NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1969 NCAA Championships

Unlimited lb

Champion Jess Lewis, Oregon State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Jess LewisORST
  2. 2Jeff SmithMSU
  3. 3John Henry WardOKST
  4. 4Ralph CindrichPITT
  5. 5Wayne BeskeISU
  6. 6Kent OsboeUNI

Championship

Round of 32 · 12 bouts

  1. Dale Stearns (6), Iowa over Tommy Lyons, Georgia — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  2. Dan Kraft, Northwestern (IL) over Pat Mudron, Notre Dame (IN) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  3. James McCue Jr., Bloomsburg (PA) over Bill Luttrell, Oklahoma — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  4. Jeff Smith (2), Michigan State over Bob Knudsen, Missouri — Fall 2:36 · View bout
  5. Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State over Tom 'Otis' Walter (10), Kent State (OH) — Fall 1:00 · View bout
  6. John Henry Ward (3), Oklahoma State over Darrell Brown, Idaho State — Dec 14–3 · View bout
  7. John Imrie, Harvard (MA) over Rick Cahill (7), Arizona State — Fall 7:52 · View bout
  8. Kal Tuinstra, Drake (IA) over Chuck Dressel, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  9. Kent Osboe (4), Northern Iowa over Ken Oyer, Fresno State (CA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  10. Ralph Cindrich (8), Pittsburgh (PA) over Al Blanshan, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 13–7 · View bout
  11. Ralph Sonntag (5), Maryland over Ken Tams, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  12. Wayne Beske, Iowa State over Roger Brown, New Mexico — Dec 7–5 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Dale Stearns (6), Iowa over Henry Muller, Oregon — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Jeff Smith (2), Michigan State over Wayne Beske, Iowa State — Fall 2:21 · View bout
  3. Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State over Dan Kraft, Northwestern (IL) — Fall 0:53 · View bout
  4. John Henry Ward (3), Oklahoma State over Joe Shetzler, Delaware — Fall 6:57 · View bout
  5. John Imrie, Harvard (MA) over Kal Tuinstra, Drake (IA) — Fall 4:06 · View bout
  6. Kent Osboe (4), Northern Iowa over Dick Schumacher (9), East Stroudsburg (PA) — Fall 3:32 · View bout
  7. Ralph Cindrich (8), Pittsburgh (PA) over Frank Holtry, Utah — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  8. Ralph Sonntag (5), Maryland over James McCue Jr., Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Jeff Smith (2), Michigan State over John Imrie, Harvard (MA) — Fall 1:11 · View bout
  2. Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State over Ralph Cindrich (8), Pittsburgh (PA) — Fall 3:14 · View bout
  3. John Henry Ward (3), Oklahoma State over Dale Stearns (6), Iowa — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  4. Kent Osboe (4), Northern Iowa over Ralph Sonntag (5), Maryland — Fall 2:41 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jeff Smith (2), Michigan State over John Henry Ward (3), Oklahoma State — Fall 3:42 · View bout
  2. Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State over Kent Osboe (4), Northern Iowa — Dec 17–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State over Jeff Smith (2), Michigan State — Dec 7–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Tom 'Otis' Walter (10), Kent State (OH) over Dan Kraft, Northwestern (IL) — Fall 3:10 · View bout
  2. Wayne Beske, Iowa State over Bob Knudsen, Missouri — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Ralph Cindrich (8), Pittsburgh (PA) over Tom 'Otis' Walter (10), Kent State (OH) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Wayne Beske, Iowa State over John Imrie, Harvard (MA) — Dec 9–3 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. John Henry Ward (3), Oklahoma State over Wayne Beske, Iowa State — Fall 1:01 · View bout
  2. Ralph Cindrich (8), Pittsburgh (PA) over Kent Osboe (4), Northern Iowa — Dec 11–3 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. John Henry Ward (3), Oklahoma State over Ralph Cindrich (8), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Wayne Beske, Iowa State over Kent Osboe (4), Northern Iowa — Dec 6–4 · View bout

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