NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1968 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Bob Justice, Colorado.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Bob JusticeCOLO
  2. 2Larry AmundsonMANK
  3. 3Fred FozzardOKST
  4. 4Charles Shivers Jr.OU
  5. 5Dick MinekimeCOR
  6. 6Walt PodgurskiMIOH

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Championship

Opening round · 2 bouts

30 byes into the round of 32

  1. Dick Thompson, Arizona State over Lee Castner, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Verlyn Strellner, Iowa over Bill Waterman, Michigan — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Al Bulow, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Tom Blankenship, Indiana (IN) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Alan Detwiler, East Stroudsburg (PA) over Bob Carlson, Utah State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  3. Ben Welch III, Navy (MD) over Charles Locke, Washington (WA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  4. Bob Justice (4), Colorado over Walt Podgurski, Miami (OH) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  5. Charles Shivers Jr., Oklahoma over Dave Jones, Bloomsburg (PA) — Fall 5:52 · View bout
  6. Dave Labosky, Pennsylvania over Jim Marthaler, Coast Guard (CT) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  7. Dick Minekime (3), Cornell (NY) over Fred Priester, North Carolina — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  8. Fred Fozzard (1), Oklahoma State over Tom Kruse, Ohio State — Dec 9–0 · View bout
  9. Harry Surplus, Washington State over Roy Resavage, Temple (PA) — Fall 6:48 · View bout
  10. Jim Harter (5), Army (NY) over Marc Beem, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  11. Joe Green, Bowling Green (OH) over Dick Thompson, Arizona State — Dec 11–6 · View bout
  12. Ken Bos, California-Poly over Harry Gaylor, Nebraska — Dflt · View bout
  13. Kerry Keith, Davidson (NC) over Phil Liller, Penn State — Fall 1:43 · View bout
  14. Larry Amundson (6), Minnesota-Mankato over Bill Pauss, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  15. Mike Bradley (2), Michigan State over Rich Whittington, California-Los Angeles — Dec 3–3 · View bout
  16. Verlyn Strellner, Iowa over Paul Allen, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 10–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Al Bulow, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Dave Labosky, Pennsylvania — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  2. Bob Justice (4), Colorado over Ben Welch III, Navy (MD) — Dec 13–3 · View bout
  3. Charles Shivers Jr., Oklahoma over Joe Green, Bowling Green (OH) — Dec 13–4 · View bout
  4. Dick Minekime (3), Cornell (NY) over Harry Surplus, Washington State — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  5. Fred Fozzard (1), Oklahoma State over Verlyn Strellner, Iowa — Dec 11–2 · View bout
  6. Jim Harter (5), Army (NY) over Kerry Keith, Davidson (NC) — Dec 13–3 · View bout
  7. Larry Amundson (6), Minnesota-Mankato over Alan Detwiler, East Stroudsburg (PA) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  8. Mike Bradley (2), Michigan State over Ken Bos, California-Poly — Dec 14–10 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bob Justice (4), Colorado over Jim Harter (5), Army (NY) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  2. Charles Shivers Jr., Oklahoma over Mike Bradley (2), Michigan State — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  3. Fred Fozzard (1), Oklahoma State over Al Bulow, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Fall 5:35 · View bout
  4. Larry Amundson (6), Minnesota-Mankato over Dick Minekime (3), Cornell (NY) — Dec 11–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Justice (4), Colorado over Fred Fozzard (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  2. Larry Amundson (6), Minnesota-Mankato over Charles Shivers Jr., Oklahoma — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Bob Justice (4), Colorado over Larry Amundson (6), Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Pauss, Northwestern (IL) over Alan Detwiler, East Stroudsburg (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Walt Podgurski, Miami (OH) over Ben Welch III, Navy (MD) — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Dick Minekime (3), Cornell (NY) over Bill Pauss, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  2. Walt Podgurski, Miami (OH) over Jim Harter (5), Army (NY) — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Charles Shivers Jr., Oklahoma over Dick Minekime (3), Cornell (NY) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. Fred Fozzard (1), Oklahoma State over Walt Podgurski, Miami (OH) — Fall 3:26 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Fred Fozzard (1), Oklahoma State over Charles Shivers Jr., Oklahoma — Fall 4:50 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Dick Minekime (3), Cornell (NY) over Walt Podgurski, Miami (OH) — MFF · View bout