NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1960 NCAA Championships

157 lb

Champion Art Kraft, Northwestern (IL).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Art KraftNW
  2. 2Braden 'Thad' TurnerLEH
  3. 3Bob MarshallPUR
  4. 4Ron PiferPSU

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

30 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 14 bouts

    2 byes into the round of 16

    1. Al Marion (4), Cornell (NY) over Don Jamroz, Ball State (IN) — Fall 7:57 · View bout
    2. Art Kraft, Northwestern (IL) over Gerry Rinker, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
    3. Autry Ehler (5), Portland State (OR) over Jim Lightner, Coast Guard (CT) — Fall 3:40 · View bout
    4. Bob Davis, West Chester (PA) over Bill Daniels, Virginia Military — Dec 5–0 · View bout
    5. Bob Marshall (3), Purdue (IN) over Bob Johnson, Oklahoma State — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    6. Braden 'Thad' Turner (2), Lehigh (PA) over Francis Flesner, South Dakota State — Dec 8–2 · View bout
    7. Eugene Kerin, Maryland over Bob Dake, Bowling Green (OH) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
    8. Frank Hankin, Utah over Leon 'Buster' Gridley, Oswego (NY) — Dec 12–4 · View bout
    9. Fritz Fivian (6), Oregon State over Dick Zoyhofski, Rochester Tech (NY) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    10. Joe Mullins, Iowa over Monte Peterson, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    11. Ron Meleney, Iowa State over Bob Rohm, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    12. Ron Pifer, Penn State over Harry Schlieff, Minnesota — Fall 4:21 · View bout
    13. Sid Terry (1), Oklahoma over Ray Guzak, Northern Illinois — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    14. Walter Parker, Cornell College (IA) over Roger Tavenner, Michigan State — Dec 6–4 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Al Marion (4), Cornell (NY) over Dick Harris, Grinnell (IA) — Fall 5:07 · View bout
    2. Art Kraft, Northwestern (IL) over Frank Hankin, Utah — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    3. Autry Ehler (5), Portland State (OR) over Bob Davis, West Chester (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    4. Bob Marshall (3), Purdue (IN) over George Brown Jr., Denison (OH) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
    5. Braden 'Thad' Turner (2), Lehigh (PA) over Walter Parker, Cornell College (IA) — Fall 4:26 · View bout
    6. Fritz Fivian (6), Oregon State over Ron Meleney, Iowa State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    7. Joe Mullins, Iowa over Eugene Kerin, Maryland — Dec 6–5 · View bout
    8. Ron Pifer, Penn State over Sid Terry (1), Oklahoma — Dec 8–5 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Art Kraft, Northwestern (IL) over Ron Pifer, Penn State — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    2. Autry Ehler (5), Portland State (OR) over Al Marion (4), Cornell (NY) — Fall 7:10 · View bout
    3. Bob Marshall (3), Purdue (IN) over Fritz Fivian (6), Oregon State — Dec 4–1 · View bout
    4. Braden 'Thad' Turner (2), Lehigh (PA) over Joe Mullins, Iowa — Dec 5–1 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Art Kraft, Northwestern (IL) over Autry Ehler (5), Portland State (OR) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
    2. Braden 'Thad' Turner (2), Lehigh (PA) over Bob Marshall (3), Purdue (IN) — Dec 6–4 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Art Kraft, Northwestern (IL) over Braden 'Thad' Turner (2), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

    1. Francis Flesner, South Dakota State over Walter Parker, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    2. Frank Hankin, Utah over Gerry Rinker, Rutgers (NJ) — Dflt · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Joe Mullins, Iowa over Francis Flesner, South Dakota State — Dec 9–5 · View bout
    2. Ron Pifer, Penn State over Frank Hankin, Utah — Dec 6–5 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bob Marshall (3), Purdue (IN) over Joe Mullins, Iowa — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    2. Ron Pifer, Penn State over Autry Ehler (5), Portland State (OR) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Bob Marshall (3), Purdue (IN) over Ron Pifer, Penn State — Dec 5–1 · View bout