NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1972 NCAA Championships

126 lb

Champion Pat Milkovich, Michigan State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Pat MilkovichMSU
  2. 2Chris QuigleyILST
  3. 3Eddie WebbOU
  4. 4Joe ZychowiczOHIO
  5. 5Bill FjetlandISU
  6. 6Jeff LamphereMINN

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Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

31 byes into the round of 32

  1. Don Williams, Drake (IA) over John Wassum, California-Poly — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Bill Fjetland (7), Iowa State over Larry Soto, Portland State (OR) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  2. Chris Black (3), Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Mike Johnson, Colorado — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  3. Chris Quigley, Illinois State over Dan Wehby, Georgia Tech — Fall 7:13 · View bout
  4. Danny Monroe, East Carolina (NC) over Paul Naifeh, Louisiana State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  5. Dave Ember, Toledo (OH) over Sam Myers (6), Seattle Pacific (WA) — Dec 12–9 · View bout
  6. Dave Luke (4), Oregon over Herb Singerman, Appalachian State (NC) — Fall 5:25 · View bout
  7. Dave Romero, New Mexico over Carl 'Chico' Lutes, Indiana State — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  8. Don Williams, Drake (IA) over Pete Pappas, Maryland — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  9. Fred Hahndorf, Navy (MD) over Vic Gonzales, Fresno State (CA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  10. Howard Fox, Cincinnati (OH) over Yoshiro Fujita (1), Oklahoma State — Dflt · View bout
  11. Jeff Lamphere (8), Minnesota over John Gallagher, West Chester (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  12. Joe Zychowicz, Ohio over Jim Adams, Temple (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  13. John Berry, Idaho State over Mike Jones, Oregon State — Dec 9–8 · View bout
  14. John Fritz, Penn State over Tom Mash, Indiana (IN) — Dec 15–12 · View bout
  15. John Meikle (2), California-Los Angeles over Russ Winegardner II, Iowa — Dec 8–0 · View bout
  16. Pat Milkovich (5), Michigan State over Eddie Webb, Oklahoma — Dec 11–4 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill Fjetland (7), Iowa State over Dave Romero, New Mexico — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Chris Quigley, Illinois State over Chris Black (3), Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  3. Dave Ember, Toledo (OH) over John Fritz, Penn State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  4. Fred Hahndorf, Navy (MD) over Dave Luke (4), Oregon — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  5. Jeff Lamphere (8), Minnesota over Don Williams, Drake (IA) — Fall 3:12 · View bout
  6. Joe Zychowicz, Ohio over John Meikle (2), California-Los Angeles — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  7. John Berry, Idaho State over Howard Fox, Cincinnati (OH) — Fall 2:58 · View bout
  8. Pat Milkovich (5), Michigan State over Danny Monroe, East Carolina (NC) — Dec 12–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Fjetland (7), Iowa State over Joe Zychowicz, Ohio — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Chris Quigley, Illinois State over Dave Ember, Toledo (OH) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Jeff Lamphere (8), Minnesota over John Berry, Idaho State — Sup 15–2 · View bout
  4. Pat Milkovich (5), Michigan State over Fred Hahndorf, Navy (MD) — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Chris Quigley, Illinois State over Bill Fjetland (7), Iowa State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Pat Milkovich (5), Michigan State over Jeff Lamphere (8), Minnesota — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Pat Milkovich (5), Michigan State over Chris Quigley, Illinois State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Dan Wehby, Georgia Tech over Chris Black (3), Franklin & Marshall (PA) — MFF · View bout
  2. Dave Romero, New Mexico over Larry Soto, Portland State (OR) — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  3. Eddie Webb, Oklahoma over Danny Monroe, East Carolina (NC) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  4. John Gallagher, West Chester (PA) over Don Williams, Drake (IA) — Fall 3:21 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Dave Ember, Toledo (OH) over Dan Wehby, Georgia Tech — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Eddie Webb, Oklahoma over Fred Hahndorf, Navy (MD) — Dflt · View bout
  3. Joe Zychowicz, Ohio over Dave Romero, New Mexico — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  4. John Berry, Idaho State over John Gallagher, West Chester (PA) — Fall 5:47 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Eddie Webb, Oklahoma over John Berry, Idaho State — Dec 9–0 · View bout
  2. Joe Zychowicz, Ohio over Dave Ember, Toledo (OH) — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Eddie Webb, Oklahoma over Bill Fjetland (7), Iowa State — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  2. Joe Zychowicz, Ohio over Jeff Lamphere (8), Minnesota — Dec 10–5 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Eddie Webb, Oklahoma over Joe Zychowicz, Ohio — Dec 6–2 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Bill Fjetland (7), Iowa State over Jeff Lamphere (8), Minnesota — Dec 5–2 · View bout