NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1969 NCAA Championships

Unlimited lb

Champion Jess Lewis, Oregon State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Jess LewisORST
  2. 2Jeff SmithMSU
  3. 3John Henry WardOKST
  4. 4Ralph CindrichPITT
  5. 5Wayne BeskeISU
  6. 6Kent OsboeUNI

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

28 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 12 bouts

    4 byes into the round of 16

    1. Dale Stearns (6), Iowa over Tommy Lyons, Georgia — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    2. Dan Kraft, Northwestern (IL) over Pat Mudron, Notre Dame (IN) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
    3. James McCue Jr., Bloomsburg (PA) over Bill Luttrell, Oklahoma — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    4. Jeff Smith (2), Michigan State over Bob Knudsen, Missouri — Fall 2:36 · View bout
    5. Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State over Tom 'Otis' Walter (10), Kent State (OH) — Fall 1:00 · View bout
    6. John Henry Ward (3), Oklahoma State over Darrell Brown, Idaho State — Dec 14–3 · View bout
    7. John Imrie, Harvard (MA) over Rick Cahill (7), Arizona State — Fall 7:52 · View bout
    8. Kal Tuinstra, Drake (IA) over Chuck Dressel, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
    9. Kent Osboe (4), Northern Iowa over Ken Oyer, Fresno State (CA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    10. Ralph Cindrich (8), Pittsburgh (PA) over Al Blanshan, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 13–7 · View bout
    11. Ralph Sonntag (5), Maryland over Ken Tams, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    12. Wayne Beske, Iowa State over Roger Brown, New Mexico — Dec 7–5 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Dale Stearns (6), Iowa over Henry Muller, Oregon — Dec 6–1 · View bout
    2. Jeff Smith (2), Michigan State over Wayne Beske, Iowa State — Fall 2:21 · View bout
    3. Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State over Dan Kraft, Northwestern (IL) — Fall 0:53 · View bout
    4. John Henry Ward (3), Oklahoma State over Joe Shetzler, Delaware — Fall 6:57 · View bout
    5. John Imrie, Harvard (MA) over Kal Tuinstra, Drake (IA) — Fall 4:06 · View bout
    6. Kent Osboe (4), Northern Iowa over Dick Schumacher (9), East Stroudsburg (PA) — Fall 3:32 · View bout
    7. Ralph Cindrich (8), Pittsburgh (PA) over Frank Holtry, Utah — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    8. Ralph Sonntag (5), Maryland over James McCue Jr., Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Jeff Smith (2), Michigan State over John Imrie, Harvard (MA) — Fall 1:11 · View bout
    2. Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State over Ralph Cindrich (8), Pittsburgh (PA) — Fall 3:14 · View bout
    3. John Henry Ward (3), Oklahoma State over Dale Stearns (6), Iowa — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    4. Kent Osboe (4), Northern Iowa over Ralph Sonntag (5), Maryland — Fall 2:41 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Jeff Smith (2), Michigan State over John Henry Ward (3), Oklahoma State — Fall 3:42 · View bout
    2. Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State over Kent Osboe (4), Northern Iowa — Dec 17–4 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State over Jeff Smith (2), Michigan State — Dec 7–1 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

    1. Tom 'Otis' Walter (10), Kent State (OH) over Dan Kraft, Northwestern (IL) — Fall 3:10 · View bout
    2. Wayne Beske, Iowa State over Bob Knudsen, Missouri — Dec 6–1 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Ralph Cindrich (8), Pittsburgh (PA) over Tom 'Otis' Walter (10), Kent State (OH) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
    2. Wayne Beske, Iowa State over John Imrie, Harvard (MA) — Dec 9–3 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. John Henry Ward (3), Oklahoma State over Wayne Beske, Iowa State — Fall 1:01 · View bout
    2. Ralph Cindrich (8), Pittsburgh (PA) over Kent Osboe (4), Northern Iowa — Dec 11–3 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. John Henry Ward (3), Oklahoma State over Ralph Cindrich (8), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout

    5th-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Wayne Beske, Iowa State over Kent Osboe (4), Northern Iowa — Dec 6–4 · View bout