NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1962 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Bob Johnson, Oklahoma State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Bob JohnsonOKST
  2. 2Dean LahrCOLO
  3. 3Ron PaarWIS
  4. 4Jim DetrixheLEH

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

21 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 5 bouts

    11 byes into the round of 16

    1. Hugh Lowham (4), Wyoming over Frank Shaut, Cincinnati (OH) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    2. Ken Hines, Colorado State over George Bruns III, Air Force (CO) — Dec 9–8 · View bout
    3. Phil Myer, Penn State over Mario DeStefano, Springfield (MA) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    4. Roger Plapp (6), Southern Illinois Carbondale over Jay Roberts, Iowa — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    5. Ron Paar, Wisconsin over Ed Arneson, Minnesota-Moorhead — Fall 5:59 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Alex Valcanoff (5), Michigan State over Ken Hines, Colorado State — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    2. Bob Johnson (1), Oklahoma State over Ron Paar, Wisconsin — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    3. Dean Lahr (2), Colorado over Tim Mongan, Purdue (IN) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
    4. Hugh Lowham (4), Wyoming over Ted Mallen, Virginia — Dec 12–0 · View bout
    5. Jim Detrixhe (3), Lehigh (PA) over Tommy Edgar, Oklahoma — Dec 3–0 · View bout
    6. Mike Sterner, South Dakota State over Phil Myer, Penn State — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    7. Rick Traynor, Western Colorado over Ken Barr, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    8. Roger Plapp (6), Southern Illinois Carbondale over Dan Apling, Toledo (OH) — Dec 6–5 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Alex Valcanoff (5), Michigan State over Hugh Lowham (4), Wyoming — Dec 7–4 · View bout
    2. Bob Johnson (1), Oklahoma State over Rick Traynor, Western Colorado — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    3. Dean Lahr (2), Colorado over Mike Sterner, South Dakota State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
    4. Jim Detrixhe (3), Lehigh (PA) over Roger Plapp (6), Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 3–0 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bob Johnson (1), Oklahoma State over Alex Valcanoff (5), Michigan State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    2. Dean Lahr (2), Colorado over Jim Detrixhe (3), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–5 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Bob Johnson (1), Oklahoma State over Dean Lahr (2), Colorado — Dec 3–2 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Ron Paar, Wisconsin over Rick Traynor, Western Colorado — Dec 5–4 · View bout
      2. Tim Mongan, Purdue (IN) over Mike Sterner, South Dakota State — Dec 5–3 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Jim Detrixhe (3), Lehigh (PA) over Tim Mongan, Purdue (IN) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
      2. Ron Paar, Wisconsin over Alex Valcanoff (5), Michigan State — Dec 3–1 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Ron Paar, Wisconsin over Jim Detrixhe (3), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout