NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1961 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Don Conway, Oregon State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Don ConwayORST
  2. 2David 'Bruce' CampbellOKST
  3. 3Bob MarshallPUR
  4. 4Frank HankinUtah

Championship

Round of 32 · 2 bouts

  1. Dick Zoyhofski, Rochester Tech (NY) over Dennis McCaron, Pacific (OR) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Joseph 'Dennis' Fitzgerald (2), Michigan over Dick Smith, Iowa State — Dec 10–9 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bob Marshall (4), Purdue (IN) over Pete Nelson, Navy (MD) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  2. Braden 'Thad' Turner (1), Lehigh (PA) over Dick Zoyhofski, Rochester Tech (NY) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  3. Dave Abraham, Colorado over Joe Mullins, Iowa — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  4. David 'Bruce' Campbell (3), Oklahoma State over Bob Schluter, Michigan State — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  5. Don Conway (5), Oregon State over Tommy Edgar, Oklahoma — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  6. Frank Hankin (6), Utah over Norm Hoffman, California-Poly — Dec 9–0 · View bout
  7. Jerry Slattery, Minnesota-Mankato over Richard Bell, Washington (WA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  8. Joseph 'Dennis' Fitzgerald (2), Michigan over Jim Blazier, Portland State (OR) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Braden 'Thad' Turner (1), Lehigh (PA) over Jerry Slattery, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. David 'Bruce' Campbell (3), Oklahoma State over Frank Hankin (6), Utah — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Don Conway (5), Oregon State over Bob Marshall (4), Purdue (IN) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  4. Joseph 'Dennis' Fitzgerald (2), Michigan over Dave Abraham, Colorado — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. David 'Bruce' Campbell (3), Oklahoma State over Joseph 'Dennis' Fitzgerald (2), Michigan — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Don Conway (5), Oregon State over Braden 'Thad' Turner (1), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 10–9 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Don Conway (5), Oregon State over David 'Bruce' Campbell (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 7–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Marshall (4), Purdue (IN) over Tommy Edgar, Oklahoma — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  2. Frank Hankin (6), Utah over Bob Schluter, Michigan State — Fall 3:30 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Marshall (4), Purdue (IN) over Braden 'Thad' Turner (1), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Frank Hankin (6), Utah over Joseph 'Dennis' Fitzgerald (2), Michigan — Dec 4–4 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Bob Marshall (4), Purdue (IN) over Frank Hankin (6), Utah — Dec 9–4 · View bout

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