59th EIWA Tournament At Navy 3/8-3/9/63 1963 Team Champion Outstanding Wrestler Fletcher Award Sheridan Award Syracuse - 70 Points Kirk Pendleton - Lehigh Kirk Pendleton - Lehigh None Final Team Scores Number of Individual Champs in parentheses 1 Syracuse 70 (1) 2 Lehigh 60 (3) 3 Pittsburgh 59 (1) 4 Navy 47 (2) 5 Rutgers 28 (1) 5 Penn State 28 7 Army 26 (1) 8 Cornell 24 9 Princeton 13 10 Temple 12 11 Pennsylvania 11 12 Columbia 9 13 Yale 7 14 Franklin & Marshall 6 15 Harvard 0 16 Brown -8 Champions and Place Winners Wrestler's seed in brackets, [US] indicates unseeeded. 123 1st: Billy Merriam [1] - Lehigh (WDF 6:50) 2nd: Terry Haise [2] - Syracuse 3rd: Tom Balent [7] - Penn State (1-1, 2-1) 4th: Fred Crawford [4] - Navy 130 1st: Pat Smartt [5] - Lehigh (5-3) 2nd: Mike Johnson [2] - Pittsburgh 3rd: Sonny Greenhalgh [3] - Syracuse (4-3) 4th: Jim Meldrim [4] - Cornell 137 1st: Mike Harman [1] - Navy (2-1) 2nd: Jim Murrin [2] - Syracuse 3rd: Frank O'Korn [US] - Pittsburgh (2-1) 4th: Ed Winborn [3] - Army 147 1st: Mike Natvig [1] - Army (4-0) 2nd: Dick Slutzky [3] - Syracuse 3rd: John Carr [4] - Pittsburgh (WBF 5:46) 4th: Jim Leach [6] - Princeton 157 1st: Kirk Pendleton [1] - Lehigh (WBF 6:56) 2nd: Dave Carey [3] - Navy 3rd: Tim Gay [7] - Pittsburgh (6-5) 4th: George Riedner [5] - Syracuse 167 1st: Jim Harrison [2] - Pittsburgh (5-1) 2nd: Marty Strayer [5] - Penn State 3rd: Pete Cummings [1] - Cornell (3-2) 4th: Gary Sirota [3] - Syracuse 177 1st: Gerry Franzen [US] - Navy (WBF 1:35 OT) 2nd: Ken Barr [5] - Pittsburgh 3rd: John Gladish [6] - Lehigh (3-2) 4th: Dick Armentrout [4] - Princeton 191 1st: Bob Rader [6] - Rutgers (WBF 7:52) 2nd: Steve Speers [5] - Temple 3rd: Gerry Everling [1] - Syracuse (5-3) 4th: John Burns [3] - Lehigh UNL 1st: Jim Nance [1] - Syracuse (5-0) 2nd: Ed Scharer [2] - Rutgers 3rd: Bruce Jacobsohn [5] - Pennsylvania (5-0) 4th: Lou Asack [3] - Columbia Compiled by wrestlingstats.com
1963 EIWA Championship Page 1 of 9 123 Weight Class Billy Merriam, Lehigh [1] Leonard Killian, Pittsburgh Prior, Temple [8] Rich Sofman, Pennsylvania Fred Crawford, Navy [4] Olson, Princeton Don Pike, Rutgers [5] Jerry Dernar, Army Terry Haise, Syracuse [2] Bob Foster, Yale Tom Balent, Penn State [7] Tom Gilmore, Harvard Billy Merriam 6-2 Rich Sofman 2-1 Fred Crawford Fall 2:00 Don Pike 11-4 Terry Haise 8-2 Tom Balent 6-0 Billy Merriam 11-5 Fred Crawford 5-4 Terry Haise RD Billy Merriam 8-2 Billy Merriam DFT 6:50 Mel Mounts, Franklin & Marshall [3] Arnold Lesser, Columbia John Fish, Brown Chuck Bush, Cornell [6] Mel Mounts 8-5 Chuck Bush 18-2 Chuck Bush 12-1 Terry Haise 4-2 Leonard Killian Leonard Killian 3-0 Fred Crawford 2-0 Fred Crawford Rich Sofman Tom Balent 1-1, 2-1 Bob Foster Tom Balent 7-1 Tom Balent 8-6 Chuck Bush Tom Balent
1963 EIWA Championship Page 2 of 9 130 Weight Class Bob Haney, Penn State [1] Bill Wilhelm, Navy Grates, Army [8] Michael Wood, Franklin & Marshall Jim Meldrim, Cornell [4] John Damico, Rutgers Pat Smartt, Lehigh [5] Sam Pierson, Princeton Mike Johnson, Pittsburgh [2] Pete Stergios, Brown Bill Lukens, Pennsylvania [7] Hollister, Columbia Bob Haney 4-2 Grates 7-0 Jim Meldrim Fall 1:34 Pat Smartt 9-0 Mike Johnson Fall 5:28 Bill Lukens Fall 8:36 Bob Haney 4-2 OT Pat Smartt 2-1 Mike Johnson 11-3 Pat Smartt 5-2 Pat Smartt 5-3 Sonny Greenhalgh, Syracuse [3] Mike Graae, Harvard Dodd Fischer, Yale Sam Shipley, Temple [6] Sonny Greenhalgh 10-2 Sam Shipley Fall 4:42 Sonny Greenhalgh 9-4 Mike Johnson 5-3 Sam Pierson Jim Meldrim Fall 1:55 Jim Meldrim 2-0 Bob Haney Jim Meldrim Sonny Greenhalgh 4-3 Pete Stergios Bill Lukens 9-0 Sonny Greenhalgh 8-3 Sonny Greenhalgh Bill Lukens
1963 EIWA Championship Page 3 of 9 137 Weight Class Mike Harman, Navy [1] Gershon Levinson, Columbia Paul Martin, Franklin & Marshall [8] Phil Fether, Yale Joe DeMeo, Cornell [4] Mark Piven, Penn State Bill Watkins, Rutgers [5] Frank O'Korn, Pittsburgh Jim Murrin, Syracuse [2] Paul Mauriello, Temple John Leek, Lehigh [7] Linn, Harvard Mike Harman Fall 2:48 Paul Martin 5-3 Joe DeMeo 7-4 Frank O'Korn 9-3 Jim Murrin 10-3 John Leek 11-3 Mike Harman 6-1 Frank O'Korn 5-2 Jim Murrin 6-1 Mike Harman 9-2 Mike Harman 2-1 Ed Winborn, Army [3] Chris Olmstead, Pennsylvania Don Taylor, Princeton Ken Linker, Brown [6] Ed Winborn 5-0 Ken Linker Fall 4:18 Ed Winborn 3-1 Jim Murrin 4-1 OT Gershon Levinson Paul Martin Fall 5:10 Frank O'Korn 2-1 Frank O'Korn Paul Martin Frank O'Korn 2-1 Paul Mauriello John Leek 7-3 Ed Winborn 4-2 Ed Winborn John Leek
1963 EIWA Championship Page 4 of 9 147 Weight Class Mike Natvig, Army [1] Fred Buell, Yale Henry Mazzoni, Rutgers [8] Carl Capra, Cornell John Carr, Pittsburgh [4] Tom McMahan, Pennsylvania Doug Koch, Lehigh [5] Sam Dutrow, Navy George Edwards, Penn State [2] John Borgeson, Temple Conrad Zimmerman, Franklin & Marshall [7] Dave Westfall, Brown Mike Natvig 6-0 Carl Capra 3-2 John Carr 8-1 Doug Koch 6-0 George Edwards 6-0 Conrad Zimmerman Fall 6:46 Mike Natvig 8-0 John Carr 6-2 George Edwards 5-2 Mike Natvig 4-2 Mike Natvig 4-0 Dick Slutzky, Syracuse [3] Bob Mayer, Columbia John Daniels, Harvard Jim Leach, Princeton [6] Dick Slutzky 8-0 Jim Leach 6-1 Dick Slutzky 4-2 Dick Slutzky 2-1 OT Fred Buell Carl Capra 3-1 John Carr 4-0 John Carr Carl Capra John Carr Fall 5:46 Bob Mayer Jim Leach Med FFT Jim Leach 6-1 George Edwards Jim Leach
1963 EIWA Championship Page 5 of 9 157 Weight Class Kirk Pendleton, Lehigh [1] Burt O'Donald, Pennsylvania Roger Farrington, Brown [8] John Bogert, Yale Art Weiss, Penn State [4] Carl Schnabel, Franklin & Marshall George Riedner, Syracuse [5] Rick Eckler, Princeton Dave Steiler, Temple [2] Tom Thompson, Army Bye Tim Gay, Pittsburgh [7] Kirk Pendleton Fall 0:50 John Bogert Fall 5:29 Art Weiss Fall 6:25 George Riedner 9-6 Tom Thompson 6-1 Tim Gay Kirk Pendleton 18-0 George Riedner 6-5 Tim Gay 4-2 Kirk Pendleton Fall 4:28 Kirk Pendleton Fall 6:56 Dave Carey, Navy [3] Mike Schlanger, Columbia Tom Healy, Rutgers Dennis Makarainen, Cornell [6] Dave Carey Fall 1:19 Dennis Makarainen 12-4 Dave Carey 9-1 Dave Carey Fall 7:34 Burt O'Donald John Bogert Fall 0:57 George Riedner 6-0 George Riedner John Bogert Tim Gay 6-5 Mike Schlanger Dennis Makarainen 8-0 Tim Gay Fall 3:18 Tim Gay Dennis Makarainen
1963 EIWA Championship Page 6 of 9 167 Weight Class Pete Cummings, Cornell [1] Harley Ferguson, Lehigh Will Elting, Yale [8] Jeff Hoaster, Franklin & Marshall Jim Rockenback, Princeton [4] Wilbur Gattuso, Temple Marty Strayer, Penn State [5] Klein, Rutgers Jim Harrison, Pittsburgh [2] John Dutton, Brown Fred Pereira, Harvard [7] Klanzahler, Pennsylvania Pete Cummings 12-7 Will Elting 5-0 Jim Rockenback 4-3 Marty Strayer Fall 4:39 Jim Harrison Fall 2:26 Fred Pereira Fall 1:47 Pete Cummings RD Marty Strayer 2-1 OT Jim Harrison Fall 4:34 Marty Strayer 7-4 Jim Harrison 5-1 Gary Sirota, Syracuse [3] Peter Morgan, Navy Louis Roumagoux, Columbia Bob Arvin, Army [6] Gary Sirota 7-2 Louis Roumagoux 16-4 Gary Sirota 6-0 Jim Harrison 6-1 Klein Klein 3-0 Pete Cummings Fall 5:20 Pete Cummings Jim Rockenback Pete Cummings 3-2 John Dutton Fred Pereira Fall 3:50 Gary Sirota 3-0 Gary Sirota Fred Pereira
1963 EIWA Championship Page 7 of 9 177 Weight Class Lew Roberts, Syracuse [1] Mike Gill, Penn State Ben Brooks, Harvard [8] Mike Wittenberg, Cornell Dick Armentrout, Princeton [4] Bob Dubner, Franklin & Marshall Ken Barr, Pittsburgh [5] Tom Little, Temple Ray Nickla, Army [2] John Wilbur, Yale Bye Ben Joseph, Pennsylvania [7] Mike Gill RD Ben Brooks 10-8 Dick Armentrout Fall 2:44 Ken Barr 21-1 Ray Nickla 8-4 Ben Joseph Mike Gill 6-2 Ken Barr 8-5 Ray Nickla 5-2 Ken Barr 2-0 Gerry Franzen Fall 10:05 OT Stan Yancovitz, Columbia [3] Dennis Focht, Rutgers Gerry Franzen, Navy John Gladish, Lehigh [6] Stan Yancovitz DFT Gerry Franzen 8-2 Gerry Franzen 6-2 OT Gerry Franzen 8-4 Tom Little Dick Armentrout 13-2 Dick Armentrout 5-0 Mike Gill Dick Armentrout John Gladish 3-2 John Gladish John Gladish 5-0 John Gladish Med FFT Ray Nickla Stan Yancovitz
1963 EIWA Championship Page 8 of 9 191 Weight Class Gerry Everling, Syracuse [1] Hoffman, Harvard Velonis, Columbia [8] Steve Sawyer, Pennsylvania Ron Tebben, Navy [4] Gwynn Vaughnan, Army Steve Speers, Temple [5] Steve Hammalian, Brown Ed Pohland, Penn State [2] John Towers, Princeton Ron Zeiler, Franklin & Marshall [7] Bob Hannah, Yale Gerry Everling Fall 6:29 Velonis 8-0 Gwynn Vaughnan 7-6 Steve Speers 6-2 Ed Pohland 7-2 Bob Hannah 5-4 Gerry Everling 9-1 Steve Speers 8-3 Ed Pohland 6-0 Steve Speers 5-3 Bob Rader Fall 6:52 John Burns, Lehigh [3] Olin, Cornell Britton, Pittsburgh Bob Rader, Rutgers [6] John Burns Fall 6:21 Bob Rader Fall 7:23 Bob Rader 8-2 Bob Rader Fall 6:28 Steve Hammalian Gwynn Vaughnan 3-1 Gerry Everling 8-2 Gerry Everling Gwynn Vaughnan Gerry Everling 6-2 Britton John Burns 6-0 John Burns 6-3 Ed Pohland John Burns
1963 EIWA Championship Page 9 of 9 UNL Weight Class Jim Nance, Syracuse [1] Bill Manuel, Yale Earl Bishop, Navy [8] Berkheimer, Franklin & Marshall John Illengwarth, Lehigh [4] Dick Walker, Penn State Bruce Jacobsohn, Pennsylvania [5] Bob Fastov, Harvard Ed Scharer, Rutgers [2] Bob Coulson, Army Bye Jeff Ware, Pittsburgh [7] Jim Nance Fall 2:16 Earl Bishop 6-0 John Illengwarth 6-0 Bruce Jacobsohn 3-0 Ed Scharer 6-3 Jeff Ware Jim Nance 6-0 Bruce Jacobsohn 7-6 Ed Scharer 4-3 Jim Nance Fall 7:32 Jim Nance 5-0 Lou Asack, Columbia [3] Bill Lites, Temple Al Swenson, Princeton Joe Bruchac, Cornell [6] Lou Asack 6-3 Joe Bruchac Fall 5:29 Lou Asack 7-2 OT Ed Scharer 6-0 Bill Manuel Bill Manuel 4-2 Bruce Jacobsohn 2-0 Bruce Jacobsohn Earl Bishop Bruce Jacobsohn 5-0 Bob Coulson Bob Coulson Fall 3:15 Lou Asack 10-2 Lou Asack Jeff Ware