NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1961 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Don Conway, Oregon State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Don ConwayORST
  2. 2David 'Bruce' CampbellOKST
  3. 3Bob MarshallPUR
  4. 4Frank HankinUTAH

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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. Dick Zoyhofski, Rochester Tech (NY) over Dennis McCaron, Pacific (OR) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    2. Joseph 'Dennis' Fitzgerald (2), Michigan over Dick Smith, Iowa State — Dec 10–9 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Bob Marshall (4), Purdue (IN) over Pete Nelson, Navy (MD) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    2. Braden 'Thad' Turner (1), Lehigh (PA) over Dick Zoyhofski, Rochester Tech (NY) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
    3. Dave Abraham, Colorado over Joe Mullins, Iowa — Dec 7–6 · View bout
    4. David 'Bruce' Campbell (3), Oklahoma State over Bob Schluter, Michigan State — Dec 6–0 · View bout
    5. Don Conway (5), Oregon State over Tommy Edgar, Oklahoma — Dec 8–1 · View bout
    6. Frank Hankin (6), Utah over Norm Hoffman, California-Poly — Dec 9–0 · View bout
    7. Jerry Slattery, Minnesota-Mankato over Richard Bell, Washington (WA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    8. Joseph 'Dennis' Fitzgerald (2), Michigan over Jim Blazier, Portland State (OR) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Braden 'Thad' Turner (1), Lehigh (PA) over Jerry Slattery, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 2–1 · View bout
    2. David 'Bruce' Campbell (3), Oklahoma State over Frank Hankin (6), Utah — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    3. Don Conway (5), Oregon State over Bob Marshall (4), Purdue (IN) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
    4. Joseph 'Dennis' Fitzgerald (2), Michigan over Dave Abraham, Colorado — Dec 3–0 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. David 'Bruce' Campbell (3), Oklahoma State over Joseph 'Dennis' Fitzgerald (2), Michigan — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    2. Don Conway (5), Oregon State over Braden 'Thad' Turner (1), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 10–9 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Don Conway (5), Oregon State over David 'Bruce' Campbell (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 7–4 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Bob Marshall (4), Purdue (IN) over Tommy Edgar, Oklahoma — Dec 4–0 · View bout
      2. Frank Hankin (6), Utah over Bob Schluter, Michigan State — Fall 3:30 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Bob Marshall (4), Purdue (IN) over Braden 'Thad' Turner (1), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
      2. Frank Hankin (6), Utah over Joseph 'Dennis' Fitzgerald (2), Michigan — Dec 4–4 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Bob Marshall (4), Purdue (IN) over Frank Hankin (6), Utah — Dec 9–4 · View bout