NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1963 NCAA Championships

115 lb

Champion Arthur 'Bucky' Maughan, Minnesota-Moorhead.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd and 5th place bouts

  1. 1Arthur 'Bucky' MaughanMOOR
  2. 2Gil Sanchez Sr.COST
  3. 3Tom BalentPSU
  4. 4Lowell StewartISU
  5. 5Wally CurtisOU
  6. 6Okla JohnsonMSU

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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. Don Brown, Cornell College (IA) over Mike 'Buddy' Palmisano, Michigan — Dec 8–3 · View bout
    2. Gil Sanchez Sr. (4), Colorado State over Bill Hughes, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 11–5 · View bout
    3. Jyo Umezawa (3), Oklahoma State over Leonard Killian, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    4. Okla Johnson (2), Michigan State over Dale Deffner, Long Beach State (CA) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    5. Steve Walenz, Nebraska over Jon Schrag, Purdue (IN) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    6. Wally Curtis (5), Oklahoma over Charlie Freyermuth, Iowa — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Arthur 'Bucky' Maughan, Minnesota-Moorhead over Steve Walenz, Nebraska — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    2. Don Brown, Cornell College (IA) over Bob Foster, Yale (CT) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
    3. Gil Sanchez Sr. (4), Colorado State over Rick Graven, Kent State (OH) — Fall 2:31 · View bout
    4. Jyo Umezawa (3), Oklahoma State over Don Henry, Minnesota — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    5. Lowell Stewart (1), Iowa State over Rich Warnke, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    6. Okla Johnson (2), Michigan State over Gary Pollard, Northern Iowa — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    7. Tom Balent (6), Penn State over Dave Kreider, Northwestern (IL) — Fall 5:31 · View bout
    8. Wally Curtis (5), Oklahoma over Bob Tanita, Arizona — Dec 5–4 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Arthur 'Bucky' Maughan, Minnesota-Moorhead over Okla Johnson (2), Michigan State — Fall 6:32 · View bout
    2. Gil Sanchez Sr. (4), Colorado State over Wally Curtis (5), Oklahoma — Dec 10–4 · View bout
    3. Lowell Stewart (1), Iowa State over Don Brown, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
    4. Tom Balent (6), Penn State over Jyo Umezawa (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–5 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Arthur 'Bucky' Maughan, Minnesota-Moorhead over Tom Balent (6), Penn State — Dec 8–3 · View bout
    2. Gil Sanchez Sr. (4), Colorado State over Lowell Stewart (1), Iowa State — Fall 5:49 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Arthur 'Bucky' Maughan, Minnesota-Moorhead over Gil Sanchez Sr. (4), Colorado State — Fall 8:11 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

    1. Bill Hughes, Bloomsburg (PA) over Rick Graven, Kent State (OH) — Dec 9–6 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Okla Johnson (2), Michigan State over Steve Walenz, Nebraska — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    2. Wally Curtis (5), Oklahoma over Bill Hughes, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Lowell Stewart (1), Iowa State over Wally Curtis (5), Oklahoma — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    2. Tom Balent (6), Penn State over Okla Johnson (2), Michigan State — Dec 2–0 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Tom Balent (6), Penn State over Lowell Stewart (1), Iowa State — Dec 5–3 · View bout

    5th-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Wally Curtis (5), Oklahoma over Okla Johnson (2), Michigan State — Dec 4–3 · View bout