NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1959 NCAA Championships

115 lb

Champion Andy Fitch, Yale (CT).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Andy FitchYALE
  2. 2John 'Dick' WilsonTOL
  3. 3Bob TaylorOKST
  4. 4John 'Jack' ThamertMANK

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

18 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 2 bouts

    14 byes into the round of 16

    1. Don Huff, Northern Colorado over John Dooley, Kansas State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    2. John 'Dick' Wilson (2), Toledo (OH) over Regan Wright, Oklahoma — Dec 4–1 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Andy Fitch (4), Yale (CT) over Fred Lamb, Indiana (IN) — Fall 3:55 · View bout
    2. Bob Taylor (1), Oklahoma State over Don Webster, Iowa State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    3. Dick Williams (3), Western Colorado over Jim Whitmer, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    4. Don Huff, Northern Colorado over Ray Osborne, Maryland — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    5. John 'Dick' Wilson (2), Toledo (OH) over Bill Seery, Colorado Mines — Dec 9–0 · View bout
    6. John 'Jack' Thamert, Minnesota-Mankato over Mike Grandstaff, Virginia Tech — Fall 6:31 · View bout
    7. Larry Moser (6), Iowa over Larry Guldberg, Northern Iowa — Dec 7–6 · View bout
    8. Mitzi Tamura (5), Oregon State over Fred Rittschoff, Wisconsin — Dec 3–1 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Andy Fitch (4), Yale (CT) over Mitzi Tamura (5), Oregon State — Fall 6:58 · View bout
    2. Bob Taylor (1), Oklahoma State over Don Huff, Northern Colorado — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    3. John 'Dick' Wilson (2), Toledo (OH) over John 'Jack' Thamert, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    4. Larry Moser (6), Iowa over Dick Williams (3), Western Colorado — Dec 4–1 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Andy Fitch (4), Yale (CT) over Bob Taylor (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    2. John 'Dick' Wilson (2), Toledo (OH) over Larry Moser (6), Iowa — MFF · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Andy Fitch (4), Yale (CT) over John 'Dick' Wilson (2), Toledo (OH) — Dec 8–7 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

    1. Regan Wright, Oklahoma over Bill Seery, Colorado Mines — Dec 5–2 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. John 'Jack' Thamert, Minnesota-Mankato over Regan Wright, Oklahoma — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    2. Mitzi Tamura (5), Oregon State over Fred Lamb, Indiana (IN) — Dec 3–0 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bob Taylor (1), Oklahoma State over Mitzi Tamura (5), Oregon State — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    2. John 'Jack' Thamert, Minnesota-Mankato over Larry Moser (6), Iowa — MFF · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Bob Taylor (1), Oklahoma State over John 'Jack' Thamert, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 3–1 · View bout