NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1972 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Bill Murdock, Washington (WA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Bill MurdockWASH
  2. 2John PanningMINN
  3. 3Rich BinekISU
  4. 4Albert Sye IIIARIZ
  5. 5Warren ReidOU
  6. 6Eric BatesILST

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Championship

Opening round · 4 bouts

28 byes into the round of 32

  1. Jack Goss, Miami (OH) over Brian Tompkins, West Chester (PA) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  2. Laurent Soucie, Wisconsin over Mike O'Brien, California-Davis — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  3. Tom Hutchinson, Lehigh (PA) over Gene Barber, New Jersey (TCNJ) — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  4. Warren Reid, Oklahoma over Gary Schneider, Florida — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Albert Sye III, Arizona over Bill 'Gibby' Sweet (6), Indiana State — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  2. Bill Bragg (7), Colorado over Stu Horowitz, Rhode Island — Fall 3:06 · View bout
  3. Bill Hill, East Carolina (NC) over Tom Jones, Navy (MD) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  4. Bill Murdock (4), Washington (WA) over Jim Clary, Indiana (IN) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  5. Dan Strode (5), Oklahoma State over Fred Marcello, Buffalo (NY) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  6. Eric Bates, Illinois State over Bob Orwig, Air Force (CO) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  7. Jack Goss, Miami (OH) over Ron Sather, Oregon State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  8. John Panning, Minnesota over Rich Komar, Notre Dame (IN) — Fall 2:28 · View bout
  9. Kevin Milliken, Yale (CT) over Bill Demaray (2), North Dakota State — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  10. Martin Roberts, Portland State (OR) over Laurent Soucie, Wisconsin — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  11. Mike Hansen, Brigham Young (UT) over John Evashevski (8), Iowa — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  12. Rich Binek (3), Iowa State over Mike Mendes, Fresno State (CA) — Fall 4:52 · View bout
  13. Sam Hieronymus, Washington State over Russ Johnson (1), Ohio — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  14. Tom Hutchinson, Lehigh (PA) over Kevin Michaels, Virginia — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  15. Walter Grote, Cornell (NY) over Scott Manley, Montana State — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  16. Warren Reid, Oklahoma over Keith Koziczkowski, Marquette (WI) — Dec 9–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Albert Sye III, Arizona over Martin Roberts, Portland State (OR) — Dec 10–2 · View bout
  2. Bill Bragg (7), Colorado over Jack Goss, Miami (OH) — Sup 13–0 · View bout
  3. Bill Murdock (4), Washington (WA) over Tom Hutchinson, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  4. Eric Bates, Illinois State over Dan Strode (5), Oklahoma State — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  5. John Panning, Minnesota over Kevin Milliken, Yale (CT) — Fall 1:46 · View bout
  6. Rich Binek (3), Iowa State over Walter Grote, Cornell (NY) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  7. Sam Hieronymus, Washington State over Bill Hill, East Carolina (NC) — Sup 15–4 · View bout
  8. Warren Reid, Oklahoma over Mike Hansen, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Albert Sye III, Arizona over Rich Binek (3), Iowa State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Bill Murdock (4), Washington (WA) over Eric Bates, Illinois State — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  3. John Panning, Minnesota over Bill Bragg (7), Colorado — Fall 4:31 · View bout
  4. Warren Reid, Oklahoma over Sam Hieronymus, Washington State — Dec 7–4 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Murdock (4), Washington (WA) over Warren Reid, Oklahoma — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. John Panning, Minnesota over Albert Sye III, Arizona — Fall 3:20 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Bill Murdock (4), Washington (WA) over John Panning, Minnesota — Dec 10–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 2 · 1 bout

  1. Gary Schneider, Florida over Keith Koziczkowski, Marquette (WI) — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Bill 'Gibby' Sweet (6), Indiana State over Martin Roberts, Portland State (OR) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Gary Schneider, Florida over Mike Hansen, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. Kevin Milliken, Yale (CT) over Rich Komar, Notre Dame (IN) — MFF · View bout
  4. Tom Hutchinson, Lehigh (PA) over Jim Clary, Indiana (IN) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Bragg (7), Colorado over Kevin Milliken, Yale (CT) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  2. Eric Bates, Illinois State over Tom Hutchinson, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 15–6 · View bout
  3. Rich Binek (3), Iowa State over Bill 'Gibby' Sweet (6), Indiana State — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  4. Sam Hieronymus, Washington State over Gary Schneider, Florida — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Eric Bates, Illinois State over Sam Hieronymus, Washington State — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  2. Rich Binek (3), Iowa State over Bill Bragg (7), Colorado — Fall 3:58 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Albert Sye III, Arizona over Eric Bates, Illinois State — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  2. Rich Binek (3), Iowa State over Warren Reid, Oklahoma — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Rich Binek (3), Iowa State over Albert Sye III, Arizona — Fall 1:07 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Warren Reid, Oklahoma over Eric Bates, Illinois State — Dec 2–1 · View bout