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30th Annual NCAA Wrestling Championships
Wrestling Tournament
@ Cole Field House (College Park, Maryland)
Thursday-Saturday, March 24-26, 1960

Cole Field House
Cole Field House
University of Maryland's spacious 12,500 seat Field House offered excellent facilities for the National Collegiate A.A. wrestling tournament over the weekend. This was the overall look an hour before Saturday night's finals. SOURCE: The Ithaca Journal, Monday, March 28, 1960.

Album: The Ithaca Journal

Cole Field House Sport Tower Auble, Marion, Stanbro In NCAA Quarterfinals Auble, Stanbro In Tonight's Finals Dave Auble Family Affair Half-Nelson Auble, Two-Time NCAA Champ, To Wrestle Olympic Style

Album: The Baltimore Sun

Terps Plan 5-Mat Show Mat Test Set At Maryland Oklahoma State Choice In College Mat Event At College Park East Matmen Set for Test Les Austin Rory Weber Eugene Kerin Thad Turner Ronnie Clinton, Johnston Oberly Sports Section Favored Oklahoma Arrives for N.C.A.A. Mat Tourney Record 79 Schools in Mat Tournament N.C.A.A. Action Round One Round Two Penn State, Pitt Gain on N.C.A.A. Mat Sooners Near N.C.A.A. Crown N.C.A.A. Mat Results Sooners Win in Wrestling Stan Abel Leads Oklahoma To 5th N.C.A.A. Mat Title

Album: The Morning Call

Turner Has Hopes For NCAA Crown 7 Lehigh Matmen Enter NCAA Meet Al Rushatz, Turner Post NCAA Wins Turner Gains Mat Final, But Rutshatz Decisioned Al(ley) Oop Summaries Turner Tabled Oklahoma Nabs Mat Title; Lehigh's Turner is Beaten

Varsity (Level: Collegiate, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Bowling Green State University [OH], Brown University [RI], Colorado School of Mines [CO], Colorado State University [CO], Cornell College [IA], Cornell University [NY], Indiana University, Bloomington [IN], Iowa State University [IA], Ithaca College [NY], Kansas State University [KS], Kent State University [OH], Knox College [IL], Lehigh University [PA], Lock Haven University [PA], Minnesota State University, Mankato [MN], Northern Illinois University [IL], Northwestern University [IL], Ohio State University [OH], Ohio University [OH], Oklahoma State University [OK], Oregon State University [OR], Pennsylvania State University [PA], Portland State University [OR], Purdue University [IN], Rochester Institute of Technology [NY], Rutgers University [NJ], South Dakota State University [SD], Southern Illinois University Carbondale [IL], Springfield College [MA], Syracuse University [NY], U.S. Coast Guard Academy [CT], U.S. Military Academy (Army) [NY], University of Iowa [IA], University of Maryland, College Park [MD], University of Michigan [MI], University of Minnesota, Twin Cities [MN], University of Nebraska [NB], University of Northern Iowa (Iowa State Teachers College) [IA], University of Oklahoma [OK], University of Oregon [OR], University of Pittsburgh [PA], University of Toledo [OH], University of Utah [UT], University of Wyoming [WY], Virginia Military Institute [VA], Washington State University [WA], Waynesburg University [PA], West Chester University [PA], Yale University [CT]
Team Final
1. University of Oklahoma [OK]  59 points
2. Iowa State University [IA]  40
3. University of Wyoming [WY]  36
4. University of Iowa [IA]  32
5. Oklahoma State University [OK]  29
6. Lock Haven University [PA]  25
7. Pennsylvania State University [PA]  23
8. University of Pittsburgh [PA]  21
9. Northwestern University [IL]  20
10. Cornell University [NY]  17
Northern Illinois University [IL]  17
12. Bowling Green State University [OH]  0
Brown University [RI]  0
Colorado School of Mines [CO]  0
Colorado State University [CO]  0
Cornell College [IA]  0
Indiana University, Bloomington [IN]  0
Ithaca College [NY]  0
Kansas State University [KS]  0
Kent State University [OH]  0
Knox College [IL]  0
Lehigh University [PA]  0
Minnesota State University, Mankato [MN]  0
Ohio State University [OH]  0
Ohio University [OH]  0
Oregon State University [OR]  0
Portland State University [OR]  0
Purdue University [IN]  0
Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]  0
Rutgers University [NJ]  0
South Dakota State University [SD]  0
Southern Illinois University Carbondale [IL]  0
Springfield College [MA]  0
Syracuse University [NY]  0
U.S. Coast Guard Academy [CT]  0
U.S. Military Academy (Army) [NY]  0
University of Maryland, College Park [MD]  0
University of Michigan [MI]  0
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities [MN]  0
University of Nebraska [NB]  0
University of Northern Iowa (Iowa State Teachers College) [IA]  0
University of Oregon [OR]  0
University of Toledo [OH]  0
University of Utah [UT]  0
Virginia Military Institute [VA]  0
Washington State University [WA]  0
Waynesburg University [PA]  0
West Chester University [PA]  0
Yale University [CT]  0
Award Winners
Outstanding Wrestler Award: Dave Auble (Cornell University [NY], 123 lbs)
Championship Final (1st)
115 lbs: Gray Simons (Lock Haven University [PA]) > Dick Wilson (University of Toledo [OH]), JD 5-5
123 lbs: Dave Auble (Cornell University [NY]) > Masaaki Hatta (Oklahoma State University [OK]), DEC 9-5
130 lbs: Stan Abel (University of Oklahoma [OK]) > Larry Lauchle (University of Pittsburgh [PA]), DEC 5-2
137 lbs: Les Anderson (Iowa State University [IA]) > Lester Austin (Syracuse University [NY]), DEC 6-3
147 lbs: Larry Hayes (Iowa State University [IA]) > Jerry Frude (University of Wyoming [WY]), DEC 4-1
157 lbs: Art Kraft (Northwestern University [IL]) > Thad Turner (Lehigh University [PA]), DEC 5-3
167 lbs: Dick Ballinger (University of Wyoming [WY]) > Ronnie Clinton (Oklahoma State University [OK]), DEC 6-4
177 lbs: Roy Conrad (Northern Illinois University [IL]) > David Campbell (University of Oklahoma [OK]), DEC 14-13
191 lbs: George Goodner (University of Oklahoma [OK]) > Jack Stanbro (Ithaca College [NY]), DEC 4-3
HWT: Dale Lewis (University of Oklahoma [OK]) > Sherwyn Thorson (University of Iowa [IA]), DEC 3-1
Consolation Final (3rd)
115 lbs: Dennis Friedericks (Iowa State University [IA]) > Mitsi Tamura (Oregon State University [OR]), DEC 3-0
123 lbs: Dave Hansen (University of Wyoming [WY]) > Tony Macias (University of Oklahoma [OK]), JD 4-4
130 lbs: John Kelly (University of Iowa [IA]) > Ron Hutcherson (Indiana University, Bloomington [IN]), FFT 
137 lbs: Mike Leta (Rutgers University [NJ]) > Pat Semary (Kent State University [OH]), DEC 6-4
147 lbs: Ralph Clark (Lock Haven University [PA]) > Dom Fatta (Purdue University [IN]), DEC 6-3
157 lbs: Bob Marshall (Purdue University [IN]) > Ron Pifer (Pennsylvania State University [PA]), DEC 5-1
167 lbs: Dennis Fitzgerald (University of Michigan [MI]) > Bob Koehen (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities [MN]), DEC 2-1
177 lbs: Al Rushatz (U.S. Military Academy (Army) [NY]) > Bruce Campbell (Oklahoma State University [OK]), DEC 5-4
191 lbs: Paul Eckley (Waynesburg University [PA]) > Gordon Trapp (University of Iowa [IA]), DEC 10-1
HWT: John Oberly (Pennsylvania State University [PA]) > Rory Weber (Northwestern University [IL]), DEC 3-2

Attachments
Brackets (PDF)
Recap by Joe F. Blair (PDF)



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