NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1962 NCAA Championships

147 lb

Champion Clifford 'Mike' Natvig Jr., Army (NY).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Clifford 'Mike' Natvig Jr.ARMY
  2. 2Kirk PendletonLEH
  3. 3Harold ThompsonNEB
  4. 4Daryl KelvingtonPITT

Championship

Round of 32 · 12 bouts

  1. Bob Marshall (2), Purdue (IN) over Ron Johnson, Washington (WA) — Fall 7:39 · View bout
  2. Bob Sheppard, Oklahoma State over Walter Parker, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  3. Clifford 'Mike' Natvig Jr., Army (NY) over Harold Thompson (3), Nebraska — Dec 11–8 · View bout
  4. Doug Rickard, Northern Colorado over Billy Gutermuth, Lycoming (PA) — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  5. Jerry Frude, Wyoming over Henry 'Hank' Mazzoni, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  6. Joe Seay, Kansas State over Tom Norton, Colorado State — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  7. Kirk Pendleton (1), Lehigh (PA) over Pat Coniglio, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Fall 4:24 · View bout
  8. Lonnie Rubis (6), Minnesota over Melvin 'Toby' Zweygardt, Oregon State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  9. Orlando Iacovelli, Ithaca (NY) over Frank 'Bud' Belz, Oklahoma — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  10. Pat Varre, Maryland over Pat Reilly, Toledo (OH) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  11. Sydney Walston, Iowa over Larold Peterson, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  12. Virgil Carr (5), Iowa State over Walt 'Monty' Byington, Michigan State — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bob Marshall (2), Purdue (IN) over Pat Varre, Maryland — Fall 4:59 · View bout
  2. Clifford 'Mike' Natvig Jr., Army (NY) over Truman Sandelin, Western Colorado — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  3. Daryl Kelvington (4), Pittsburgh (PA) over Sydney Walston, Iowa — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  4. Jerry Frude, Wyoming over Willis Johnson, North Carolina — Fall 3:45 · View bout
  5. Joe Seay, Kansas State over Virgil Carr (5), Iowa State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  6. Kirk Pendleton (1), Lehigh (PA) over Bob Sheppard, Oklahoma State — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  7. Lonnie Rubis (6), Minnesota over Doug Rickard, Northern Colorado — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  8. Orlando Iacovelli, Ithaca (NY) over Jim Sanford, Northern Iowa — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Clifford 'Mike' Natvig Jr., Army (NY) over Lonnie Rubis (6), Minnesota — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Daryl Kelvington (4), Pittsburgh (PA) over Joe Seay, Kansas State — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  3. Kirk Pendleton (1), Lehigh (PA) over Jerry Frude, Wyoming — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  4. Orlando Iacovelli, Ithaca (NY) over Bob Marshall (2), Purdue (IN) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Clifford 'Mike' Natvig Jr., Army (NY) over Orlando Iacovelli, Ithaca (NY) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Kirk Pendleton (1), Lehigh (PA) over Daryl Kelvington (4), Pittsburgh (PA) — Fall 1:29 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Clifford 'Mike' Natvig Jr., Army (NY) over Kirk Pendleton (1), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Sheppard, Oklahoma State over Pat Coniglio, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Harold Thompson (3), Nebraska over Truman Sandelin, Western Colorado — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Harold Thompson (3), Nebraska over Lonnie Rubis (6), Minnesota — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Jerry Frude, Wyoming over Bob Sheppard, Oklahoma State — Dec 1–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Daryl Kelvington (4), Pittsburgh (PA) over Jerry Frude, Wyoming — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Harold Thompson (3), Nebraska over Orlando Iacovelli, Ithaca (NY) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Harold Thompson (3), Nebraska over Daryl Kelvington (4), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 6–5 · View bout

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