NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1961 NCAA Championships

123 lb

Champion DuWayne Miller, Oklahoma.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1DuWayne MillerOU
  2. 2Masaaki HattaOKST
  3. 3Richard MartinPITT
  4. 4Franc FreemanUNI

Championship

Round of 32 · 2 bouts

  1. Don Green, Ohio State over Ernie 'Bud' Parker, Oregon State — Dec 11–2 · View bout
  2. George Jurinek, Illinois over Clyde 'Tim' Latta, Oregon — Dec 11–0 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Dave Hansen, Wyoming over George Jurinek, Illinois — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  2. DuWayne Miller (1), Oklahoma over Claude Gonzales, Colorado State — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  3. Franc Freeman (5), Northern Iowa over Jim Simpson, Portland State (OR) — Fall 7:17 · View bout
  4. Frank Coniglio, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Ron Andrews (4), Minnesota — Fall 4:24 · View bout
  5. George Hobbs, Michigan State over Dave Frame, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  6. Lowell Stewart (6), Iowa State over Lanny Bryant, Northern Colorado — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  7. Masaaki Hatta (2), Oklahoma State over Don Green, Ohio State — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  8. Richard Martin (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over Mike Gonzales, Utah — Fall 3:52 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. DuWayne Miller (1), Oklahoma over Dave Hansen, Wyoming — Fall 1:58 · View bout
  2. Franc Freeman (5), Northern Iowa over Frank Coniglio, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  3. Masaaki Hatta (2), Oklahoma State over George Hobbs, Michigan State — Dec 13–6 · View bout
  4. Richard Martin (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over Lowell Stewart (6), Iowa State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. DuWayne Miller (1), Oklahoma over Franc Freeman (5), Northern Iowa — Fall 8:47 · View bout
  2. Masaaki Hatta (2), Oklahoma State over Richard Martin (3), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 9–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. DuWayne Miller (1), Oklahoma over Masaaki Hatta (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. George Hobbs, Michigan State over Don Green, Ohio State — Fall 0:45 · View bout
  2. Mike Gonzales, Utah over Dave Hansen, Wyoming — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Franc Freeman (5), Northern Iowa over Mike Gonzales, Utah — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  2. Richard Martin (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over George Hobbs, Michigan State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Richard Martin (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over Franc Freeman (5), Northern Iowa — Dec 5–4 · View bout

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