NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1962 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. 2Mark McCrackenOKST
  3. 3Okla JohnsonMSU
  4. 4Fran McCannIOWA

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Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

14 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 6 bouts

    2 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Eliott 'Gray' Simons (1), Lock Haven (PA) over Isadore 'Izzy' Ramos, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 13–4 · View bout
    2. Fran McCann, Iowa over Ed Fletcher, Oregon State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    3. John DeAno, Illinois over Bill Merriam (3), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
    4. Mark McCracken (2), Oklahoma State over Van Doughty, Western Colorado — Dec 6–5 · View bout
    5. Okla Johnson, Michigan State over Eusebius 'Junior' Sandoval, Northern Colorado — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    6. Wally Curtis (4), Oklahoma over Bob Moore, Ohio State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Eliott 'Gray' Simons (1), Lock Haven (PA) over Fran McCann, Iowa — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    2. Gil Sanchez Sr. (6), Colorado State over John DeAno, Illinois — Dec 3–0 · View bout
    3. Mark McCracken (2), Oklahoma State over Okla Johnson, Michigan State — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    4. Mike Grandstaff (5), Virginia Tech over Wally Curtis (4), Oklahoma — Dec 5–3 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Eliott 'Gray' Simons (1), Lock Haven (PA) over Mike Grandstaff (5), Virginia Tech — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    2. Mark McCracken (2), Oklahoma State over Gil Sanchez Sr. (6), Colorado State — Dflt · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Eliott 'Gray' Simons (1), Lock Haven (PA) over Mark McCracken (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 7–2 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Fran McCann, Iowa over Isadore 'Izzy' Ramos, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 11–7 · View bout
      2. Okla Johnson, Michigan State over Van Doughty, Western Colorado — Dec 4–4 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Fran McCann, Iowa over Mike Grandstaff (5), Virginia Tech — Dec 2–2 · View bout
      2. Okla Johnson, Michigan State over Gil Sanchez Sr. (6), Colorado State — MFF · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Okla Johnson, Michigan State over Fran McCann, Iowa — Dec 2–2 · View bout