NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1969 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Chuck Jean, Iowa State.

There is no bracket drawing for this weight yet. Every recorded bout is listed below by round.

Place winners

  1. 1Chuck JeanISU
  2. 2Pete CornellMICH
  3. 3Verlyn StrellnerIOWA
  4. 4Ken BosCP
  5. 5John SorochinskyBYU
  6. 6Jack ZindelMSU

Championship

Opening round · 1 bout

  1. Charles Shivers Jr. (1), Oklahoma over Tom Gambill, Auburn (AL) — Dec 11–2 · View bout

Round of 32 · 16 bouts

  1. Ben Cooper, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Bob Gemignani, Air Force (CO) — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  2. Charles Bishop, Long Beach State (CA) over Ray Millward, Idaho State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  3. Charles Shivers Jr. (1), Oklahoma over Bill Halsey, California-Los Angeles — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  4. Chuck Jean (4), Iowa State over Larry Wollschlager, Texas-El Paso — Dec 11–2 · View bout
  5. Dave Labosky, Pennsylvania over Tom Lees, Washington State — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  6. Gerald Winnard (6), Oklahoma State over Gary Lehr, Oneonta (NY) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  7. Glen Engle, Adams State (CO) over Walt Podgurski (9), Miami (OH) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  8. Harry Bell, Buffalo (NY) over Kemper Chafin, California-Davis — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  9. Jack Zindel (3), Michigan State over Dick Wright, Portland State (OR) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  10. Jim Blackford (10), Oregon State over Gary Lehr, Oneonta (NY) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  11. John Sorochinsky (5), Brigham Young (UT) over Kerry Keith, Davidson (NC) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  12. Ken Bos (2), California-Poly over John Dinger, Army (NY) — Fall 6:30 · View bout
  13. Mike Patterson, Northern Colorado over Frank Galka, Marquette (WI) — Dec 8–0 · View bout
  14. Pete Cornell (7), Michigan over Tim Nichols, Princeton (NJ) — Fall 6:32 · View bout
  15. Steve Roshek, Utah over Ron Tacha, Kansas State — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  16. Verlyn Strellner, Iowa over Ed Bannat (8), Navy (MD) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Charles Shivers Jr. (1), Oklahoma over Mike Patterson, Northern Colorado — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Chuck Jean (4), Iowa State over Charles Bishop, Long Beach State (CA) — Fall 7:50 · View bout
  3. Jack Zindel (3), Michigan State over Jim Blackford (10), Oregon State — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  4. John Sorochinsky (5), Brigham Young (UT) over Dave Labosky, Pennsylvania — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  5. Ken Bos (2), California-Poly over Glen Engle, Adams State (CO) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  6. Pete Cornell (7), Michigan over Ben Cooper, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  7. Steve Roshek, Utah over Gerald Winnard (6), Oklahoma State — Dec 7–7 (tiebreaker) · View bout
  8. Verlyn Strellner, Iowa over Harry Bell, Buffalo (NY) — Fall 4:35 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Chuck Jean (4), Iowa State over John Sorochinsky (5), Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  2. Jack Zindel (3), Michigan State over Steve Roshek, Utah — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  3. Pete Cornell (7), Michigan over Ken Bos (2), California-Poly — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  4. Verlyn Strellner, Iowa over Charles Shivers Jr. (1), Oklahoma — Fall 3:29 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Chuck Jean (4), Iowa State over Verlyn Strellner, Iowa — Dec 13–4 · View bout
  2. Pete Cornell (7), Michigan over Jack Zindel (3), Michigan State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Chuck Jean (4), Iowa State over Pete Cornell (7), Michigan — Fall 7:25 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Ben Cooper, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Tim Nichols, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  2. Charles Bishop, Long Beach State (CA) over Larry Wollschlager, Texas-El Paso — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. John Sorochinsky (5), Brigham Young (UT) over Charles Bishop, Long Beach State (CA) — Fall 4:53 · View bout
  2. Ken Bos (2), California-Poly over Ben Cooper, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ken Bos (2), California-Poly over Jack Zindel (3), Michigan State — Dec 18–4 · View bout
  2. Verlyn Strellner, Iowa over John Sorochinsky (5), Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 7–5 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Verlyn Strellner, Iowa over Ken Bos (2), California-Poly — Dec 6–4 · View bout

5th-place bout · 1 bout

  1. John Sorochinsky (5), Brigham Young (UT) over Jack Zindel (3), Michigan State — Dec 9–8 · View bout