TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - On this day in 1972, a Bowling Green Falcon was flying high in Munich. Track star Dave Wottle won the gold in the 800-meter race in the summer Olympics. 53 years later, 13 Action ...

The photograph of Canton's Dave Wottle winning the 800-meter race in the 1972 Munich Olympics is an iconic image. Determination -- in spite of fatigue -- is etched on the middle-distance runner's face ...

BETHANY, W. Va. — Olympic gold medalist Dave Wottle spoke at Bethany College for the Bison's Homecoming of Champions. Wottle, a Canton native, competed in the 800-meter run at the 1972 Munich Olympics ...

BRISTOL, Tenn. –– Famed 1972 Olympic gold medalist Dave Wottle — whose come-from-behind victory in the 800 meters still ranks among the most exciting races in track & field history – told a King ...

Oh, no big deal, just runnin' around in a circle a times wearing a hat. Yep, it's me in a hat. I think I'll trail the pack for a bit. OK, this is boring. brb, sprinting to the finish and winning by ...

Dave Wottle remembers every step of the race that changed his life. Dave was from Bowling Green State University, where the 139-pounder became one of the nation’s top amateur distance runners. Wottle ...

The Olympics in London have been incredible and as they wind down I'm thinking about a race that not only changed the life of the man who ran it but also mine. The summer games of 1972 were held in ...

Munich, West Germany, 1972: Dave Wottle of the U.S., wearing his trademark golf cap, lunges across the finish line to win the 800-meter race at the Olympic Games in what some consider one of the ...

• Born Aug. 7, 1950, in Canton. • Won the mile while running for Lincoln High School. • Holds the NCAA record of 3:57.1 for the since-retired mile race. • Running for Bowling Green, won the NCAA ...

"I think he did it!" – Jim McKay, legendary ABC commentator. It’s old, but it never gets old. Forty-four years ago, Dave Wottle produced one of those very special Olympic moments, his almost ...

Editor's note: This Monday After column originally appeared in the Repository in August 2021. It is being republished with the Paris 2024 Summer Games underway and Stark County resident Marcus ...