NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1961 NCAA Championships

130 lb

Champion Larry Lauchle, Pittsburgh (PA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Larry LauchlePITT
  2. 2Dave JensenUNI
  3. 3Mickey MartinOU
  4. 4Al DeLeonMinnesota-Mankato

Championship

Round of 32 · 4 bouts

  1. Dave Jensen (3), Northern Iowa over Jerry Hoke, Michigan State — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Doug Baillie, Lehigh (PA) over Al Johnson, Minnesota — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Larry Lauchle (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Bob Hubbard, Utah — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  4. Ted Pierce (4), Oklahoma State over Jim Root, California-Poly — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Al DeLeon (2), Minnesota-Mankato over Fred Scott, Miami (OH) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Dave Jensen (3), Northern Iowa over Frank Fuhrer, Washington (WA) — Dec 11–6 · View bout
  3. Doug Baillie, Lehigh (PA) over Jim Woods, Air Force (CO) — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  4. Joe DiBella (6), Coast Guard (CT) over Mike Nissen, Nebraska — Dec 9–0 · View bout
  5. Larry Lauchle (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Rosalio 'Gus' Garcia, Kansas State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  6. Mickey Martin, Oklahoma over Russ McClatchey, Cornell College (IA) — Fall 8:53 · View bout
  7. Ted Pierce (4), Oklahoma State over Al Bevilacqua, New York — Dec 14–14 · View bout
  8. Tom Huff (5), Iowa over Gary Hoagland, Portland State (OR) — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Al DeLeon (2), Minnesota-Mankato over Doug Baillie, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. Dave Jensen (3), Northern Iowa over Joe DiBella (6), Coast Guard (CT) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  3. Larry Lauchle (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Mickey Martin, Oklahoma — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  4. Ted Pierce (4), Oklahoma State over Tom Huff (5), Iowa — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dave Jensen (3), Northern Iowa over Al DeLeon (2), Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  2. Larry Lauchle (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Ted Pierce (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Larry Lauchle (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Dave Jensen (3), Northern Iowa — Dec 7–0 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Hubbard, Utah over Rosalio 'Gus' Garcia, Kansas State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Jerry Hoke, Michigan State over Frank Fuhrer, Washington (WA) — Dec 10–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Jerry Hoke, Michigan State over Joe DiBella (6), Coast Guard (CT) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Mickey Martin, Oklahoma over Bob Hubbard, Utah — n/r · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Al DeLeon (2), Minnesota-Mankato over Jerry Hoke, Michigan State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Mickey Martin, Oklahoma over Ted Pierce (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Mickey Martin, Oklahoma over Al DeLeon (2), Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 6–4 · View bout

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