NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1973 NCAA Championships

190 lb

Champion Greg Strobel, Oregon State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

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

  1. 1Greg StrobelORST
  2. 2Johnny JohnsonNIU
  3. 3Ben OhaiBYU
  4. 4Fletcher CarrTAMP
  5. 5Al NacinISU
  6. 6Russ JohnsonOHIO

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Championship

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Championship

Opening round · 2 bouts

30 byes into the round of 32

  1. George Calloway, Auburn (AL) over Pat Mulhern, Delaware — Fall 6:50 · View bout
  2. Mike Woelffer, Illinois State over Nate Kempler, Purdue (IN) — Dec 12–6 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Al Nacin (2), Iowa State over George Calloway, Auburn (AL) — Fall 3:51 · View bout
  2. Ben Ohai (5), Brigham Young (UT) over Jerry Guth, Wisconsin — Dec 9–0 · View bout
  3. Bill Allen, Washington (WA) over Rich Zweig, Pennsylvania — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  4. Craig Tritch (8), Pittsburgh (PA) over John Berg, Fresno State (CA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  5. Dan Jones, Marquette (WI) over Kevin Quigley, Oklahoma — Fall 5:36 · View bout
  6. Fletcher Carr (3), Tampa (FL) over Evan Johnson, Minnesota — Fall 2:17 · View bout
  7. Greg Strobel (1), Oregon State over Mike Woelffer, Illinois State — Fall 6:19 · View bout
  8. Jeff Simons, Navy (MD) over Fred Penrod, Iowa — Fall 9:48 · View bout
  9. John Bell, Nebraska over Joel Savage, Utah — Fall 1:24 · View bout
  10. Johnny Johnson, Northern Illinois over Alex Macaluso (6), Oklahoma State — Fall 4:08 · View bout
  11. Keith Leland, California-Poly over Mike Furiness, William & Mary (VA) — Sup 11–1 · View bout
  12. Kirk Thorburn, California-Berkeley over John Buxton, Montana — Fall 3:48 · View bout
  13. Martin Roberts, Portland State (OR) over Jim Conterato, Dartmouth (NH) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  14. Russ Johnson (4), Ohio over Neal Brendel, Yale (CT) — Fall 2:49 · View bout
  15. Tom Lowe, North Dakota State over Tom Swoyer, Drake (IA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  16. Wes Hines (7), Oregon over Rich Ragan, Maryland — Dec 13–9 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Al Nacin (2), Iowa State over Tom Lowe, North Dakota State — Sup 16–1 · View bout
  2. Ben Ohai (5), Brigham Young (UT) over Dan Jones, Marquette (WI) — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  3. Craig Tritch (8), Pittsburgh (PA) over Keith Leland, California-Poly — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  4. Fletcher Carr (3), Tampa (FL) over Bill Allen, Washington (WA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  5. Greg Strobel (1), Oregon State over John Bell, Nebraska — Fall 5:32 · View bout
  6. Jeff Simons, Navy (MD) over Wes Hines (7), Oregon — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  7. Johnny Johnson, Northern Illinois over Martin Roberts, Portland State (OR) — Fall 7:10 · View bout
  8. Russ Johnson (4), Ohio over Kirk Thorburn, California-Berkeley — Dec 9–1 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Al Nacin (2), Iowa State over Jeff Simons, Navy (MD) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Greg Strobel (1), Oregon State over Craig Tritch (8), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 8–0 · View bout
  3. Johnny Johnson, Northern Illinois over Fletcher Carr (3), Tampa (FL) — Dec 12–3 · View bout
  4. Russ Johnson (4), Ohio over Ben Ohai (5), Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 14–7 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Greg Strobel (1), Oregon State over Russ Johnson (4), Ohio — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Johnny Johnson, Northern Illinois over Al Nacin (2), Iowa State — Fall 0:58 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Greg Strobel (1), Oregon State over Johnny Johnson, Northern Illinois — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Alex Macaluso (6), Oklahoma State over Martin Roberts, Portland State (OR) — Fall 3:50 · View bout
  2. George Calloway, Auburn (AL) over Tom Lowe, North Dakota State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. John Bell, Nebraska over Mike Woelffer, Illinois State — Fall 5:51 · View bout
  4. Kirk Thorburn, California-Berkeley over Neal Brendel, Yale (CT) — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Consolation round 4 · 4 bouts

  1. Ben Ohai (5), Brigham Young (UT) over Kirk Thorburn, California-Berkeley — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Fletcher Carr (3), Tampa (FL) over Alex Macaluso (6), Oklahoma State — Fall 5:05 · View bout
  3. George Calloway, Auburn (AL) over Jeff Simons, Navy (MD) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  4. John Bell, Nebraska over Craig Tritch (8), Pittsburgh (PA) — MFF · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Ben Ohai (5), Brigham Young (UT) over John Bell, Nebraska — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Fletcher Carr (3), Tampa (FL) over George Calloway, Auburn (AL) — Dec 9–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ben Ohai (5), Brigham Young (UT) over Al Nacin (2), Iowa State — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  2. Fletcher Carr (3), Tampa (FL) over Russ Johnson (4), Ohio — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ben Ohai (5), Brigham Young (UT) over Fletcher Carr (3), Tampa (FL) — Dec 13–4 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Al Nacin (2), Iowa State over Russ Johnson (4), Ohio — Dec 5–4 · View bout