NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1961 NCAA Championships

191 lb

Champion Leonard Lordino, Northern Colorado.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Leonard LordinoUNCO
  2. 2Lavern 'Nick' KohlsColorado State
  3. 3Ronnie ClintonOKST
  4. 4Dave AngellLEH

Championship

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Allan Jaklich (2), Northwestern (IL) over Pat Clock, Lewis & Clark (OR) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Dave Angell, Lehigh (PA) over Owen 'Howard' Colling, Wyoming — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  3. John Griffith (3), Navy (MD) over Merle Prebel, Michigan State — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  4. Karl Fink (5), Michigan over Lance Parker, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  5. Lavern 'Nick' Kohls, Colorado State over Frank Kurtenbach, South Dakota State — Fall 8:18 · View bout
  6. Leonard Lordino (1), Northern Colorado over Maurice Bush, Washington (WA) — Dec 14–0 · View bout
  7. Ronnie Clinton (6), Oklahoma State over Darrel Kauffman, Oregon State — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  8. Von Henry (4), Oklahoma over Wayne Atkins, California-Los Angeles — Dec 8–1 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Lavern 'Nick' Kohls, Colorado State over Allan Jaklich (2), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Leonard Lordino (1), Northern Colorado over Dave Angell, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 13–5 · View bout
  3. Ronnie Clinton (6), Oklahoma State over John Griffith (3), Navy (MD) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  4. Von Henry (4), Oklahoma over Karl Fink (5), Michigan — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Lavern 'Nick' Kohls, Colorado State over Ronnie Clinton (6), Oklahoma State — Dec 2–2 · View bout
  2. Leonard Lordino (1), Northern Colorado over Von Henry (4), Oklahoma — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Leonard Lordino (1), Northern Colorado over Lavern 'Nick' Kohls, Colorado State — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Allan Jaklich (2), Northwestern (IL) over Frank Kurtenbach, South Dakota State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Dave Angell, Lehigh (PA) over Maurice Bush, Washington (WA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dave Angell, Lehigh (PA) over Von Henry (4), Oklahoma — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  2. Ronnie Clinton (6), Oklahoma State over Allan Jaklich (2), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 4–4 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ronnie Clinton (6), Oklahoma State over Dave Angell, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

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