NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1966 NCAA Championships

152 lb

Champion Dick Cook, Michigan State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Dick CookMSU
  2. 2Joe BavaroGettysburg (PA)
  3. 3Jim KammanMICH
  4. 4Mike RedingOKST
  5. 5Alan FrudeWYO
  6. 6Bill BrownKansas State

Championship

Round of 32 · 15 bouts

  1. Al Lilley, Temple (PA) over Dick Heinzelman, Wisconsin — Dec 20–13 · View bout
  2. Bill Brown, Kansas State over Joe Krisko, Bowling Green (OH) — Dec 11–9 · View bout
  3. Clair Riley, Pittsburgh (PA) over Gary Jensen, Utah — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  4. Dick Cook (3), Michigan State over Peter Reed, Wesleyan (CT) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  5. Dick Dewalt (5), Penn State over David Cooper, Georgia — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  6. Don Hall, Arizona over Bob Gendler, Kent State (OH) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  7. George 'Greg' Hicks, North Carolina State over Tom Muir, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  8. Gerry Burkhart, Indiana State over Joe Jacobson, North Carolina — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  9. Jim Kamman, Michigan over Joe Gerst, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  10. Joe Bavaro (1), Gettysburg (PA) over Lee Ehler, California-Los Angeles — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  11. John Kent (6), Navy (MD) over Adam Waltz, Lock Haven (PA) — Fall 8:31 · View bout
  12. Mike Reding (4), Oklahoma State over Gary Roberts Sr., New Mexico — Dec 11–1 · View bout
  13. Phillip Buerk, Marquette (WI) over John Miller, California-Poly — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  14. Ray Sepeta, Army (NY) over Rich Wellman, Iowa State — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  15. Wayne Wells (2), Oklahoma over Jerry Peden, Northern Colorado — Fall 5:50 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Alan Frude, Wyoming over John Kent (6), Navy (MD) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Dick Cook (3), Michigan State over Al Lilley, Temple (PA) — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  3. Dick Dewalt (5), Penn State over Phillip Buerk, Marquette (WI) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  4. Jim Kamman, Michigan over George 'Greg' Hicks, North Carolina State — Dec 10–2 · View bout
  5. Joe Bavaro (1), Gettysburg (PA) over Bill Brown, Kansas State — Fall 4:07 · View bout
  6. Mike Reding (4), Oklahoma State over Gerry Burkhart, Indiana State — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  7. Ray Sepeta, Army (NY) over Don Hall, Arizona — Dec 9–8 · View bout
  8. Wayne Wells (2), Oklahoma over Clair Riley, Pittsburgh (PA) — Fall 7:34 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dick Cook (3), Michigan State over Alan Frude, Wyoming — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  2. Jim Kamman, Michigan over Wayne Wells (2), Oklahoma — Fall 7:21 · View bout
  3. Joe Bavaro (1), Gettysburg (PA) over Ray Sepeta, Army (NY) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Mike Reding (4), Oklahoma State over Dick Dewalt (5), Penn State — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dick Cook (3), Michigan State over Jim Kamman, Michigan — Fall 7:48 · View bout
  2. Joe Bavaro (1), Gettysburg (PA) over Mike Reding (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 12–9 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Dick Cook (3), Michigan State over Joe Bavaro (1), Gettysburg (PA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Al Lilley, Temple (PA) over Peter Reed, Wesleyan (CT) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Bill Brown, Kansas State over Lee Ehler, California-Los Angeles — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Alan Frude, Wyoming over Al Lilley, Temple (PA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Bill Brown, Kansas State over Ray Sepeta, Army (NY) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jim Kamman, Michigan over Alan Frude, Wyoming — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Mike Reding (4), Oklahoma State over Bill Brown, Kansas State — Dec 7–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Jim Kamman, Michigan over Mike Reding (4), Oklahoma State — Fall 2:14 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Alan Frude, Wyoming over Bill Brown, Kansas State — Dec 4–1 · View bout

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