." Man those were excellent times.
@@Zachthesloth Wonderous Wade is a awesome coach. Had him for a clinic at my club years ago. Afterwards, he hung around, ate some hotdogs and told us wrestling war stories about the SOviet Team.
No you don’t! He has bad history coaching . Was told by one college that if he didn’t resign they would drop the program. Wade resigned . But he was a magnificent wrestler ❗️