NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1966 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Tom Peckham, Iowa State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Tom PeckhamISU
  2. 2Fred FozzardOKST
  3. 3Jerry SwopeLH
  4. 4Gary CookESU
  5. 5Dave MuckaMORV
  6. 6Gordon FisherUNCO

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Championship

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

17 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 1 bout

    15 byes into the round of 16

    1. Gordon Fisher, Northern Colorado over Bill Waterman, Michigan — Fall 5:15 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Don Parker (5), Northern Iowa over Bob 'Bud' McDaniel, Oklahoma — Dec 5–0 · View bout
    2. Ed Cummings, Ohio State over Bob Karch, Maryland — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    3. Fred Fozzard (3), Oklahoma State over Dave Mucka, Moravian (PA) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
    4. Gary Cook (2), East Stroudsburg (PA) over John VanderVeen, Rochester Tech (NY) — Dec 13–3 · View bout
    5. Gordon Fisher, Northern Colorado over Jim Harter, Army (NY) — Dec 13–8 · View bout
    6. Jerry Swope (4), Lock Haven (PA) over Paul Adams, Washington State — Dec 9–1 · View bout
    7. Mike Bradley (6), Michigan State over Ellery Seitz, Penn State — Dec 12–2 · View bout
    8. Tom Peckham (1), Iowa State over Frank Mosier, Minnesota-Moorhead — Fall 3:29 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Fred Fozzard (3), Oklahoma State over Mike Bradley (6), Michigan State — Dec 8–4 · View bout
    2. Gary Cook (2), East Stroudsburg (PA) over Ed Cummings, Ohio State — Dflt · View bout
    3. Jerry Swope (4), Lock Haven (PA) over Don Parker (5), Northern Iowa — Dec 11–3 · View bout
    4. Tom Peckham (1), Iowa State over Gordon Fisher, Northern Colorado — Fall 3:38 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Fred Fozzard (3), Oklahoma State over Gary Cook (2), East Stroudsburg (PA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    2. Tom Peckham (1), Iowa State over Jerry Swope (4), Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Tom Peckham (1), Iowa State over Fred Fozzard (3), Oklahoma State — Fall 3:43 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Dave Mucka, Moravian (PA) over Mike Bradley (6), Michigan State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
      2. Gordon Fisher, Northern Colorado over Frank Mosier, Minnesota-Moorhead — Dec 7–2 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Gary Cook (2), East Stroudsburg (PA) over Dave Mucka, Moravian (PA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
      2. Jerry Swope (4), Lock Haven (PA) over Gordon Fisher, Northern Colorado — Dec 6–4 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Jerry Swope (4), Lock Haven (PA) over Gary Cook (2), East Stroudsburg (PA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout

      5th-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Dave Mucka, Moravian (PA) over Gordon Fisher, Northern Colorado — Fall 3:35 · View bout