NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1962 NCAA Championships

157 lb

Champion Jack Flasche, Northern Colorado.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Jack FlascheUNCO
  2. 2Phil KinyonOKST
  3. 3Ron PiferPSU
  4. 4Jim ReifsteckMINN

Championship

Round of 32 · 6 bouts

  1. Dave Wight, Wyoming over David Gibson (5), Purdue (IN) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  2. Doug Koch, Lehigh (PA) over Gary Pesuit, Kent State (OH) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. Earl Perillo Jr. (6), Oklahoma over John Sterner, South Dakota State — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  4. Eugene Kerin (4), Maryland over Dick Smith, Iowa State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  5. Phil Kinyon (1), Oklahoma State over Bob Hatcher, Virginia Tech — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  6. Ron Pifer (2), Penn State over Dave Moore, Northwest Missouri State — Fall 4:57 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Dave Wight, Wyoming over Dick Ornstein, Miami (OH) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Earl Perillo Jr. (6), Oklahoma over Monte Peterson, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  3. Eugene Kerin (4), Maryland over Richard Blackman, North Carolina — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  4. Jack Flasche, Northern Colorado over Doug Koch, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  5. Jim Reifsteck, Minnesota over Irving Johnston, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  6. Phil Kinyon (1), Oklahoma State over John Beisner, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  7. Ron Pifer (2), Penn State over Robert 'Hap' Fry Jr., Michigan State — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  8. Steve Combs (3), Iowa over Gene Bower, Western Colorado — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dave Wight, Wyoming over Eugene Kerin (4), Maryland — Dec 11–9 · View bout
  2. Earl Perillo Jr. (6), Oklahoma over Steve Combs (3), Iowa — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  3. Jack Flasche, Northern Colorado over Ron Pifer (2), Penn State — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  4. Phil Kinyon (1), Oklahoma State over Jim Reifsteck, Minnesota — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jack Flasche, Northern Colorado over Earl Perillo Jr. (6), Oklahoma — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Phil Kinyon (1), Oklahoma State over Dave Wight, Wyoming — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Jack Flasche, Northern Colorado over Phil Kinyon (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

  1. Bob Hatcher, Virginia Tech over John Beisner, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 8–4 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Jim Reifsteck, Minnesota over Bob Hatcher, Virginia Tech — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Ron Pifer (2), Penn State over Doug Koch, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jim Reifsteck, Minnesota over Dave Wight, Wyoming — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  2. Ron Pifer (2), Penn State over Earl Perillo Jr. (6), Oklahoma — Dec 7–4 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ron Pifer (2), Penn State over Jim Reifsteck, Minnesota — Fall 2:46 · View bout

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