NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1962 NCAA Championships

Unlimited lb

Champion Sherwyn Thorson, Iowa.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Sherwyn ThorsonIOWA
  2. 2Roger PillathWIS
  3. 3John BaumMSU
  4. 4Rory WeberNW

Championship

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. DeWayne Schroeder, Colorado Mines over Steve Goodsell, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Ed Scharer (4), Rutgers (NJ) over Jerry Seeley, Colorado State — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  3. Jim Raschke (2), Nebraska over LeRoy Sprague, Baldwin Wallace (OH) — Fall 5:02 · View bout
  4. John Baum, Michigan State over Joe Kuhn, Western Colorado — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  5. Merrill Solowin (6), Toledo (OH) over George Gross, Auburn (AL) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  6. Roger Pillath (1), Wisconsin over Everett Knott, Oklahoma State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  7. Rory Weber (5), Northwestern (IL) over Von Henry, Oklahoma — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  8. Sherwyn Thorson (3), Iowa over John Burns, Lehigh (PA) — Fall 3:36 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. John Baum, Michigan State over Jim Raschke (2), Nebraska — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Roger Pillath (1), Wisconsin over DeWayne Schroeder, Colorado Mines — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  3. Rory Weber (5), Northwestern (IL) over Ed Scharer (4), Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Sherwyn Thorson (3), Iowa over Merrill Solowin (6), Toledo (OH) — Fall 3:49 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Roger Pillath (1), Wisconsin over Rory Weber (5), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Sherwyn Thorson (3), Iowa over John Baum, Michigan State — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Sherwyn Thorson (3), Iowa over Roger Pillath (1), Wisconsin — Fall 3:21 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. DeWayne Schroeder, Colorado Mines over Everett Knott, Oklahoma State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Merrill Solowin (6), Toledo (OH) over John Burns, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. John Baum, Michigan State over Merrill Solowin (6), Toledo (OH) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Rory Weber (5), Northwestern (IL) over DeWayne Schroeder, Colorado Mines — Fall 4:44 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. John Baum, Michigan State over Rory Weber (5), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 4–1 · View bout

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