NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1962 NCAA Championships

137 lb

Champion Bill Carter, Oklahoma.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Bill CarterOU
  2. 2Bill DotsonUNI
  3. 3Doug WilsonOKST
  4. 4Dan FixMINES

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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. Bill Dotson (4), Northern Iowa over Joe Piccioni, Ohio State — Dec 9–1 · View bout
    2. Curt Alexander, Lehigh (PA) over Elmer Crider, Northern Colorado — Dec 12–4 · View bout
    3. John Zolikoff (6), Pittsburgh (PA) over Larry Rosica, Iowa State — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    4. Ron Finley (1), Oregon State over Terry Shockley, Augustana (IL) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
    5. Roy Wilbanks, Colorado State over John 'Jack' Day, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
    6. Tom Hollingshead, Western Colorado over Thad Wolfe, Air Force (CO) — Dec 2–1 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Bill Carter (2), Oklahoma over Tom Hollingshead, Western Colorado — Fall 2:45 · View bout
    2. Bill Dotson (4), Northern Iowa over John DiBella, Coast Guard (CT) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    3. Curt Alexander, Lehigh (PA) over Charles Rose, Purdue (IN) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    4. Dan Fix, Colorado Mines over Mike Leta, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
    5. Doug Wilson (3), Oklahoma State over Tom Curtis, Iowa — Dec 8–1 · View bout
    6. Larry Janis, Miami (OH) over John Zolikoff (6), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    7. Mike Harman (5), Navy (MD) over Roy Wilbanks, Colorado State — Dec 7–0 · View bout
    8. Tom Mulder, Michigan State over Ron Finley (1), Oregon State — Dec 5–4 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bill Carter (2), Oklahoma over Curt Alexander, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
    2. Bill Dotson (4), Northern Iowa over Mike Harman (5), Navy (MD) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
    3. Dan Fix, Colorado Mines over Tom Mulder, Michigan State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    4. Doug Wilson (3), Oklahoma State over Larry Janis, Miami (OH) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bill Carter (2), Oklahoma over Doug Wilson (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
    2. Bill Dotson (4), Northern Iowa over Dan Fix, Colorado Mines — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Bill Carter (2), Oklahoma over Bill Dotson (4), Northern Iowa — Dec 4–1 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

    1. John DiBella, Coast Guard (CT) over Joe Piccioni, Ohio State — Dec 7–6 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Curt Alexander, Lehigh (PA) over Tom Hollingshead, Western Colorado — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    2. Mike Harman (5), Navy (MD) over John DiBella, Coast Guard (CT) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Dan Fix, Colorado Mines over Mike Harman (5), Navy (MD) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
    2. Doug Wilson (3), Oklahoma State over Curt Alexander, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Doug Wilson (3), Oklahoma State over Dan Fix, Colorado Mines — Dec 4–1 · View bout