The 1966 NCAA University Division Wrestling Championships were the 36th
NCAA University Division Wrestling Championships to be held.
Iowa State University
Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the n ...
in
Ames, Iowa
Ames () is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States, located approximately north of Des Moines in central Iowa. It is best known as the home of Iowa State University (ISU), with leading agriculture, design, engineering, and veterinary medici ...
hosted the tournament at the
Iowa State Armory.
Oklahoma State
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took home the team championship with 79 points despite having three individual champions.
Yojiro Uetake
is a Japanese wrestler and two-time Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling. He is considered the greatest wrestler in the history of Oklahoma State University, being the only Cowboy wrestler to have gone undefeated for the entirety ...
of
Oklahoma State
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was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler and Tom Peckham of
Iowa State
Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the n ...
received the Gorriaran Award.
Team results
Individual finals
References
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NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship
NCAA
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Wrestling competitions in the United States
NCAA University Division Wrestling Championships
NCAA University Division Wrestling Championships
NCAA University Division Wrestling Championships