NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1960 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Dick Ballinger, Wyoming.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Dick BallingerWYO
  2. 2Ronnie ClintonOKST
  3. 3Joseph 'Dennis' FitzgeraldMICH
  4. 4Bob KoehnenMINN

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

25 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 9 bouts

    7 byes into the round of 16

    1. Bob Koehnen, Minnesota over Bill Rishell, Maryland — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    2. Dick Ballinger (1), Wyoming over Jerry Slattery, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    3. Gary Wilson (4), Northern Colorado over Dick Schaeffer, Moravian (PA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
    4. Henry Barone Jr., Penn State over Bob Million, Ball State (IN) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
    5. Joe Friedel, West Chester (PA) over Bill DeButts, Virginia — Fall 8:21 · View bout
    6. John Kreamer (5), Lock Haven (PA) over Don Haefele, Rochester (NY) — Dec 11–6 · View bout
    7. Joseph 'Dennis' Fitzgerald (3), Michigan over Richard Bartlett, Virginia Military — Dec 8–1 · View bout
    8. Ronnie Clinton (2), Oklahoma State over Ray Russell, North Carolina — Dflt · View bout
    9. Tom Miller, Yale (CT) over Dave Neal, Carleton (MN) — Dec 20–2 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Bob Koehnen, Minnesota over Tim Butler, Oklahoma — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    2. Dick Ballinger (1), Wyoming over Henry Barone Jr., Penn State — Dec 8–2 · View bout
    3. Gary Wilson (4), Northern Colorado over Carl Skuba, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
    4. Joe Friedel, West Chester (PA) over Mike Ferguson, Cornell College (IA) — Fall 3:15 · View bout
    5. John Kreamer (5), Lock Haven (PA) over Sydney Walston, Iowa — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    6. Joseph 'Dennis' Fitzgerald (3), Michigan over John Sterner, South Dakota State — Dec 8–5 · View bout
    7. Ronnie Clinton (2), Oklahoma State over Dave Angell, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 10–8 · View bout
    8. Tom Miller, Yale (CT) over Walt Sanders, Virginia Tech — Dec 5–3 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Dick Ballinger (1), Wyoming over Bob Koehnen, Minnesota — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    2. Gary Wilson (4), Northern Colorado over John Kreamer (5), Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    3. Joseph 'Dennis' Fitzgerald (3), Michigan over Tom Miller, Yale (CT) — Dec 11–1 · View bout
    4. Ronnie Clinton (2), Oklahoma State over Joe Friedel, West Chester (PA) — Dec 13–8 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Dick Ballinger (1), Wyoming over Gary Wilson (4), Northern Colorado — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    2. Ronnie Clinton (2), Oklahoma State over Joseph 'Dennis' Fitzgerald (3), Michigan — Dec 7–4 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Dick Ballinger (1), Wyoming over Ronnie Clinton (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–4 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

    1. Dave Angell, Lehigh (PA) over Ray Russell, North Carolina — MFF · View bout
    2. Jerry Slattery, Minnesota-Mankato over Henry Barone Jr., Penn State — Dec 1–0 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Bob Koehnen, Minnesota over Jerry Slattery, Minnesota-Mankato — n/r · View bout
    2. Dave Angell, Lehigh (PA) over Joe Friedel, West Chester (PA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bob Koehnen, Minnesota over Gary Wilson (4), Northern Colorado — Dec 6–5 · View bout
    2. Joseph 'Dennis' Fitzgerald (3), Michigan over Dave Angell, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Joseph 'Dennis' Fitzgerald (3), Michigan over Bob Koehnen, Minnesota — Dec 2–1 · View bout