NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1961 NCAA Championships

115 lb

Champion Eliott 'Gray' Simons, Lock Haven (PA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Eliott 'Gray' SimonsLH
  2. 2John 'Dick' WilsonTOL
  3. 3Wally CurtisOU
  4. 4Don WebsterISU

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

12 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 4 bouts

    4 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Don Webster (4), Iowa State over John DeAno, Illinois — Dec 3–0 · View bout
    2. Eliott 'Gray' Simons (1), Lock Haven (PA) over Jyo Umezawa, Oklahoma State — Dec 8–2 · View bout
    3. John 'Dick' Wilson (2), Toledo (OH) over Joe Fox, Northern Iowa — Dec 15–4 · View bout
    4. Wally Curtis, Oklahoma over Okla Johnson (3), Michigan State — Dec 4–3 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Don Webster (4), Iowa State over Gil Sanchez Sr. (5), Colorado State — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    2. Eliott 'Gray' Simons (1), Lock Haven (PA) over Bill Merriam, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
    3. John 'Dick' Wilson (2), Toledo (OH) over Mike Grandstaff, Virginia Tech — Dec 8–0 · View bout
    4. Wally Curtis, Oklahoma over Jerry Perez (6), Oregon State — Dec 11–9 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Eliott 'Gray' Simons (1), Lock Haven (PA) over Don Webster (4), Iowa State — Dec 11–7 · View bout
    2. John 'Dick' Wilson (2), Toledo (OH) over Wally Curtis, Oklahoma — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Eliott 'Gray' Simons (1), Lock Haven (PA) over John 'Dick' Wilson (2), Toledo (OH) — Dec 7–3 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Bill Merriam, Lehigh (PA) over Jyo Umezawa, Oklahoma State — Fall 5:30 · View bout
      2. Mike Grandstaff, Virginia Tech over Joe Fox, Northern Iowa — Dec 8–5 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Don Webster (4), Iowa State over Bill Merriam, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
      2. Wally Curtis, Oklahoma over Mike Grandstaff, Virginia Tech — Dec 7–6 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Wally Curtis, Oklahoma over Don Webster (4), Iowa State — Dec 4–1 · View bout