NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1961 NCAA Championships

123 lb

Champion DuWayne Miller, Oklahoma.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1DuWayne MillerOU
  2. 2Masaaki HattaOKST
  3. 3Richard MartinPITT
  4. 4Franc FreemanUNI

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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 Green, Ohio State over Ernie 'Bud' Parker, Oregon State — Dec 11–2 · View bout
    2. George Jurinek, Illinois over Clyde 'Tim' Latta, Oregon — Dec 11–0 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Dave Hansen, Wyoming over George Jurinek, Illinois — Dec 8–4 · View bout
    2. DuWayne Miller (1), Oklahoma over Claude Gonzales, Colorado State — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    3. Franc Freeman (5), Northern Iowa over Jim Simpson, Portland State (OR) — Fall 7:17 · View bout
    4. Frank Coniglio, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Ron Andrews (4), Minnesota — Fall 4:24 · View bout
    5. George Hobbs, Michigan State over Dave Frame, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    6. Lowell Stewart (6), Iowa State over Lanny Bryant, Northern Colorado — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    7. Masaaki Hatta (2), Oklahoma State over Don Green, Ohio State — Dec 12–5 · View bout
    8. Richard Martin (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over Mike Gonzales, Utah — Fall 3:52 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. DuWayne Miller (1), Oklahoma over Dave Hansen, Wyoming — Fall 1:58 · View bout
    2. Franc Freeman (5), Northern Iowa over Frank Coniglio, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    3. Masaaki Hatta (2), Oklahoma State over George Hobbs, Michigan State — Dec 13–6 · View bout
    4. Richard Martin (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over Lowell Stewart (6), Iowa State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. DuWayne Miller (1), Oklahoma over Franc Freeman (5), Northern Iowa — Fall 8:47 · View bout
    2. Masaaki Hatta (2), Oklahoma State over Richard Martin (3), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 9–4 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. DuWayne Miller (1), Oklahoma over Masaaki Hatta (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–5 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Claude Gonzales, Colorado State over Dave Hansen, Wyoming — Dec 4–2 · View bout
      2. George Hobbs, Michigan State over Don Green, Ohio State — Fall 0:45 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Franc Freeman (5), Northern Iowa over Claude Gonzales, Colorado State — Dec 9–3 · View bout
      2. Richard Martin (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over George Hobbs, Michigan State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Richard Martin (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over Franc Freeman (5), Northern Iowa — Dec 5–4 · View bout