NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1959 NCAA Championships

115 lb

Champion Andy Fitch, Yale (CT).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Andy FitchYale (CT)
  2. 2John 'Dick' WilsonToledo (OH)
  3. 3Bob TaylorOKST
  4. 4John 'Jack' ThamertMinnesota-Mankato

Championship

Round of 32 · 2 bouts

  1. Don Huff, Northern Colorado over John Dooley, Kansas State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. John 'Dick' Wilson (2), Toledo (OH) over Regan Wright, Oklahoma — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Andy Fitch (4), Yale (CT) over Fred Lamb, Indiana (IN) — Fall 3:55 · View bout
  2. Bob Taylor (1), Oklahoma State over Don Webster, Iowa State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  3. Dick Williams (3), Western Colorado over Jim Whitmer, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  4. Don Huff, Northern Colorado over Ray Osborne, Maryland — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  5. John 'Dick' Wilson (2), Toledo (OH) over Bill Seery, Colorado Mines — Dec 9–0 · View bout
  6. John 'Jack' Thamert, Minnesota-Mankato over Mike Grandstaff, Virginia Tech — Fall 6:31 · View bout
  7. Larry Moser (6), Iowa over Larry Guldberg, Northern Iowa — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  8. Mitzi Tamura (5), Oregon State over Fred Rittschoff, Wisconsin — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Andy Fitch (4), Yale (CT) over Mitzi Tamura (5), Oregon State — Fall 6:58 · View bout
  2. Bob Taylor (1), Oklahoma State over Don Huff, Northern Colorado — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  3. John 'Dick' Wilson (2), Toledo (OH) over John 'Jack' Thamert, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  4. Larry Moser (6), Iowa over Dick Williams (3), Western Colorado — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Andy Fitch (4), Yale (CT) over Bob Taylor (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. John 'Dick' Wilson (2), Toledo (OH) over Larry Moser (6), Iowa — MFF · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Andy Fitch (4), Yale (CT) over John 'Dick' Wilson (2), Toledo (OH) — Dec 8–7 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

  1. Regan Wright, Oklahoma over Bill Seery, Colorado Mines — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. John 'Jack' Thamert, Minnesota-Mankato over Regan Wright, Oklahoma — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Mitzi Tamura (5), Oregon State over Fred Lamb, Indiana (IN) — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Taylor (1), Oklahoma State over Mitzi Tamura (5), Oregon State — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. John 'Jack' Thamert, Minnesota-Mankato over Larry Moser (6), Iowa — MFF · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Bob Taylor (1), Oklahoma State over John 'Jack' Thamert, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Bouts as the source workbook records them, in round order. No bracket positions or byes are inferred.