Defending the Title: 1967: Those Who Did and Those Who Didn't Defend the Title

 Portland State's Rick Sanders won his second NCAA DI title as Mike Caruso of Lehigh won his third. 

1967 Champion 130
David McGuire of Oklahoma 

A three time State champion out of Sand Springs, McGuire won his first NCAA title as a sophomore here in 1967.  In 1968 he'd settle for NCAA runner-up honors, reclaiming his throne in his senior season of 1969. 

1967 Champion 137 
Dale Anderson of Michigan State 

A two time Iowa state champion out of Waterloo West, Anderson made All American status his sophomore season with a fifth place finish at the NCAA championships.  Winning the 1967 NCAA title, he would repeat again in 1968.  Also a champion ping-pong player, Anderson later became a professor of law at Michigan State. 

1967 Champion 145
Don Henderson of Air Force 

A three time Mountain Intercollegiate Wrestling Association champion, Henderson was a junior when he won the NCAA title for the Falcons.  He did not place at the 1968 championships. 

1967 Champion 152
Jim Kamman of Michigan 

Coming to Michigan from Minnesota, Kamman was a senior when he won the NCAA title for the Wolverines. Also placing third as a junior, Kamman later served our country during Vietnam as a member of the Marines. 

1967 Champion 160 
Vic Marcucci of Iowa State 

An Illinois state champion for Reavis High School, Marcucci was a three time All American for the Cyclones. After placing 3rd in 1965 and 2nd in 1966, Marcucci capped off his career with the NCAA title.  He later coached at Iowa, Iowa State and Temple. 

1967 Champion 167 
George Radman of Michigan State 

Based on his nonchalant attitude and easy going demeanor, one might not have expected George Radman to have been the talented grappler that he was.  He once told head coach Grady Peninger that his perspective on a national title as, "hmm, will it help me own my own farm one day?" Nevertheless Radman won a state title for Granby High School in Virginia, winning the national title for the Spartans as a senior in 1967.  Whether or not it helped him in farming later on, that I cannot answer. 

1967 Champion 177 
Fred Fozzard of Oklahoma State 

Taking NCAA runner-up honors in 1966, Fozzard won the NCAA title as a junior in 1967. He would place third at the 1968 NCAA championships.  He later won Bronze at the 1969 World Championships. 

1967 Champion 191
Tom Schlendorf of Syracuse 

Schlendorf was a senior when he won the NCAA title for the Orangemen. 

1967 Champion UNL 
Curley Culp of Arizona State 

A gifted athlete on the football field, Culp played both sides of the ball for the Sun Devils.  Winning the NCAA title in 1967 as a senior, Culp also won the Gorriaran award for the most amount of falls in the least amount of time.  Playing for Denver, Kansas City, Houston and Detroit, Culp had an extremely successful career in the NFL, being a member of a Super Bowl champion team. 

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Sanders and Caruso previously mentioned 

McGuire would not repeat in 1968, but would repeat in 1969

Anderson repeated in 1968

Henderson and Fozzard would not repeat

Kamman, Marcucci, Radman, Schlendorf and Culp all seniors.