NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1969 NCAA Championships

191 lb

Champion Tom Kline, California-Poly.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Tom KlineCP
  2. 2Robert GrimesSDGS
  3. 3Bob BuehlerSFST
  4. 4John SchneiderMSU
  5. 5Jim DuschenISU
  6. 6Geoff BaumOKST

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

32 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 16 bouts

    1. Bob Buehler (9), San Francisco State (CA) over Gary Leinberger (8), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 21–8 · View bout
    2. Chris Feder (7), Long Island Post (NY) over Mike Latimer, Washington State — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    3. Gary Salapa, Ohio over Jack Thrasher, Air Force (CO) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    4. Gene Libal, Nebraska over Paul Gillespie, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
    5. Geoff Baum (5), Oklahoma State over Tim Wilmarth, Oregon — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    6. Hank Hawkins, Lock Haven (PA) over John Crow, Oklahoma — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    7. Jim Duschen (3), Iowa State over Vince Paolano, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    8. Joe Sperry, Colorado State over Ron House, Eastern Kentucky — Fall 7:36 · View bout
    9. John Salisbury, California-Berkeley over Charles Amato, North Carolina State — Fall 6:30 · View bout
    10. John Schneider (2), Michigan State over George Zguris, Massachusetts — Fall 1:14 · View bout
    11. Mike Donivan, Oregon State over Mark Kane (6), Navy (MD) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    12. Paul Zander, Iowa over Daniel Wintersteen, Ball State (IN) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    13. Robert Grimes, San Diego State (CA) over Carlton Tanaka, Idaho State — Dec 10–4 · View bout
    14. Russ Hellickson (4), Wisconsin over Mike Ward, Weber State (UT) — Fall 3:33 · View bout
    15. Tom Kline (1), California-Poly over Joe Davis, Utah — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    16. Tom Kruse, Ohio State over Dave Pottruck (10), Pennsylvania — Dec 14–8 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Bob Buehler (9), San Francisco State (CA) over Hank Hawkins, Lock Haven (PA) — Fall 7:45 · View bout
    2. Geoff Baum (5), Oklahoma State over Joe Sperry, Colorado State — Fall 5:00 · View bout
    3. Jim Duschen (3), Iowa State over Paul Zander, Iowa — Dec 11–1 · View bout
    4. John Salisbury, California-Berkeley over Mike Donivan, Oregon State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    5. John Schneider (2), Michigan State over Gary Salapa, Ohio — Dec 11–2 · View bout
    6. Robert Grimes, San Diego State (CA) over Chris Feder (7), Long Island Post (NY) — Fall 7:00 · View bout
    7. Russ Hellickson (4), Wisconsin over Gene Libal, Nebraska — Dec 6–1 · View bout
    8. Tom Kline (1), California-Poly over Tom Kruse, Ohio State — Dec 4–1 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Geoff Baum (5), Oklahoma State over Russ Hellickson (4), Wisconsin — Dec 11–2 · View bout
    2. Jim Duschen (3), Iowa State over John Salisbury, California-Berkeley — Fall 6:34 · View bout
    3. Robert Grimes, San Diego State (CA) over John Schneider (2), Michigan State — Dec 8–2 · View bout
    4. Tom Kline (1), California-Poly over Bob Buehler (9), San Francisco State (CA) — Dec 12–6 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Robert Grimes, San Diego State (CA) over Jim Duschen (3), Iowa State — Fall 7:21 · View bout
    2. Tom Kline (1), California-Poly over Geoff Baum (5), Oklahoma State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Tom Kline (1), California-Poly over Robert Grimes, San Diego State (CA) — Dec 8–4 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

    1. Carlton Tanaka, Idaho State over Chris Feder (7), Long Island Post (NY) — Dec 8–7 · View bout
    2. Tom Kruse, Ohio State over Joe Davis, Utah — Fall 2:51 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Bob Buehler (9), San Francisco State (CA) over Tom Kruse, Ohio State — Dec 16–0 · View bout
    2. John Schneider (2), Michigan State over Carlton Tanaka, Idaho State — Dec 14–4 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bob Buehler (9), San Francisco State (CA) over Geoff Baum (5), Oklahoma State — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    2. John Schneider (2), Michigan State over Jim Duschen (3), Iowa State — Dec 4–3 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Bob Buehler (9), San Francisco State (CA) over John Schneider (2), Michigan State — Fall 3:38 · View bout

    5th-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Jim Duschen (3), Iowa State over Geoff Baum (5), Oklahoma State — Dec 4–1 · View bout