NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1963 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Dean Lahr, Colorado.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Dean LahrCOLO
  2. 2Harry HouskaOHIO
  3. 3Tommy EdgarOU
  4. 4Richard BellWASH
  5. 5Ken BarrPITT
  6. 6Gerry FranzenNAVY

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

27 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 11 bouts

    5 byes into the round of 16

    1. Bob Keeney (5), Oregon over Bob Shearer, Kent State (OH) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
    2. Don Evans (6), Northwestern (IL) over John Gladish, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
    3. Frank Shaut, Cincinnati (OH) over Ed Pohland, Penn State — Dec 7–6 · View bout
    4. George Bruns III, Air Force (CO) over Joe Arcure, Michigan — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    5. Gerry Franzen (4), Navy (MD) over John Kirchenbauer, Oklahoma State — Fall 8:27 · View bout
    6. Harry Houska (2), Ohio over Ken Barr, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    7. Lew Roberts, Syracuse (NY) over Gene Record, North Carolina — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    8. Richard Bell (3), Washington (WA) over Roger Schilling, Iowa — Dec 7–0 · View bout
    9. Ron Jacobsen, New Mexico over Dave Hrouda, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    10. Tim Mongon, Purdue (IN) over Paul Schmutz, Springfield (MA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    11. Tommy Edgar, Oklahoma over Roger Cook, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Bob Keeney (5), Oregon over Alex Valcanoff, Michigan State — Fall 5:50 · View bout
    2. Dean Lahr (1), Colorado over Tommy Edgar, Oklahoma — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    3. Don Evans (6), Northwestern (IL) over Ron Jacobsen, New Mexico — Dec 3–0 · View bout
    4. Gerry Franzen (4), Navy (MD) over George Bruns III, Air Force (CO) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    5. Harry Houska (2), Ohio over Steve Hoemann, Northern Iowa — Fall 5:55 · View bout
    6. Jim Grover, Iowa State over Tim Mongon, Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    7. Lew Roberts, Syracuse (NY) over Frank Shaut, Cincinnati (OH) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    8. Richard Bell (3), Washington (WA) over Marshall Dauberman, Maryland — Dec 5–3 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Dean Lahr (1), Colorado over Lew Roberts, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    2. Gerry Franzen (4), Navy (MD) over Bob Keeney (5), Oregon — Dflt · View bout
    3. Harry Houska (2), Ohio over Jim Grover, Iowa State — Fall 1:57 · View bout
    4. Richard Bell (3), Washington (WA) over Don Evans (6), Northwestern (IL) — Dflt · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Dean Lahr (1), Colorado over Gerry Franzen (4), Navy (MD) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    2. Harry Houska (2), Ohio over Richard Bell (3), Washington (WA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Dean Lahr (1), Colorado over Harry Houska (2), Ohio — Dec 5–2 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

    1. Ken Barr, Pittsburgh (PA) over Steve Hoemann, Northern Iowa — Dec 3–0 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Ken Barr, Pittsburgh (PA) over Jim Grover, Iowa State — Dec 3–0 · View bout
    2. Tommy Edgar, Oklahoma over Lew Roberts, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 4–1 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Richard Bell (3), Washington (WA) over Ken Barr, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    2. Tommy Edgar, Oklahoma over Gerry Franzen (4), Navy (MD) — Dec 4–0 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Tommy Edgar, Oklahoma over Richard Bell (3), Washington (WA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout

    5th-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Ken Barr, Pittsburgh (PA) over Gerry Franzen (4), Navy (MD) — Dec 7–2 · View bout