NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1966 NCAA Championships

191 lb

Champion Bill Harlow, Oklahoma State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Bill HarlowOKST
  2. 2Don Buzzard Jr.ISU
  3. 3Tom FosterUTST
  4. 4Rich WhittingtonUCLA
  5. 5John Nichols IIINAVY
  6. 6Tony BennettOU

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

14 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 6 bouts

    2 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Bill Harlow (1), Oklahoma State over Olaf Drozdov, Maryland — Dec 6–0 · View bout
    2. Don Buzzard Jr. (2), Iowa State over Paul Thomas, South Dakota State — Fall 4:18 · View bout
    3. Henk Schenk (4), Oregon State over Burke 'Buck' Deadrich, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 7–5 · View bout
    4. Jim Maidlow, Michigan State over Fred Johnson (3), Augustana (IL) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    5. Tom Foster, Utah State over Ron Hampton, Adams State (CO) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
    6. Tony Bennett, Oklahoma over Vince King, Marquette (WI) — Fall 4:06 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bill Harlow (1), Oklahoma State over Tom Foster, Utah State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    2. Don Buzzard Jr. (2), Iowa State over Tony Bennett, Oklahoma — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    3. John Nichols III (5), Navy (MD) over Henk Schenk (4), Oregon State — Dec 13–10 · View bout
    4. Rich Whittington (6), California-Los Angeles over Jim Maidlow, Michigan State — Dec 6–2 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bill Harlow (1), Oklahoma State over John Nichols III (5), Navy (MD) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
    2. Don Buzzard Jr. (2), Iowa State over Rich Whittington (6), California-Los Angeles — Dec 11–3 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Bill Harlow (1), Oklahoma State over Don Buzzard Jr. (2), Iowa State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Tom Foster, Utah State over Olaf Drozdov, Maryland — Dec 6–0 · View bout
      2. Tony Bennett, Oklahoma over Paul Thomas, South Dakota State — Fall 2:49 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Rich Whittington (6), California-Los Angeles over Tony Bennett, Oklahoma — Dec 6–2 · View bout
      2. Tom Foster, Utah State over John Nichols III (5), Navy (MD) — Dec 4–3 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Tom Foster, Utah State over Rich Whittington (6), California-Los Angeles — Dec 3–2 · View bout

      5th-place bout · 1 bout

      1. John Nichols III (5), Navy (MD) over Tony Bennett, Oklahoma — Dec 7–5 · View bout