NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1969 NCAA Championships

152 lb

Champion Gobel Kline, Maryland.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Gobel KlineMD
  2. 2Rich MihalIOWA
  3. 3James TanniehillWinona State (MN)
  4. 4Bob Ferraro Sr.Indiana State
  5. 5Carl AdamsISU
  6. 6Kim SniderORST

Championship

Opening round · 5 bouts

  1. Bob Christianson (5), Navy (MD) over Don Horton, Air Force (CO) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. Don Stahlman, New Hampshire over Harold Dahm, Washington (WA) — Dec 9–0 · View bout
  3. John Eagleston, Oklahoma over George Frederick, New Mexico — Dec 14–2 · View bout
  4. Kim Snider, Oregon State over Otto Zeman, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  5. Tim Shade, Idaho State over Mike Mazzitelli, Northern Illinois — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Allen Dunn, California-Los Angeles over Tim Shade, Idaho State — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. Bob Ferraro Sr., Indiana State over Ron Ouellet, Michigan State — Fall 7:55 · View bout
  3. Bruce Trammel, Ohio over Dan Thurlow (8), Colorado State — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  4. Carl Adams, Iowa State over Bob Christianson (5), Navy (MD) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  5. Carl Ragland (3), Old Dominion (VA) over Don Stahlman, New Hampshire — Fall 3:59 · View bout
  6. Charles 'David' Shepherd (6), Utah over Brad Zemmel, Missouri — Fall 8:50 · View bout
  7. Edward Thompson, Bloomsburg (PA) over Chris Samuelson, Drake (IA) — Dec 11–2 · View bout
  8. Gobel Kline (2), Maryland over Mark Hoffman, Army (NY) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  9. James Tanniehill, Winona State (MN) over John Eagleston, Oklahoma — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  10. John Finch (9), California-Poly over Greg Giordano, William & Mary (VA) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  11. Kim Snider, Oregon State over Bill Osborn, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  12. Len Borchers (1), Stanford (CA) over Sam Uhrick, Western Colorado — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  13. Mel Crider, Northern Colorado over Felix Salinas, Arizona State — Fall 7:23 · View bout
  14. Ralph Stansbury, Long Beach State (CA) over Phil Hutchison, Colorado — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  15. Rich Mihal (4), Iowa over Jay Arneson, Oklahoma State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  16. Richard Casey, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Tom Cooper, Montana — Fall 3:38 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bob Ferraro Sr., Indiana State over Carl Ragland (3), Old Dominion (VA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Bruce Trammel, Ohio over Richard Casey, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  3. Carl Adams, Iowa State over Edward Thompson, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 9–8 · View bout
  4. Charles 'David' Shepherd (6), Utah over John Finch (9), California-Poly — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  5. Gobel Kline (2), Maryland over Mel Crider, Northern Colorado — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  6. James Tanniehill, Winona State (MN) over Len Borchers (1), Stanford (CA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  7. Kim Snider, Oregon State over Ralph Stansbury, Long Beach State (CA) — Fall 4:25 · View bout
  8. Rich Mihal (4), Iowa over Allen Dunn, California-Los Angeles — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bob Ferraro Sr., Indiana State over Charles 'David' Shepherd (6), Utah — Fall 7:45 · View bout
  2. Gobel Kline (2), Maryland over Kim Snider, Oregon State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. James Tanniehill, Winona State (MN) over Bruce Trammel, Ohio — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Rich Mihal (4), Iowa over Carl Adams, Iowa State — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Gobel Kline (2), Maryland over Bob Ferraro Sr., Indiana State — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  2. Rich Mihal (4), Iowa over James Tanniehill, Winona State (MN) — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Gobel Kline (2), Maryland over Rich Mihal (4), Iowa — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Jay Arneson, Oklahoma State over Allen Dunn, California-Los Angeles — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Mark Hoffman, Army (NY) over Mel Crider, Northern Colorado — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Carl Adams, Iowa State over Jay Arneson, Oklahoma State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Kim Snider, Oregon State over Mark Hoffman, Army (NY) — Dec 7–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Ferraro Sr., Indiana State over Kim Snider, Oregon State — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  2. James Tanniehill, Winona State (MN) over Carl Adams, Iowa State — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. James Tanniehill, Winona State (MN) over Bob Ferraro Sr., Indiana State — Dec 2–0 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Carl Adams, Iowa State over Kim Snider, Oregon State — Fall 3:32 · View bout

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