NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1969 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Jason Smith, Iowa State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Jason SmithISU
  2. 2John WoodsCP
  3. 3Jesse Rawls Sr.MICH
  4. 4Jim VandehayORST
  5. 5Ben Welch IIINAVY
  6. 6Bill LaursenNW

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Championship

Opening round · 3 bouts

29 byes into the round of 32

  1. Jason Smith (2), Iowa State over Jim Sukle, Utah — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  2. John Amicucci, Maritime (NY) over Bill Hitesman, Winona State (MN) — Fall 4:53 · View bout
  3. Peter Naff, Oklahoma State over Pat Karslake, Michigan State — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Ben Welch III (8), Navy (MD) over Pat North, Northern Illinois — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  2. Bill Laursen, Northwestern (IL) over Brian Cawley, West Chester (PA) — Dec 11–2 · View bout
  3. Bob Metz, Lock Haven (PA) over Walt Thatcher, San Jose State (CA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  4. Bob Underwood, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Jim Broncatello, California Poly Pomona — Dec 12–2 · View bout
  5. Don Marostica, Colorado State over Neil Cebell, Washington (WA) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  6. Jack Bentz (3), Lehigh (PA) over Peter Naff, Oklahoma State — Dec 8–0 · View bout
  7. Jason Smith (2), Iowa State over Jim Vandehay, Oregon State — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  8. Jesse Rawls Sr. (5), Michigan over Steve Metro, Louisiana State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  9. Jim Scrabeck, Air Force (CO) over Greg Smith (6), Army (NY) — Fall 6:54 · View bout
  10. John Woods (1), California-Poly over John Amicucci, Maritime (NY) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  11. Larry Laush (4), Oklahoma over Merrill Cook, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  12. Mark Goldberg, Hofstra (NY) over Gary West, Oregon — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  13. Mike Beaman, Drake (IA) over Rick Ortega, New Mexico — Fall 6:13 · View bout
  14. Randy Umberger (9), Maryland over John Magoteaux, Idaho State — Fall 4:01 · View bout
  15. Rick Sicilia, Washington State over Tom Potts, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  16. Steve DeVries (7), Iowa over Dave Wieland, Kansas State — Dec 14–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Ben Welch III (8), Navy (MD) over Bob Underwood, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. Bill Laursen, Northwestern (IL) over Jack Bentz (3), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  3. Don Marostica, Colorado State over Jim Scrabeck, Air Force (CO) — Dec 12–7 · View bout
  4. Jason Smith (2), Iowa State over Bob Metz, Lock Haven (PA) — Fall 1:20 · View bout
  5. Jesse Rawls Sr. (5), Michigan over Rick Sicilia, Washington State — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  6. John Woods (1), California-Poly over Randy Umberger (9), Maryland — Dec 13–5 · View bout
  7. Larry Laush (4), Oklahoma over Mike Beaman, Drake (IA) — Fall 5:32 · View bout
  8. Steve DeVries (7), Iowa over Mark Goldberg, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Laursen, Northwestern (IL) over Don Marostica, Colorado State — Dec 19–12 · View bout
  2. Jason Smith (2), Iowa State over Steve DeVries (7), Iowa — Dflt · View bout
  3. Jesse Rawls Sr. (5), Michigan over Larry Laush (4), Oklahoma — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  4. John Woods (1), California-Poly over Ben Welch III (8), Navy (MD) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jason Smith (2), Iowa State over Bill Laursen, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  2. John Woods (1), California-Poly over Jesse Rawls Sr. (5), Michigan — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Jason Smith (2), Iowa State over John Woods (1), California-Poly — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 1 bout

  1. Jim Vandehay, Oregon State over Jim Sukle, Utah — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Jim Vandehay, Oregon State over Bob Metz, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 11–0 · View bout
  2. John Amicucci, Maritime (NY) over Randy Umberger (9), Maryland — Dec 9–4 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Ben Welch III (8), Navy (MD) over John Amicucci, Maritime (NY) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Jim Vandehay, Oregon State over Steve DeVries (7), Iowa — MFF · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jesse Rawls Sr. (5), Michigan over Ben Welch III (8), Navy (MD) — Dec 1–0 · View bout
  2. Jim Vandehay, Oregon State over Bill Laursen, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Jesse Rawls Sr. (5), Michigan over Jim Vandehay, Oregon State — Dec 12–3 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ben Welch III (8), Navy (MD) over Bill Laursen, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 6–2 · View bout