NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1970 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Chuck Jean, Iowa State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Chuck JeanISU
  2. 2Jim CrumleyORST
  3. 3Ben CooperSIUC
  4. 4Gerald MalecekMSU
  5. 5Steve ShieldsLEH
  6. 6Tom CorbinOU

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Championship

Opening round · 9 bouts

23 byes into the round of 32

  1. Ben Cooper (5), Southern Illinois Carbondale over Bill Bragg, Colorado — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  2. Ben Welch III (3), Navy (MD) over Jim Torsell, St. Francis (PA) — Fall 4:59 · View bout
  3. Floyd 'Shorty' Hitchcock, Bloomsburg (PA) over Bill Murdock, Washington (WA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Gerald Winnard (2), Oklahoma State over Dale Jensen, Wisconsin-Superior — Fall 4:40 · View bout
  5. Jim Crumley (7), Oregon State over Craig Tritch, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  6. John Byrd, Missouri over Bruce Buckbee, Massachusetts — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  7. Mark Frankel, Purdue (IN) over Frank Lyman, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  8. Ray Ritacco, Army (NY) over Therlon Harris, Michigan — Dec · View bout
  9. Rich Simmons (9), California-Poly over Scott Moyer, William & Mary (VA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Ben Cooper (5), Southern Illinois Carbondale over Henry Shaffer, Clarion (PA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Ben Welch III (3), Navy (MD) over Jim Haug, Nebraska — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  3. Bill Pauss (6), Northwestern (IL) over Rich Simmons (9), California-Poly — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  4. Chuck Jean (1), Iowa State over Ray Ritacco, Army (NY) — Fall 3:11 · View bout
  5. Don Trapp (4), South Dakota State over Ray Williams, Stanford (CA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  6. Floyd 'Shorty' Hitchcock, Bloomsburg (PA) over Dan Newhard, Penn State — Dec 16–3 · View bout
  7. Gerald Malecek, Michigan State over Vince Paolano, Syracuse (NY) — Fall 8:24 · View bout
  8. Gerald Winnard (2), Oklahoma State over Bruce Bennett, Louisiana State — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  9. Jim Crumley (7), Oregon State over Keith Koziczkowski, Marquette (WI) — Dec 23–5 · View bout
  10. John Byrd, Missouri over Brian Cawley, West Chester (PA) — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  11. Mark Frankel, Purdue (IN) over Tom Gambill, Auburn (AL) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  12. Paul Hatling, San Jose State (CA) over Dennis Alf, Wyoming — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  13. Russ Johnson, Ohio over Tom Rogish, Indiana (PA) — Fall 4:52 · View bout
  14. Steve DeVries, Iowa over Dale Seavey, Oregon — Dec 8–0 · View bout
  15. Steve Shields (8), Lehigh (PA) over Larry Wollschlager, Texas-El Paso — Dec 11–2 · View bout
  16. Tom Corbin, Oklahoma over Marc Baretz, Temple (PA) — Dec 8–0 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Ben Cooper (5), Southern Illinois Carbondale over Steve DeVries, Iowa — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Ben Welch III (3), Navy (MD) over Paul Hatling, San Jose State (CA) — Fall 3:13 · View bout
  3. Chuck Jean (1), Iowa State over John Byrd, Missouri — Fall 1:10 · View bout
  4. Don Trapp (4), South Dakota State over Mark Frankel, Purdue (IN) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  5. Gerald Malecek, Michigan State over Bill Pauss (6), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  6. Jim Crumley (7), Oregon State over Tom Corbin, Oklahoma — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  7. Russ Johnson, Ohio over Gerald Winnard (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 14–7 · View bout
  8. Steve Shields (8), Lehigh (PA) over Floyd 'Shorty' Hitchcock, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 11–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Ben Cooper (5), Southern Illinois Carbondale over Don Trapp (4), South Dakota State — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  2. Chuck Jean (1), Iowa State over Steve Shields (8), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  3. Gerald Malecek, Michigan State over Ben Welch III (3), Navy (MD) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  4. Jim Crumley (7), Oregon State over Russ Johnson, Ohio — Dec 18–5 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Chuck Jean (1), Iowa State over Ben Cooper (5), Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Jim Crumley (7), Oregon State over Gerald Malecek, Michigan State — Dec 8–7 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Chuck Jean (1), Iowa State over Jim Crumley (7), Oregon State — Dec 8–6 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 1 bout

  1. Craig Tritch, Pittsburgh (PA) over Keith Koziczkowski, Marquette (WI) — Dec 14–6 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Ray Ritacco, Army (NY) over John Byrd, Missouri — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Tom Corbin, Oklahoma over Craig Tritch, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 7–4 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Steve Shields (8), Lehigh (PA) over Ray Ritacco, Army (NY) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Tom Corbin, Oklahoma over Russ Johnson, Ohio — Dec 9–4 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ben Cooper (5), Southern Illinois Carbondale over Steve Shields (8), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Gerald Malecek, Michigan State over Tom Corbin, Oklahoma — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ben Cooper (5), Southern Illinois Carbondale over Gerald Malecek, Michigan State — Dec 6–3 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Steve Shields (8), Lehigh (PA) over Tom Corbin, Oklahoma — Dec 5–3 · View bout