NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1962 NCAA Championships

123 lb

Champion Masaaki Hatta, Oklahoma State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Masaaki HattaOKST
  2. 2Franc FreemanUNI
  3. 3Mike NissenNEB
  4. 4Richard MartinPITT

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

22 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 6 bouts

    10 byes into the round of 16

    1. Butch Dougherty, Colorado over Neal Yoshida, Fresno State (CA) — Dec 9–6 · View bout
    2. Don Pike, Rutgers (NJ) over Dave Apling, Toledo (OH) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    3. Frank Coniglio, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Dave Hansen, Wyoming — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    4. Mike Nissen (5), Nebraska over George Jurinek, Illinois — Dec 6–4 · View bout
    5. Richard Martin (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Jerry Perez, Oregon State — Dec 9–1 · View bout
    6. Ronald Thompson, Coe (IA) over Mack Riley, Oklahoma — Dec 6–4 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Claude Gonzales, Colorado State over Dave Unruh, Kansas State — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    2. Franc Freeman (3), Northern Iowa over Lee Wolfe, Lycoming (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    3. Frank Coniglio, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Ron Maunder, Maryland — Fall 5:56 · View bout
    4. Fred Powell (6), Lock Haven (PA) over Ronald Thompson, Coe (IA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    5. Masaaki Hatta (1), Oklahoma State over Butch Dougherty, Colorado — Dec 9–3 · View bout
    6. Mike Nissen (5), Nebraska over Lee Westervelt, Baldwin Wallace (OH) — Fall 6:48 · View bout
    7. Norm Parker (4), Iowa over Don Pike, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    8. Richard Martin (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Don Neff, Northern Colorado — Dec 9–7 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Franc Freeman (3), Northern Iowa over Fred Powell (6), Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    2. Masaaki Hatta (1), Oklahoma State over Claude Gonzales, Colorado State — Dec 4–1 · View bout
    3. Mike Nissen (5), Nebraska over Norm Parker (4), Iowa — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    4. Richard Martin (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Frank Coniglio, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 5–3 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Franc Freeman (3), Northern Iowa over Richard Martin (2), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
    2. Masaaki Hatta (1), Oklahoma State over Mike Nissen (5), Nebraska — Dec 3–1 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Masaaki Hatta (1), Oklahoma State over Franc Freeman (3), Northern Iowa — Dec 7–4 · 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 Butch Dougherty, Colorado — Dec 8–5 · View bout
      2. Fred Powell (6), Lock Haven (PA) over Lee Wolfe, Lycoming (PA) — Dec 7–0 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Mike Nissen (5), Nebraska over Claude Gonzales, Colorado State — Dec 6–3 · View bout
      2. Richard Martin (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Fred Powell (6), Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Mike Nissen (5), Nebraska over Richard Martin (2), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout