NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1961 NCAA Championships

137 lb

Champion Norm Young, Michigan State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Norm YoungMSU
  2. 2Ron FinleyORST
  3. 3Bill CarterOU
  4. 4Doug WilsonOKST

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

20 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 4 bouts

    12 byes into the round of 16

    1. Bill Carter (1), Oklahoma over Dave Robinson, Utah — Dec 8–2 · View bout
    2. Dan Johnston (4), Penn State over Frank Addleman, Long Beach State (CA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
    3. Daryl Kelvington, Pittsburgh (PA) over Ramon West, Rochester Tech (NY) — Dec 1–1 · View bout
    4. Dave Gates, Iowa over Bill Zeltonoga, California-Los Angeles — Dec 6–1 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Bill Carter (1), Oklahoma over Neil Pew, California-Poly — Dec 14–1 · View bout
    2. Chuck Patten, Northern Iowa over Mike Harman, Navy (MD) — Dec 2–2 · View bout
    3. Curt Alexander, Lehigh (PA) over John 'Jack' Day (6), Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    4. Dan Johnston (4), Penn State over Bill Taylor, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    5. Daryl Kelvington, Pittsburgh (PA) over Joe Frank, Iowa State — Dec 7–4 · View bout
    6. Doug Wilson (3), Oklahoma State over Dave Gates, Iowa — Dec 8–5 · View bout
    7. Norm Young (2), Michigan State over Clair Argento, Wyoming — Dec 8–6 · View bout
    8. Ron Finley (5), Oregon State over Paul Sengo, California-Chico — Fall 8:22 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bill Carter (1), Oklahoma over Chuck Patten, Northern Iowa — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    2. Doug Wilson (3), Oklahoma State over Curt Alexander, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 8–5 · View bout
    3. Norm Young (2), Michigan State over Daryl Kelvington, Pittsburgh (PA) — Fall 7:22 · View bout
    4. Ron Finley (5), Oregon State over Dan Johnston (4), Penn State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Norm Young (2), Michigan State over Doug Wilson (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    2. Ron Finley (5), Oregon State over Bill Carter (1), Oklahoma — Dec 5–4 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Norm Young (2), Michigan State over Ron Finley (5), Oregon State — Dec 5–2 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Dan Johnston (4), Penn State over Paul Sengo, California-Chico — Dec 5–0 · View bout
      2. Daryl Kelvington, Pittsburgh (PA) over Clair Argento, Wyoming — Dec 3–0 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Bill Carter (1), Oklahoma over Dan Johnston (4), Penn State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
      2. Doug Wilson (3), Oklahoma State over Daryl Kelvington, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Bill Carter (1), Oklahoma over Doug Wilson (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 2–1 · View bout