NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1961 NCAA Championships

115 lb

Champion Eliott 'Gray' Simons, Lock Haven (PA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Eliott 'Gray' SimonsLH
  2. 2John 'Dick' WilsonToledo (OH)
  3. 3Wally CurtisOU
  4. 4Don WebsterISU

Championship

Round of 16 · 4 bouts

  1. Don Webster (4), Iowa State over John DeAno, Illinois — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. Eliott 'Gray' Simons (1), Lock Haven (PA) over Jyo Umezawa, Oklahoma State — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  3. John 'Dick' Wilson (2), Toledo (OH) over Joe Fox, Northern Iowa — Dec 15–4 · View bout
  4. Wally Curtis, Oklahoma over Okla Johnson (3), Michigan State — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Don Webster (4), Iowa State over Gil Sanchez Sr. (5), Colorado State — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Eliott 'Gray' Simons (1), Lock Haven (PA) over Bill Merriam, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  3. John 'Dick' Wilson (2), Toledo (OH) over Mike Grandstaff, Virginia Tech — Dec 8–0 · View bout
  4. Wally Curtis, Oklahoma over Jerry Perez (6), Oregon State — Dec 11–9 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Eliott 'Gray' Simons (1), Lock Haven (PA) over Don Webster (4), Iowa State — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  2. John 'Dick' Wilson (2), Toledo (OH) over Wally Curtis, Oklahoma — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Eliott 'Gray' Simons (1), Lock Haven (PA) over John 'Dick' Wilson (2), Toledo (OH) — Dec 7–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Merriam, Lehigh (PA) over Jyo Umezawa, Oklahoma State — Fall 5:30 · View bout
  2. Mike Grandstaff, Virginia Tech over Joe Fox, Northern Iowa — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Don Webster (4), Iowa State over Bill Merriam, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Wally Curtis, Oklahoma over Mike Grandstaff, Virginia Tech — Dec 7–6 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Wally Curtis, Oklahoma over Don Webster (4), Iowa State — Dec 4–1 · View bout

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