32nd NCAA Wrestling Tournament 1962 Team Champion Oklahoma State - 82 Points Outstanding Wrestler: Gray Simons - Lock Haven Gorriaran Award: Sherwyn Thorson - Iowa Top Ten Team Scores Number of Individual Champs in parentheses. 1 Oklahoma State 82 (3) 2 Oklahoma 45 (3) 3 Iowa 34 (1) 4 Lehigh 27 5 Northern Iowa 23 6 SIU-Carbondale 19 6 Pittsburgh 19 9 Wisconsin 19 9 Nebraska 18 9 Michigan State 18 Champions and Place Winners Wrestler's seed in brackets, [US] indicates unseeeded. 115 1st: Gray Simons [1] - Lock Haven (7-2) 2nd: Mark McCracken [2] - Oklahoma State 3rd: Okla Johnson [US] - Michigan State (1-1, 1-1 SRD) 4th: Fran McCann [US] - Iowa 123 1st: Masaaki Hatta [1] - Oklahoma State (7-4) 2nd: Frank Freeman [3] - Northern Iowa 3rd: Mike Nissen [5] - Nebraska (5-2) 4th: Rick Martin [2] - Pittsburgh 130 1st: Mickey Martin [3] - Oklahoma (5-2) 2nd: Al DeLeon [4] - Minnesota State-Mankato 3rd: Tom Huff [1] - Iowa (WBF 1:06) 4th: Lew Kennedy [6] - Minnesota 137 1st: Bill Carter [2] - Oklahoma (6-4) 2nd: Bill Dotson [4] - Northern Iowa 3rd: Doug Wilson [3] - Oklahoma State (4-1) 4th: Dan Fix [US] - Colorado Mines 147 1st: Mike Natvig [US] - Army (5-4) 2nd: Kirk Pendleton [1] - Lehigh 3rd: Harold Thompson [3] - Nebraska (6-5) 4th: Daryl Kelvington [4] - Pittsburgh 157 1st: Jack Flasche [US] - Northern Colorado (5-2) 2nd: Phil Kinyon [1] - Oklahoma State 3rd: Ron Pifer [2] - Penn State (WBF 2:46) 4th: Jim Reifsteck [US] - Minnesota 167 1st: Ronnie Clinton [1] - Oklahoma State (3-2) 2nd: Terry Isaacson [3] - Air Force 3rd: Jim Harrison [5] - Pittsburgh (2-2, 1-0) 4th: Don Millard [US] - SIU-Carbondale 177 1st: Bob Johnson [1] - Oklahoma State (3-2) 2nd: Dean Lahr [2] - Colorado 3rd: Ron Paar [US] - Wisconsin (3-0) 4th: Jim Detrixhe [3] - Lehigh 191 1st: Wayne Baughman [2] - Oklahoma (2-1) 2nd: Joe James [US] - Oklahoma State 3rd: Ken Houston [3] - SIU-Carbondale (4-1) 4th: Pat Clock [US] - Lewis & Clark UNL 1st: Sherwyn Thorson [3] - Iowa (WBF 3:21) 2nd: Roger Pillath [1] - Wisconsin 3rd: John Baum [US] - Michigan State (3-1) 4th: Rory Weber [5] - Northwestern
1962 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 1 of 20 Mike Grandstaff, Virginia Tech [5] Mike Grandstaff 115 Weight Class Bob Moore, Ohio State Mike Grandstaff 5-3 Wally Curtis, Oklahoma [4] Wally Curtis 4-2 Gray Simons 6-3 Isadore Ramos, SIU-Carbondale Gray Simons, Lock Haven [1] Gray Simons 13-4 Ed Fletcher, Oregon State Gray Simons 6-3 Fran McCann, Iowa Fran McCann 1-1, 3-2 Van Doughty, Western State Gray Simons 7-2 Mark McCracken, Oklahoma State [2] Mark McCracken 6-5 Junior Sandoval, Northern Colorado Mark McCracken 6-3 Okla Johnson, Michigan State Okla Johnson 5-4 Mark McCracken DFT 3:08 John DeAno, Illinois Bill Merriam, Lehigh [3] John DeAno 7-5 Gil Sanchez, Colorado State [6] Gil Sanchez 3-0 Gil Sanchez
1962 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 2 of 20 115 Consolation Bracket Ramos, SIU-Carbondale Ramos McCann 11-7 McCann, Iowa McCann 1-1, 1-1 RD Grandstaff, Virginia Tech Doughty, Western State Doughty Johnson 2-2, 2-2 RD Johnson, Michigan State Johnson Med FFT Sanchez, Colorado State Third Place: Okla Johnson, Michigan State 1-1, 1-1 SRD Fourth Place: Fran McCann, Iowa
1962 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 3 of 20 Norm Parker, Iowa [4] Don Pike, Rutgers Dave Apling, Toledo George Jurinek, Illinois Mike Nissen, Nebraska [5] Lee Westervelt, Baldwin Wallace Masaaki Hatta, Oklahoma State [1] Neal Yoshida, Fresno State L.A. Dougherty, Colorado Claude Gonzales, Colorado State Dave Unruh, Kansas State Norm Parker Don Pike 6-3 Mike Nissen 6-4 Lee Westervelt Masaaki Hatta L.A. Dougherty 5-5, 4-1 Claude Gonzales Dave Unruh Norm Parker 3-2 Mike Nissen Fall 6:48 Masaaki Hatta 9-3 Claude Gonzales 5-4 Mike Nissen 5-1 Masaaki Hatta 4-1 123 Weight Class Masaaki Hatta 3-1 Don Neff, Northern Colorado Rick Martin, Pittsburgh [2] Jerry Perez, Oregon State Dave Hansen, Wyoming Frank Coniglio, SIU-Carbondale Ron Maunder, Maryland Fred Powell, Lock Haven [6] Ronald Thompson, Coe College Mack Riley, Oklahoma Frank Freeman, Northern Iowa [3] Lee Wolfe, Lycoming Don Neff Rick Martin 9-1 Frank Coniglio 4-3 Ron Maunder Fred Powell Ronald Thompson 6-4 Frank Freeman Lee Wolfe Rick Martin 9-7 Frank Coniglio Fall 5:56 Fred Powell 4-0 Frank Freeman 6-2 Rick Martin 5-3 Frank Freeman 4-2 Masaaki Hatta 7-4 Frank Freeman 7-5
1962 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 4 of 20 123 Consolation Bracket Dougherty, Colorado Dougherty Gonzales 8-5 Gonzales, Colorado State Nissen 6-3 Nissen, Nebraska Wolfe, Lycoming Wolfe Powell 7-0 Powell, Lock Haven Martin 5-4 Martin, Pittsburgh Third Place: Mike Nissen, Nebraska 5-2 Fourth Place: Rick Martin, Pittsburgh
1962 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 5 of 20 Al DeLeon, Minnesota State [4] John Fettes, Kansas State Pat Smartt, Lehigh [5] Loyde Romero, Colorado Bill Aossey, Cornell Iowa Sam Bossert, Maryland Tom Huff, Iowa [1] Pete Gilchrist, North Carolina Wayne Simons, Oklahoma State Bob Hollingshead, Western State Eddie Davies, Fresno State Al DeLeon John Fettes Pat Smartt 7-1 Bill Aossey Sam Bossert Tom Huff 14-1 Wayne Simons 4-3 Eddie Davies Al DeLeon 6-1 Pat Smartt 4-2 Tom Huff Fall 4:26 Eddie Davies 9-6 Al DeLeon 6-2 Tom Huff 12-3 130 Weight Class Al DeLeon 4-1 Cliff Cox, Chicago University Bill Kehrig, Lycoming Pat McCormick, Washington & Jefferson Charles Walizer, Lock Haven Gary Joseph, Ohio State Dave Jensen, Northern Iowa [2] Lew Kennedy, Minnesota [6] Kent Swedlund, Colorado State Ralph Messerli, Northwest Missouri Mickey Martin, Oklahoma [3] Neil Leitner, Wisconsin Cliff Cox Bill Kehrig 5-3 Charles Walizer 1-0 Dave Jensen Lew Kennedy Kent Swedlund Mickey Martin 8-2 Neil Leitner Bill Kehrig Fall 7:48 Dave Jensen 5-0 Lew Kennedy 4-1 Mickey Martin 9-4 Dave Jensen 5-0 Mickey Martin 2-0 Mickey Martin 5-2 Mickey Martin 4-4, 3-0
1962 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 6 of 20 130 Consolation Bracket Fettes, Kansas State Fettes Smartt 6-2 Smartt, Lehigh Huff 8-0 Huff, Iowa Messerli, Northwest Missouri Leitner 7-2 Leitner, Wisconsin Kennedy 4-1 Kennedy, Minnesota Kennedy Med FFT Jensen, Northern Iowa Third Place: Tom Huff, Iowa Fall 1:08 Fourth Place: Lew Kennedy, Minnesota
1962 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 7 of 20 Joe DiBella, Coast Guard Bill Dotson, Northern Iowa [4] Joe Piccioni, Ohio State Roy Wilbanks, Colorado State John Day, Lock Haven Mike Harman, Navy [5] Tom Mulder, Michigan State Terry Shockley, Augustana Illinois Ron Finley, Oregon State [1] Mike Leta, Rutgers Dan Fix, Colorado Mines Joe DiBella Bill Dotson 9-1 Roy Wilbanks 5-5, 0-0 SRD Mike Harman Tom Mulder Ron Finley 5-0 Mike Leta Dan Fix Bill Dotson 7-2 Mike Harman 7-0 Tom Mulder 5-4 Dan Fix 4-4, 3-2 Bill Dotson 4-1 Dan Fix 5-2 137 Weight Class Bill Dotson 4-2 Bill Carter, Oklahoma [2] Thad Wolfe, Air Force Tom Hollingshead, Western State Curt Alexander, Lehigh Elmer Crider, Northern Colorado Charles Rose, Purdue Larry Janis, Miami Ohio Larry Rosica, Iowa State John Zolikoff, Pittsburgh [6] Doug Wilson, Oklahoma State [3] Tom Curtis, Iowa Bill Carter Tom Hollingshead 2-1 Curt Alexander 12-4 Charles Rose Larry Janis John Zolikoff 2-0 Doug Wilson Tom Curtis Bill Carter Fall 2:45 Curt Alexander 7-2 Larry Janis 3-2 Doug Wilson 8-1 Bill Carter 6-5 Doug Wilson 4-2 Bill Carter 6-4 Bill Carter 4-1
1962 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 8 of 20 137 Consolation Bracket Piccioni, Ohio State DiBella 7-6 DiBella, Coast Guard Harman 3-2 Harman, Navy Fix 2-1 Fix, Colorado Mines Hollingshead, Western State Hollingshead Alexander 5-3 Alexander, Lehigh Wilson 3-1 Wilson, Oklahoma State Third Place: Doug Wilson, Oklahoma State 4-1 Fourth Place: Dan Fix, Colorado Mines
1962 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 9 of 20 Daryl Kelvington, Pittsburgh [4] Sydney Walston, Iowa Larold Peterson, Minnesota State Joe Seay, Kansas State Tom Norton, Colorado State Virgil Carr, Iowa State [5] Monty Byington, Michigan State Kirk Pendleton, Lehigh [1] Pat Coniglio, SIU-Carbondale Walter Parker, Cornell Iowa Bob Sheppard, Oklahoma State Jerry Frude, Wyoming Henry Mazzoni, Rutgers Willis Johnson, North Carolina Daryl Kelvington Sydney Walston 3-2 Joe Seay 3-0 Virgil Carr 5-4 Kirk Pendleton Fall 4:24 Bob Sheppard 4-1 Jerry Frude 4-1 Willis Johnson Daryl Kelvington 3-0 Joe Seay 4-3 Kirk Pendleton 10-3 Jerry Frude Fall 3:45 Daryl Kelvington 5-4 Kirk Pendleton 9-4 147 Weight Class Kirk Pendleton Fall 1:29 Jim Sanford, Northern Iowa Bud Belz, Oklahoma Orlando Iacovelli, Ithaca Pat Varre, Maryland Pat Reilly, Toledo Ron Johnson, Washington Bob Marshall, Purdue [2] Toby Zweygardt, Oregon State Lonnie Rubis, Minnesota [6] Doug Rickard, Northern Colorado Bill Gutermuth, Lycoming Mike Natvig, Army Harold Thompson, Nebraska [3] Truman Sandelin, Western State Jim Sanford Orlando Iacovelli 2-2, 4-2 Pat Varre 5-2 Bob Marshall Fall 7:39 Lonnie Rubis 3-2 Doug Rickard 9-6 Mike Natvig 8-8, 3-0 Truman Sandelin Orlando Iacovelli 5-2 Bob Marshall Fall 4:59 Lonnie Rubis 3-1 Mike Natvig 7-6 Orlando Iacovelli 3-1 Mike Natvig 7-2 Mike Natvig 5-4 Mike Natvig 7-2
1962 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 10 of 20 147 Consolation Bracket Coniglio, SIU-Carbondale Sheppard 2-1 Sheppard, Oklahoma State Frude 1-0 Frude, Wyoming Kelvington 3-3, 3-0 Kelvington, Pittsburgh Thompson, Nebraska Thompson 6-5 Sandelin, Western State Thompson 7-2 Rubis, Minnesota Thompson 4-2 Iacovelli, Ithaca Third Place: Harold Thompson, Nebraska 6-5 Fourth Place: Daryl Kelvington, Pittsburgh
1962 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 11 of 20 Richard Blackman, North Carolina Dick Smith, Iowa State Gene Kerin, Maryland [4] David Gibson, Purdue [5] Dave Wight, Wyoming Dick Ornstein, Miami Ohio John Beisner, Cornell Iowa Bob Hatcher, Virginia Tech Phil Kinyon, Oklahoma State [1] Jim Reifsteck, Minnesota Irving Johnston, SIU-Carbondale Richard Blackman Gene Kerin 3-2 Dave Wight 5-5, 2-0 Dick Ornstein John Beisner Phil Kinyon 6-3 Jim Reifsteck Irving Johnston Gene Kerin 6-4 Dave Wight 6-1 Phil Kinyon 5-2 Jim Reifsteck 9-1 Dave Wight 11-9 Phil Kinyon 3-1 157 Weight Class Phil Kinyon 3-2 Jack Flasche, Northern Colorado Doug Koch, Lehigh Gary Pesuit, Kent State Dave Moore, Northwest Missouri Ron Pifer, Penn State [2] Hap Fry, Michigan State Monte Peterson, Minnesota State Earl Perillo, Oklahoma [6] John Sterner, South Dakota State Steve Combs, Iowa [3] Gene Bower, Western State Jack Flasche Doug Koch 4-2 Ron Pifer Fall 4:57 Hap Fry Monte Peterson Earl Perillo 4-1 Steve Combs Gene Bower Jack Flasche 2-0 Ron Pifer 8-2 Earl Perillo 3-1 Steve Combs 6-1 Jack Flasche 7-2 Earl Perillo 7-2 Jack Flasche 5-2 Jack Flasche 6-1
1962 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 12 of 20 157 Consolation Bracket Beisner, Cornell Iowa Hatcher 8-4 Hatcher, Virginia Tech Reifsteck 6-1 Reifsteck, Minnesota Reifsteck 6-5 Wight, Wyoming Koch, Lehigh Koch Pifer 2-0 Pifer, Penn State Pifer 7-4 Perillo, Oklahoma Third Place: Ron Pifer, Penn State Fall 2:46 Fourth Place: Jim Reifsteck, Minnesota
1962 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 13 of 20 Harry Houska, Ohio University [4] Pat Kelly, Illinois Don Wilson, Northern Iowa Larry Timmerman, Northwest Missouri Norm Perue, Wyoming Jim Harrison, Pittsburgh [5] Richard Bell, Washington Ronnie Clinton, Oklahoma State [1] Bob Taylor, Denver Eric Moyer, Springfield Aubrey Davis, Auburn James Buffington, Minnesota Harry Houska Pat Kelly 7-2 Norm Perue 5-0 Jim Harrison Richard Bell Ronnie Clinton 8-4 Eric Moyer 9-1 James Buffington Harry Houska 12-4 Jim Harrison 8-4 Ronnie Clinton 2-1 James Buffington 4-2 Jim Harrison 5-0 Ronnie Clinton 8-3 167 Weight Class Ronnie Clinton 3-2 Stan Harrison, Oklahoma Jess Miller, Western State Dave Angell, Lehigh [2] Don Millard, SIU-Carbondale Leo Davis, Colorado Larry Hochhaus, Iowa State Dave Kohl, Iowa Terry Isaacson, Air Force [3] Jack Berger, Oregon State Don Christ, Minnesota State [6] John Jeffery, Wheaton Harold Harrison, Northern Colorado Stan Harrison Dave Angell 6-6, 2-1 Don Millard 6-0 Larry Hochhaus Dave Kohl Terry Isaacson 7-3 John Jeffery 6-3 Harold Harrison Dave Angell 6-1 Don Millard 7-2 Terry Isaacson 5-1 John Jeffery 7-5 Don Millard 5-4 Terry Isaacson 7-4 Ronnie Clinton 3-2 Terry Isaacson 3-1
1962 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 14 of 20 167 Consolation Bracket Taylor, Denver Bell 3-2 Bell, Washington Buffington 3-1 Buffington, Minnesota Harrison 3-2 Harrison, Pittsburgh Berger, Oregon State Berger 8-0 Kohl, Iowa Jeffery 4-2 Jeffery, Wheaton Millard 3-2 Millard, SIU-Carbondale Third Place: Jim Harrison, Pittsburgh 2-2, 1-0 Fourth Place: Don Millard, SIU-Carbondale
1962 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 15 of 20 Ted Mallen, Virginia Hugh Lowham, Wyoming [4] Frank Shaut, Cincinnati Ken Hines, Colorado State George Bruns, Air Force Alex Valcanoff, Michigan State [5] Bob Johnson, Oklahoma State [1] Ron Paar, Wisconsin Ed Arneson, Moorhead State Ken Barr, Pittsburgh Rick Traynor, Western State Ted Mallen Hugh Lowham 5-4 Ken Hines 9-8 Alex Valcanoff Bob Johnson Ron Paar Fall 5:59 Ken Barr Rick Traynor Hugh Lowham 12-0 Alex Valcanoff 5-4 Bob Johnson 6-3 Rick Traynor 7-2 Alex Valcanoff 7-4 Bob Johnson 6-3 177 Weight Class Bob Johnson 4-3 Mike Sterner, South Dakota State Phil Myer, Penn State Mario DeStefano, Springfield Dean Lahr, Colorado [2] Tim Mongan, Purdue Dan Apling, Toledo Roger Plapp, SIU-Carbondale [6] Jay Roberts, Iowa Tommy Edgar, Oklahoma Jim Detrixhe, Lehigh [3] Mike Sterner Phil Myer 7-3 Dean Lahr Tim Mongan Dan Apling Roger Plapp 2-0 Tommy Edgar Jim Detrixhe Mike Sterner 5-4 Dean Lahr 6-1 Roger Plapp 6-5 Jim Detrixhe 3-0 Dean Lahr 2-1 Jim Detrixhe 3-0 Bob Johnson 3-2 Dean Lahr 6-5
1962 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 16 of 20 177 Consolation Bracket Paar, Wisconsin Paar Paar 5-4 Traynor, Western State Paar 3-1 Valcanoff, Michigan State Mongan, Purdue Mongan Mongan 5-3 Sterner, South Dakota State Detrixhe 3-0 Detrixhe, Lehigh Third Place: Ron Paar, Wisconsin 3-0 Fourth Place: Jim Detrixhe, Lehigh
1962 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 17 of 20 Pat Clock, Lewis & Clark Ed Rutkowski, Notre Dame Matt Sanzone, Springfield [4] Charlie Moore, Lehigh [5] Darrel Kauffman, Oregon State Joe James, Oklahoma State Harry Lake, Virginia Roger Eischens, South Dakota State Dennis Focht, Rutgers Nick Kohls, Colorado State [1] Pat Clock Matt Sanzone 5-3 Charlie Moore Darrel Kauffman Joe James Roger Eischens 3-1 Dennis Focht Nick Kohls Pat Clock 2-1 Darrel Kauffman 4-2 Joe James 4-2 Nick Kohls 4-1 Pat Clock 1-1, 3-3 SRD Joe James 3-2 191 Weight Class Joe James 3-2 Denton Smith, Kansas State Tom Jeffries, Pittsburgh Dee Mickelson, Wyoming Ray Nickla, Army Wayne Baughman, Oklahoma [2] Joe Zaleski, Air Force Ken Houston, SIU-Carbondale [3] Allen Thomas, Ball State Keith Johnstone, Iowa State [6] Denton Smith Dee Mickelson 6-5 Ray Nickla Wayne Baughman Joe Zaleski Ken Houston Allen Thomas Keith Johnstone Dee Mickelson Fall 8:02 Wayne Baughman 15-0 Ken Houston Fall 6:26 Keith Johnstone 7-1 Wayne Baughman 7-0 Ken Houston 4-0 Wayne Baughman 2-1 Wayne Baughman 3-2
1962 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 18 of 20 191 Consolation Bracket Eischens, South Dakota State Eischens Kohls 3-2 Kohls, Colorado State Clock 4-2 Clock, Lewis & Clark Nickla, Army Nickla Mickelson Med FFT Mickelson, Wyoming Houston 4-1 Houston, SIU-Carbondale Third Place: Ken Houston, SIU-Carbondale 4-1 Fourth Place: Pat Clock, Lewis & Clark
Jerry Seeley, Colorado State 1962 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 19 of 20 Ed Scharer, Rutgers [4] Ed Scharer 6-3 UNL Weight Class Von Henry, Oklahoma Rory Weber 5-2 Rory Weber, Northwestern [5] Rory Weber 4-1 Roger Pillath 3-2 Everett Knott, Oklahoma State Roger Pillath, Wisconsin [1] Roger Pillath 3-2 Dewayne Schroeder, Colorado Mines Roger Pillath 3-0 Steve Goodsell, Brigham Young Dewayne Schroeder 4-2 Leroy Sprague, Baldwin Wallace Sherwyn Thorson Fall 3:21 Jim Raschke, Nebraska [2] Jim Raschke Fall 5:02 Joe Kuhn, Western State John Baum 2-1 John Baum, Michigan State John Baum 9-1 Sherwyn Thorson 2-1 Merrell Solowin, Toledo [6] George Gross, Auburn Merrell Solowin 7-1 Sherwyn Thorson, Iowa [3] Sherwyn Thorson Fall 3:49 John Burns, Lehigh Sherwyn Thorson Fall 3:36
1962 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 20 of 20 UNL Consolation Bracket Knott, Oklahoma State Knott Schroeder 3-1 Schroeder, Colorado Mines Weber Fall 4:44 Weber, Northwestern Burns, Lehigh Burns Solowin 3-1 Solowin, Toledo Baum 2-0 Baum, Michigan State Third Place: John Baum, Michigan State 4-1 Fourth Place: Rory Weber, Northwestern