 He also earned All-Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association honors in football and in track and field.World-renowned in the fields of Powerlifting and Strongman competition, Gamble was the top ranked powerlifter in the world in the 275-pound class from 1981 to 1983.His personal records for total pounds in three lifts while competing in the United States Powerlifting Federation was 2,270 pounds, and he has personal bests of full squat, 892 lb; bench press, 573 lb; and dead lift, 826.5 lb in those three lifts.