NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1963 NCAA Championships

115 lb

Champion Arthur 'Bucky' Maughan, Minnesota-Moorhead.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Arthur 'Bucky' MaughanMinnesota-Moorhead
  2. 2Gil Sanchez Sr.Colorado State
  3. 3Tom BalentPSU
  4. 4Lowell StewartISU
  5. 5Wally CurtisOU
  6. 6Okla JohnsonMSU

Championship

Round of 32 · 6 bouts

  1. Don Brown, Cornell College (IA) over Mike 'Buddy' Palmisano, Michigan — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Gil Sanchez Sr. (4), Colorado State over Bill Hughes, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  3. Jyo Umezawa (3), Oklahoma State over Leonard Killian, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  4. Okla Johnson (2), Michigan State over Dale Deffner, Long Beach State (CA) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  5. Steve Walenz, Nebraska over Jon Schrag, Purdue (IN) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  6. Wally Curtis (5), Oklahoma over Charlie Freyermuth, Iowa — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Arthur 'Bucky' Maughan, Minnesota-Moorhead over Steve Walenz, Nebraska — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Don Brown, Cornell College (IA) over Bob Foster, Yale (CT) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  3. Gil Sanchez Sr. (4), Colorado State over Rick Graven, Kent State (OH) — Fall 2:31 · View bout
  4. Jyo Umezawa (3), Oklahoma State over Don Henry, Minnesota — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  5. Lowell Stewart (1), Iowa State over Rich Warnke, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  6. Okla Johnson (2), Michigan State over Gary Pollard, Northern Iowa — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  7. Tom Balent (6), Penn State over Dave Kreider, Northwestern (IL) — Fall 5:31 · View bout
  8. Wally Curtis (5), Oklahoma over Bob Tanita, Arizona — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Arthur 'Bucky' Maughan, Minnesota-Moorhead over Okla Johnson (2), Michigan State — Fall 6:32 · View bout
  2. Gil Sanchez Sr. (4), Colorado State over Wally Curtis (5), Oklahoma — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  3. Lowell Stewart (1), Iowa State over Don Brown, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  4. Tom Balent (6), Penn State over Jyo Umezawa (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–5 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Arthur 'Bucky' Maughan, Minnesota-Moorhead over Tom Balent (6), Penn State — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Gil Sanchez Sr. (4), Colorado State over Lowell Stewart (1), Iowa State — Fall 5:49 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Arthur 'Bucky' Maughan, Minnesota-Moorhead over Gil Sanchez Sr. (4), Colorado State — Fall 8:11 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

  1. Bill Hughes, Bloomsburg (PA) over Rick Graven, Kent State (OH) — Dec 9–6 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Okla Johnson (2), Michigan State over Steve Walenz, Nebraska — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Wally Curtis (5), Oklahoma over Bill Hughes, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Lowell Stewart (1), Iowa State over Wally Curtis (5), Oklahoma — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Tom Balent (6), Penn State over Okla Johnson (2), Michigan State — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Tom Balent (6), Penn State over Lowell Stewart (1), Iowa State — Dec 5–3 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Wally Curtis (5), Oklahoma over Okla Johnson (2), Michigan State — Dec 4–3 · View bout

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