NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1972 NCAA Championships

158 lb

Champion Carl Adams, Iowa State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Carl AdamsISU
  2. 2Stan DziedzicSRU
  3. 3Alan AlbrightOKST
  4. 4Rick RadmanMSU
  5. 5Larry JohnsonNIU
  6. 6Jan SandersonIOWA

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Championship

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Championship

Opening round · 5 bouts

27 byes into the round of 32

  1. Dave Chandler, Boise State (ID) over Greg Rozak, Colorado State — Fall 4:30 · View bout
  2. John Chatman, Pittsburgh (PA) over Paul Johnson, Appalachian State (NC) — Sup 12–2 · View bout
  3. Jules Plaisance, Louisiana State over Phil Smith, Virginia Military — Fall 5:47 · View bout
  4. Mitch Mendrygal, Michigan over Wayne 'Corky' Napier, Fresno State (CA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  5. Vane Overturff, Drake (IA) over Allyn Cooke, California-Poly — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Alan Albright, Oklahoma State over Vane Overturff, Drake (IA) — Dec 13–7 · View bout
  2. Brad Davis (8), Washington State over Steve Ravenscroft, Nebraska — Fall 1:59 · View bout
  3. Carl Adams (2), Iowa State over John Matthews, Central Michigan — Sup 13–3 · View bout
  4. Chris Koll, Penn State over John Bradshaw, Wisconsin-Milwaukee — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  5. Dennis Garetano, Hofstra (NY) over Matthew Tydor, New York — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  6. Don Evans, Oregon over Gene Patch, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  7. George Myers, Maryland over Alan Gaby, Yale (CT) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  8. Greg Karabin, Lehigh (PA) over Bruce Hosta, Ohio — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  9. Jan Sanderson (7), Iowa over Jules Plaisance, Louisiana State — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  10. Larry Johnson, Northern Illinois over Don Pleasant (5), Washington (WA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  11. Marlin Grahn, Portland State (OR) over Jeff Callard (4), Oklahoma — Fall 6:23 · View bout
  12. Mike Jones (3), Oregon State over Don Stumpf, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Fall 3:43 · View bout
  13. Mike Medchill (6), Minnesota-Mankato over Dan Chandler, Minnesota — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  14. Mitch Mendrygal, Michigan over Bruce Wilson, Toledo (OH) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  15. Rick Radman, Michigan State over John Chatman, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  16. Stan Dziedzic (1), Slippery Rock (PA) over Dave Chandler, Boise State (ID) — Sup 12–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Alan Albright, Oklahoma State over Mike Jones (3), Oregon State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Carl Adams (2), Iowa State over George Myers, Maryland — Sup 18–1 · View bout
  3. Jan Sanderson (7), Iowa over Dennis Garetano, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  4. Marlin Grahn, Portland State (OR) over Don Evans, Oregon — Fall 10:28 · View bout
  5. Mike Medchill (6), Minnesota-Mankato over Greg Karabin, Lehigh (PA) — Fall 4:41 · View bout
  6. Mitch Mendrygal, Michigan over Brad Davis (8), Washington State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  7. Rick Radman, Michigan State over Larry Johnson, Northern Illinois — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  8. Stan Dziedzic (1), Slippery Rock (PA) over Chris Koll, Penn State — Sup 17–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Alan Albright, Oklahoma State over Mike Medchill (6), Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Carl Adams (2), Iowa State over Jan Sanderson (7), Iowa — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  3. Rick Radman, Michigan State over Marlin Grahn, Portland State (OR) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  4. Stan Dziedzic (1), Slippery Rock (PA) over Mitch Mendrygal, Michigan — Sup 13–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Carl Adams (2), Iowa State over Alan Albright, Oklahoma State — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  2. Stan Dziedzic (1), Slippery Rock (PA) over Rick Radman, Michigan State — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Carl Adams (2), Iowa State over Stan Dziedzic (1), Slippery Rock (PA) — Dec 7–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Dave Chandler, Boise State (ID) over Chris Koll, Penn State — Fall 4:21 · View bout
  2. John Matthews, Central Michigan over George Myers, Maryland — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  3. Larry Johnson, Northern Illinois over John Chatman, Pittsburgh (PA) — Fall 5:03 · View bout
  4. Mike Jones (3), Oregon State over Vane Overturff, Drake (IA) — Dec 8–0 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Jan Sanderson (7), Iowa over John Matthews, Central Michigan — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  2. Larry Johnson, Northern Illinois over Marlin Grahn, Portland State (OR) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. Mike Medchill (6), Minnesota-Mankato over Mike Jones (3), Oregon State — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  4. Mitch Mendrygal, Michigan over Dave Chandler, Boise State (ID) — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Jan Sanderson (7), Iowa over Mike Medchill (6), Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 11–9 · View bout
  2. Larry Johnson, Northern Illinois over Mitch Mendrygal, Michigan — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Alan Albright, Oklahoma State over Larry Johnson, Northern Illinois — Dec 8–0 · View bout
  2. Rick Radman, Michigan State over Jan Sanderson (7), Iowa — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Alan Albright, Oklahoma State over Rick Radman, Michigan State — Dec 10–7 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Larry Johnson, Northern Illinois over Jan Sanderson (7), Iowa — Dec 7–1 · View bout