1953 NCAA D1 National Championship


Info

Date: March 28-29
Location: University Park, PA
Venue: Rec Building
Host: Pennsylvania State
Teams: 53
Wrestlers: 166


Milestones


Participating Teams

Arkansas State
Army (NY)
Auburn (AL)
Brigham Young (UT)
Brown (RI)
California-Los Angeles
City College (NY)
Colorado
Colorado State
Columbia (NY)
Cornell (IA)
Cornell (NY)
Franklin & Marshall (PA)
Harvard (MA)
Hofstra (NY)
Illinois
Indiana (IN)
Iowa
Iowa State
Ithaca (NY)
Kansas State
Kent State (OH)
Lehigh (PA)
Lincoln (PA)
Lock Haven (PA)
Maryland
Michigan
Michigan State
Millersville (PA)
Minnesota
Minnesota-Mankato
Nebraska
Northern Iowa
Northwestern (IL)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Oregon State
Pennsylvania State
Pittsburgh (PA)
Princeton (NJ)
San Diego State (CA)
South Dakota State
Southern Illinois Carbondale
Springfield (MA)
Syracuse (NY)
Toledo (OH)
Ursinus (PA)
Virginia Military
Virginia Tech
Washington State
Wesleyan (CT)
West Chester (PA)
Wyoming


Participating Wrestlers

115 (12)
Bob Christensen – Northwestern (IL)
Bill Cramp – Pennsylvania State
George Custer – Lock Haven (PA)
Ed Dawkins – Ursinus (PA)
Art Helf – Franklin & Marshall (PA)
Billy Jackson – Arkansas State
Gary McClain – Oregon State
Richard Meeks – Illinois
Chas Ofsthun – Minnesota
Hugh Peery – Pittsburgh (PA)
Ruben Shehigian – Michigan State
Robert Whelan – Southern Illinois Carbondale

123 (20)
Rex Boda – Cornell (NY)
Paul Boyko – Toledo (OH)
Ted Bredehoft – Cornell (IA)
Al Crancer – Arkansas State
Glenn Flegal – Millersville (PA)
Dick Gibson – Washington State
Jack Herschend – Northwestern (IL)
Richard Hockley – Wyoming
Bob Homan – Pennsylvania State
Bob Karns – Army (NY)
John Lee Jr. – Harvard (MA)
Joe Lobaugh – Oklahoma State
Bob Mancuso Sr. – Kansas State
Yukio Matsumoto – Illinois
Pat McCarron – Northern Iowa
Alex McCord – Lehigh (PA)
Dick Mueller – Minnesota
Donald Reece – Oklahoma
Donald Stubblebine – Springfield (MA)
Arnold Wilson – Brigham Young (UT)

130 (15)
Ed Casalicchio – Michigan State
Bob Datteri – Colorado State
Raymond Downey – Auburn (AL)
Phil Duggan – Iowa
Ken Faust – Lehigh (PA)
Jim Howard Sr. – Ithaca (NY)
Richard Leffler – Toledo (OH)
Joseph ‘Dick’ Lemyre – Pennsylvania State
Linn Long – Colorado
Al Motley Jr. – Virginia Tech
Norvard ‘Snip’ Nalan – Michigan
Harold Reece – Oklahoma
Dick Robinson – San Diego State (CA)
Gary Rollins – Brigham Young (UT)
Maris Williams – South Dakota State

137 (18)
Donald Austin – Arkansas State
Orin ‘Clet’ Blegen – Minnesota-Mankato
Norton Compton – Illinois
Len DeAugustino – Lock Haven (PA)
Delance Duncan – Washington State
Eddison Hairston – Lincoln (PA)
Benny Jordan – Brigham Young (UT)
Andrew Kaul – Michigan
George Matthews – Pittsburgh (PA)
Gerry Maurey – Pennsylvania State
Bill Miller – Toledo (OH)
Mark Murray – Cornell (IA)
Rod Norris – Maryland
Sam Ruzic – Iowa State
Ron Scott – Oklahoma
Wes Sterner – Northern Iowa
Donald Thompson – Oklahoma State
John Woodward – Colorado State

147 (19)
Jerry Bains – Auburn (AL)
Leo Ballinger – Wyoming
Frank Bettucci – Cornell (NY)
Ed Brown – Virginia Military
Clayton Carothers – Lincoln (PA)
Warren DePrenger – Cornell (IA)
Bill Elwood – Northwestern (IL)
Don Frey – Pennsylvania State
Bill Garland – Indiana (IN)
Bob Hoke – Michigan State
Delbert Lockwood – Colorado State
Ian MacEwan – Kent State (OH)
Matt Midea – Lock Haven (PA)
Bob Morris – Northern Iowa
Bryan Rayburn – Oklahoma
Joe Scandura – Michigan
Robert Steck – Brigham Young (UT)
Tom Titsworth – Oklahoma State
Charles ‘Chully’ Uram – Pittsburgh (PA)

157 (24)
Joe Arnold – Cornell (NY)
Bill Berry – Virginia Military
Bill Bock – Springfield (MA)
Bob Cobbins – Lincoln (PA)
Edward ‘John’ Eagleton – Oklahoma
Jim Ellis – Indiana (IN)
Bob Fischer – Maryland
Doug Frey – Pennsylvania State
Jim Harmon – Northern Iowa
Leslie Kramer – Kansas State
Ron Larsen – Iowa State
Miles Lee – Michigan
Ed ‘John’ Mahoney – Lehigh (PA)
Jim Miller – Cornell (IA)
Byron Nelson – Washington State
Vito Perrone – Michigan State
Ed Rooney – Syracuse (NY)
Donald Rumsfield – Princeton (NJ)
Dan Sniff – Colorado State
Joe Solomon – Pittsburgh (PA)
Don Strevey – Oklahoma State
Gerald Tebben – Army (NY)
Bill Turley – Hofstra (NY)
Budd Whitehill – Lock Haven (PA)

167 (20)
Harold Broughton – Colorado State
Cochrane Chase – Wesleyan (CT)
Jerry Cooper – Lincoln (PA)
Don Dickason – Cornell (NY)
George Dyer – Springfield (MA)
James ‘Dana’ Eastham – Brown (RI)
Ernie Fischer – Maryland
Robert Hockley – Wyoming
Joe Lemyre – Pennsylvania State
Andy Lentvorsky – Lock Haven (PA)
Fred Loffredo – Northern Iowa
Frank Marks – Oklahoma
Del McGhee – Washington State
Ken Nordquist – Illinois
George ‘Miles’ Nowitzky – Virginia Military
Charles Pankow Jr. – Indiana (IN)
Warren Sonneman – Cornell (IA)
Brien ‘Dale’ Ward – Army (NY)
Don Wem – Toledo (OH)
Carl Wood – Oklahoma State

177 (12)
Ned Blass – Oklahoma State
Bob Craig – Lock Haven (PA)
George Dvorozniak – Pennsylvania State
Otis Keller – Cornell (NY)
Keith Kelley – Oklahoma
Ed Lanzi – Toledo (OH)
Don Lindell – Cornell (IA)
Robert McCullough – Wyoming
Dick O’Shaughnessy – Michigan
Al Paulekas – Army (NY)
Jack Shanahan – Maryland
Bob Wirds – Iowa State

191 (15)
Bob Drake – Maryland
Alan Evans – South Dakota State
Gus Gatto – Northern Iowa
Darlon ‘Doc’ Hearon – Oklahoma
Harold ‘Hal’ Hunter Jr. – Pittsburgh (PA)
Richard ‘Jim’ Macaleer – Princeton (NJ)
Hud Samson – Pennsylvania State
Streeter Shining – Iowa
Alex Sotir – Springfield (MA)
Louis Stadler – Arkansas State
Dick Torio – Toledo (OH)
Pete Veldman – Minnesota
Mel Walden – Iowa State
Charles Weber – West Chester (PA)
Lew Williams – Oregon State

UNL (11)
Dick Beyer – Syracuse (NY)
Jack Ellena Sr. – California-Los Angeles
Ed Husmann – Nebraska
Eldred Kraemer – Pittsburgh (PA)
Henry Littlefield – Columbia (NY)
Bernard Lloyd – City College (NY)
Dan McNair – Auburn (AL)
Jack McNicol – Virginia Tech
Tom Megele – Hofstra (NY)
Gene Nicks – Oklahoma State
Willis Wood – Minnesota


Match Results

Weight Round W First W Last W School Result L First L Last L School W Score L Score Minutes Seconds OT W Seed L Seed Result Notes Notes
115 1st Hugh Peery Pittsburgh (PA) DEC Bob Christensen Northwestern (IL) 5 1 1 0
115 3rd Richard Meeks Illinois DEC Art Helf Franklin & Marshall (PA) 7 2 0 0
115 Champ 16 Bob Christensen Northwestern (IL) DEC Gary McClain Oregon State 6 2 0 3
115 Champ 16 Bill Cramp Pennsylvania State DEC Billy Jackson Arkansas State 3 0 0 0
115 Champ 16 Art Helf Franklin & Marshall (PA) DEC Ruben Shehigian Michigan State 3 2 0 0
115 Champ 16 Hugh Peery Pittsburgh (PA) DEC Richard Meeks Illinois 9 4 1 0
115 Champ 4 Bob Christensen Northwestern (IL) DEC Robert Whelan Southern Illinois Carbond 4 2 0 2
115 Champ 4 Hugh Peery Pittsburgh (PA) DEC Ed Dawkins Ursinus (PA) 11 1 1 0
115 Champ 8 Bob Christensen Northwestern (IL) FALL Bill Cramp Pennsylvania State 5 1 0 0
115 Champ 8 Ed Dawkins Ursinus (PA) DEC Chas Ofsthun Minnesota 6 5 0 4
115 Champ 8 Hugh Peery Pittsburgh (PA) DEC Art Helf Franklin & Marshall (PA) 6 2 1 0
115 Champ 8 Robert Whelan Southern Illinois Carbond DEC George Custer Lock Haven (PA) 9 5 2 0
115 Consi 4 #1 Art Helf Franklin & Marshall (PA) DEC Bill Cramp Pennsylvania State 4 0 0 0
115 Consi 4 #1 Richard Meeks Illinois DEC Gary McClain Oregon State 12 0 0 3
115 Consi 4 #2 Art Helf Franklin & Marshall (PA) DEC Robert Whelan Southern Illinois Carbond 4 0 0 2
115 Consi 4 #2 Richard Meeks Illinois DEC Ed Dawkins Ursinus (PA) 12 2 0 0
123 1st Dick Mueller Minnesota FALL Donald Reece Oklahoma 4 45 3 1
123 3rd Pat McCarron Northern Iowa DEC John Lee Jr. Harvard (MA) 3 2 0 2
123 Champ 16 Al Crancer Arkansas State DEC Arnold Wilson Brigham Young (UT) 8 1 0 0
123 Champ 16 Jack Herschend Northwestern (IL) DEC Alex McCord Lehigh (PA) 6 4 4 0
123 Champ 16 Richard Hockley Wyoming DEC Dick Gibson Washington State 6 4 0 0
123 Champ 16 John Lee Jr. Harvard (MA) DEC Glenn Flegal Millersville (PA) 4 0 2 0
123 Champ 16 Bob Mancuso Sr. Kansas State DEC Rex Boda Cornell (NY) 6 0 0 0
123 Champ 16 Pat McCarron Northern Iowa DEC Paul Boyko Toledo (OH) 4 2 0 0
123 Champ 16 Dick Mueller Minnesota DEC Joe Lobaugh Oklahoma State 3 0 3 0
123 Champ 16 Donald Reece Oklahoma FALL Ted Bredehoft Cornell (IA) 8 45 1 0
123 Champ 32 Al Crancer Arkansas State DEC Bob Homan Pennsylvania State 10 2 0 0
123 Champ 32 Richard Hockley Wyoming DEC Donald Stubblebine Springfield (MA) 4 3 0 0
123 Champ 32 Pat McCarron Northern Iowa DEC Bob Karns Army (NY) 4 2 0 0
123 Champ 4 Dick Mueller Minnesota DEC John Lee Jr. Harvard (MA) 7 1 3 2
123 Champ 4 Donald Reece Oklahoma DEC Pat McCarron Northern Iowa 3 0 1 0
123 Champ 8 John Lee Jr. Harvard (MA) DEC Richard Hockley Wyoming 4 2 2 0
123 Champ 8 Pat McCarron Northern Iowa DEC Jack Herschend Northwestern (IL) 5 4 0 4
123 Champ 8 Dick Mueller Minnesota DEC Al Crancer Arkansas State 5 2 3 0
123 Champ 8 Donald Reece Oklahoma FALL Bob Mancuso Sr. Kansas State 5 34 1 0
123 Consi 4 #1 Ted Bredehoft Cornell (IA) DEC Joe Lobaugh Oklahoma State 4 3 0 0
123 Consi 4 #1 Al Crancer Arkansas State DEC Bob Mancuso Sr. Kansas State 9 4 0 0
123 Consi 4 #2 John Lee Jr. Harvard (MA) DEC Al Crancer Arkansas State 5 0 2 0
123 Consi 4 #2 Pat McCarron Northern Iowa DEC Ted Bredehoft Cornell (IA) 0 0 Ref
130 1st Norvard ‘Snip’ Nalan Michigan DEC Joseph ‘Dick’ Lemyre Pennsylvania State 7 5 1 0
130 3rd Jim Howard Sr. Ithaca (NY) DEC Ed Casalicchio Michigan State 2 1 0 0
130 Champ 16 Bob Datteri Colorado State DEC Dick Robinson San Diego State (CA) 12 3 4 0
130 Champ 16 Ken Faust Lehigh (PA) FALL Al Motley Jr. Virginia Tech 5 13 0 0
130 Champ 16 Jim Howard Sr. Ithaca (NY) DEC Phil Duggan Iowa 8 2 0 0
130 Champ 16 Richard Leffler Toledo (OH) DEC Raymond Downey Auburn (AL) 11 4 0 0
130 Champ 16 Joseph ‘Dick’ Lemyre Pennsylvania State FALL Ed Casalicchio Michigan State 0 49 0 0
130 Champ 16 Linn Long Colorado FALL Gary Rollins Brigham Young (UT) 7 50 0 0
130 Champ 16 Norvard ‘Snip’ Nalan Michigan FALL Maris Williams South Dakota State 7 11 1 0
130 Champ 4 Joseph ‘Dick’ Lemyre Pennsylvania State DEC Harold Reece Oklahoma 0 3 Ref
130 Champ 4 Norvard ‘Snip’ Nalan Michigan DEC Bob Datteri Colorado State 7 4 1 4
130 Champ 8 Bob Datteri Colorado State FALL Ken Faust Lehigh (PA) 8 16 4 0
130 Champ 8 Joseph ‘Dick’ Lemyre Pennsylvania State DEC Jim Howard Sr. Ithaca (NY) 6 5 0 0
130 Champ 8 Norvard ‘Snip’ Nalan Michigan DEC Richard Leffler Toledo (OH) 7 2 1 0
130 Champ 8 Harold Reece Oklahoma FALL Linn Long Colorado 4 22 3 0
130 Consi 4 #1 Ed Casalicchio Michigan State DEC Maris Williams South Dakota State 6 0 0 0
130 Consi 4 #1 Jim Howard Sr. Ithaca (NY) DEC Richard Leffler Toledo (OH) 7 2 0 0
130 Consi 4 #2 Ed Casalicchio Michigan State FALL Bob Datteri Colorado State 0 4
130 Consi 4 #2 Jim Howard Sr. Ithaca (NY) DEC Harold Reece Oklahoma 2 1 0 3
137 1st Len DeAugustino Lock Haven (PA) DEC Norton Compton Illinois 3 1 1 2
137 3rd Gerry Maurey Pennsylvania State DEC Ron Scott Oklahoma 10 2 0 0
137 Champ 16 Norton Compton Illinois DEC George Matthews Pittsburgh (PA) 9 3 2 0
137 Champ 16 Len DeAugustino Lock Haven (PA) DEC Donald Austin Arkansas State 11 1 1 0
137 Champ 16 Delance Duncan Washington State FALL John Woodward Colorado State 8 3 0 0
137 Champ 16 Benny Jordan Brigham Young (UT) DEC Gerry Maurey Pennsylvania State 7 2 0 0
137 Champ 16 Gerry Maurey Pennsylvania State DEC Sam Ruzic Iowa State 3 1 0 0
137 Champ 16 Rod Norris Maryland DEC Orin ‘Clet’ Blegen Minnesota-Mankato 8 6 3 0
137 Champ 16 Ron Scott Oklahoma DEC Andrew Kaul Michigan 6 5 0 4
137 Champ 16 Donald Thompson Oklahoma State DEC Bill Miller Toledo (OH) 5 1 0 0
137 Champ 32 Benny Jordan Brigham Young (UT) DEC Eddison Hairston Lincoln (PA) 6 1 0 0
137 Champ 32 George Matthews Pittsburgh (PA) DEC Wes Sterner Northern Iowa 12 5 0 0
137 Champ 4 Norton Compton Illinois DEC Donald Thompson Oklahoma State 5 0 2 0
137 Champ 4 Len DeAugustino Lock Haven (PA) DEC Ron Scott Oklahoma 9 6 1 0
137 Champ 8 Norton Compton Illinois DEC Delance Duncan Washington State 7 0 2 0
137 Champ 8 Len DeAugustino Lock Haven (PA) DEC Gerry Maurey Pennsylvania State 4 2 1 0
137 Champ 8 Ron Scott Oklahoma DEC Benny Jordan Brigham Young (UT) 7 0 0 0
137 Champ 8 Donald Thompson Oklahoma State DEC Rod Norris Maryland 4 3 0 3
137 Consi 4 #1 Gerry Maurey Pennsylvania State DEC Delance Duncan Washington State 4 1 0 0
137 Consi 4 #1 Bill Miller Toledo (OH) DFT Donald Austin Arkansas State 0 0
137 Consi 4 #2 Gerry Maurey Pennsylvania State DEC Donald Thompson Oklahoma State 6 3 0 0
137 Consi 4 #2 Ron Scott Oklahoma DEC Bill Miller Toledo (OH) 11 1 0 0
147 1st Frank Bettucci Cornell (NY) DEC Bob Hoke Michigan State 6 3 1 0
147 3rd Don Frey Pennsylvania State DEC Charles ‘Chully’ Uram Pittsburgh (PA) 1 1 4 0 Ref
147 Champ 16 Frank Bettucci Cornell (NY) FALL Leo Ballinger Wyoming 5 14 1 0
147 Champ 16 Ed Brown Virginia Military DEC Robert Steck Brigham Young (UT) 7 0 0 0
147 Champ 16 Don Frey Pennsylvania State DEC Jerry Bains Auburn (AL) 6 1 4 0
147 Champ 16 Bob Hoke Michigan State DEC Clayton Carothers Lincoln (PA) 10 3 0 0
147 Champ 16 Ian MacEwan Kent State (OH) DEC Joe Scandura Michigan 6 4 0 0
147 Champ 16 Bob Morris Northern Iowa DEC Bryan Rayburn Oklahoma 6 3 2 0
147 Champ 16 Tom Titsworth Oklahoma State DEC Delbert Lockwood Colorado State 2 1 3 0
147 Champ 16 Charles ‘Chully’ Uram Pittsburgh (PA) DEC Bill Elwood Northwestern (IL) 6 0 0 0
147 Champ 32 Frank Bettucci Cornell (NY) DEC Warren DePrenger Cornell (IA) 8 2 1 0
147 Champ 32 Bryan Rayburn Oklahoma DEC Bill Garland Indiana (IN) 9 0 0 0
147 Champ 32 Joe Scandura Michigan FALL Matt Midea Lock Haven (PA) 5 2 0 0
147 Champ 4 Frank Bettucci Cornell (NY) DEC Don Frey Pennsylvania State 7 3 1 4
147 Champ 4 Bob Hoke Michigan State DEC Bob Morris Northern Iowa 3 0 0 2
147 Champ 8 Frank Bettucci Cornell (NY) DEC Charles ‘Chully’ Uram Pittsburgh (PA) 5 3 1 0
147 Champ 8 Don Frey Pennsylvania State DEC Ian MacEwan Kent State (OH) 6 0 4 0
147 Champ 8 Bob Hoke Michigan State DEC Tom Titsworth Oklahoma State 0 3 Ref
147 Champ 8 Bob Morris Northern Iowa FALL Ed Brown Virginia Military 5 33 2 0
147 Consi 4 #1 Leo Ballinger Wyoming DEC Clayton Carothers Lincoln (PA) 4 1 0 0
147 Consi 4 #1 Charles ‘Chully’ Uram Pittsburgh (PA) DEC Tom Titsworth Oklahoma State 7 0 0 3
147 Consi 4 #2 Don Frey Pennsylvania State FALL Leo Ballinger Wyoming 5 40 4 0
147 Consi 4 #2 Charles ‘Chully’ Uram Pittsburgh (PA) DEC Bob Morris Northern Iowa 4 1 0 2
147 Consi 8 #1 Leo Ballinger Wyoming DEC Warren DePrenger Cornell (IA) 2 0 0 0
157 1st Jim Harmon Northern Iowa DEC Dan Sniff Colorado State 6 4 2 4
157 3rd Edward ‘John’ Eagleton Oklahoma DEC Vito Perrone Michigan State 7 2 0 0
157 Champ 16 Edward ‘John’ Eagleton Oklahoma DEC Don Strevey Oklahoma State 7 1 0 0
157 Champ 16 Jim Ellis Indiana (IN) DFT Ed ‘John’ Mahoney Lehigh (PA) 0 0
157 Champ 16 Bob Fischer Maryland DEC Byron Nelson Washington State 7 1 4 0
157 Champ 16 Jim Harmon Northern Iowa DEC Vito Perrone Michigan State 8 6 2 0
157 Champ 16 Miles Lee Michigan DEC Leslie Kramer Kansas State 13 9 3 0
157 Champ 16 Ed Rooney Syracuse (NY) DEC Doug Frey Pennsylvania State 4 3 0 0
157 Champ 16 Dan Sniff Colorado State FALL Bill Berry Virginia Military 4 4 4 0
157 Champ 16 Joe Solomon Pittsburgh (PA) DEC Joe Arnold Cornell (NY) 13 7 1 0
157 Champ 32 Edward ‘John’ Eagleton Oklahoma DEC Jim Miller Cornell (IA) 4 0 0 0
157 Champ 32 Jim Ellis Indiana (IN) DEC Donald Rumsfield Princeton (NJ) 6 4 0 0
157 Champ 32 Doug Frey Pennsylvania State DEC Bill Bock Springfield (MA) 8 0 0 0
157 Champ 32 Jim Harmon Northern Iowa DEC Bill Turley Hofstra (NY) 4 0 2 0
157 Champ 32 Ed ‘John’ Mahoney Lehigh (PA) DEC Ron Larsen Iowa State 4 1 0 0
157 Champ 32 Vito Perrone Michigan State DEC Bob Cobbins Lincoln (PA) 11 2 0 0
157 Champ 32 Ed Rooney Syracuse (NY) FALL Budd Whitehill Lock Haven (PA) 4 47 0 0
157 Champ 32 Don Strevey Oklahoma State DEC Gerald Tebben Army (NY) 6 4 0 0
157 Champ 4 Jim Harmon Northern Iowa DEC Jim Ellis Indiana (IN) 3 2 2 0
157 Champ 4 Dan Sniff Colorado State DEC Joe Solomon Pittsburgh (PA) 6 1 4 1
157 Champ 8 Jim Ellis Indiana (IN) DEC Miles Lee Michigan 11 9 0 3
157 Champ 8 Jim Harmon Northern Iowa DEC Bob Fischer Maryland 7 5 2 4
157 Champ 8 Dan Sniff Colorado State DEC Edward ‘John’ Eagleton Oklahoma 4 0 Ref
157 Champ 8 Joe Solomon Pittsburgh (PA) DEC Ed Rooney Syracuse (NY) 9 5 1 0
157 Consi 4 #1 Edward ‘John’ Eagleton Oklahoma DFT Bob Fischer Maryland 0 4
157 Consi 4 #1 Vito Perrone Michigan State DEC Bill Turley Hofstra (NY) 0 0 Ref
157 Consi 4 #2 Edward ‘John’ Eagleton Oklahoma DEC Jim Ellis Indiana (IN) 8 0 0 0
157 Consi 4 #2 Vito Perrone Michigan State DEC Bill Berry Virginia Military 8 1 0 0
167 1st Don Dickason Cornell (NY) DEC Frank Marks Oklahoma 1 1 2 1 Ref
167 3rd Joe Lemyre Pennsylvania State DEC James ‘Dana’ Eastham Brown (RI) 6 2 3 0
167 Champ 16 Don Dickason Cornell (NY) DEC James ‘Dana’ Eastham Brown (RI) 2 0 Ref
167 Champ 16 Ernie Fischer Maryland DEC Harold Broughton Colorado State 10 5 0 0
167 Champ 16 Joe Lemyre Pennsylvania State FALL George ‘Miles’ Nowitzky Virginia Military 4 9 3 0
167 Champ 16 Frank Marks Oklahoma DEC Andy Lentvorsky Lock Haven (PA) 6 2 1 0
167 Champ 16 Warren Sonneman Cornell (IA) DEC Cochrane Chase Wesleyan (CT) 6 2 0 0
167 Champ 16 Brien ‘Dale’ Ward Army (NY) DEC Jerry Cooper Lincoln (PA) 9 0 0 0
167 Champ 16 Don Wem Toledo (OH) DEC George Dyer Springfield (MA) 13 1 0 0
167 Champ 16 Carl Wood Oklahoma State DEC Del McGhee Washington State 6 2 0 0
167 Champ 32 Don Dickason Cornell (NY) DEC Ken Nordquist Illinois 3 0 2 0
167 Champ 32 Ernie Fischer Maryland DEC Robert Hockley Wyoming 7 4 0 0
167 Champ 32 Frank Marks Oklahoma DEC Charles Pankow Jr. Indiana (IN) 6 3 1 0
167 Champ 32 Del McGhee Washington State FALL Fred Loffredo Northern Iowa 7 27 0 0
167 Champ 4 Don Dickason Cornell (NY) DEC Joe Lemyre Pennsylvania State 2 2 2 3 Ref
167 Champ 4 Frank Marks Oklahoma DEC Ernie Fischer Maryland 1 0 Ref
167 Champ 8 Don Dickason Cornell (NY) DEC Brien ‘Dale’ Ward Army (NY) 7 5 2 0
167 Champ 8 Ernie Fischer Maryland DEC Don Wem Toledo (OH) 8 2 0 0
167 Champ 8 Joe Lemyre Pennsylvania State DEC Carl Wood Oklahoma State 9 2 3 0
167 Champ 8 Frank Marks Oklahoma DEC Warren Sonneman Cornell (IA) 3 1 1 0
167 Consi 4 #1 James ‘Dana’ Eastham Brown (RI) DEC Brien ‘Dale’ Ward Army (NY) 6 2 0 0
167 Consi 4 #1 Warren Sonneman Cornell (IA) FALL Andy Lentvorsky Lock Haven (PA) 3 57 0 0
167 Consi 4 #2 James ‘Dana’ Eastham Brown (RI) DEC Ernie Fischer Maryland 6 5 0 0
167 Consi 4 #2 Joe Lemyre Pennsylvania State DEC Warren Sonneman Cornell (IA) 9 5 3 0
167 Consi 8 #2 James ‘Dana’ Eastham Brown (RI) FALL Ken Nordquist Illinois 2 34 0 0
167 Consi 8 #2 Andy Lentvorsky Lock Haven (PA) DEC Charles Pankow Jr. Indiana (IN) 6 5 0 0
177 1st Ned Blass Oklahoma State DEC Al Paulekas Army (NY) 8 4 3 1
177 3rd Bob Wirds Iowa State DEC Ed Lanzi Toledo (OH) 7 2 2 0
177 Champ 16 Bob Craig Lock Haven (PA) DEC Otis Keller Cornell (NY) 12 8 0 0
177 Champ 16 Robert McCullough Wyoming DEC Keith Kelley Oklahoma 0 0 Ref
177 Champ 16 Dick O’Shaughnessy Michigan DEC George Dvorozniak Pennsylvania State 8 1 4 0
177 Champ 16 Al Paulekas Army (NY) DEC Ed Lanzi Toledo (OH) 13 4 1 0
177 Champ 4 Ned Blass Oklahoma State DEC Bob Wirds Iowa State 16 8 3 2
177 Champ 4 Al Paulekas Army (NY) DEC Dick O’Shaughnessy Michigan 4 0 1 4
177 Champ 8 Ned Blass Oklahoma State DEC Robert McCullough Wyoming 5 3 3 0
177 Champ 8 Dick O’Shaughnessy Michigan DEC Jack Shanahan Maryland 10 1 4 0
177 Champ 8 Al Paulekas Army (NY) FALL Don Lindell Cornell (IA) 8 32 1 0
177 Champ 8 Bob Wirds Iowa State DEC Bob Craig Lock Haven (PA) 11 4 2 0
177 Consi 4 #1 Robert McCullough Wyoming DEC Don Lindell Cornell (IA) 4 0 0 0
177 Consi 4 #2 Ed Lanzi Toledo (OH) DEC Dick O’Shaughnessy Michigan 7 2 0 4
177 Consi 4 #2 Bob Wirds Iowa State DEC Robert McCullough Wyoming 6 4 2 0
191 1st Hud Samson Pennsylvania State FALL Charles Weber West Chester (PA) 4 15 3 1
191 3rd Dick Torio Toledo (OH) DEC Gus Gatto Northern Iowa 3 1 2 4
191 Champ 16 Gus Gatto Northern Iowa DEC Alan Evans South Dakota State 6 0 4 0
191 Champ 16 Darlon ‘Doc’ Hearon Oklahoma DEC Richard ‘Jim’ Macaleer Princeton (NJ) 7 0 0 0
191 Champ 16 Hud Samson Pennsylvania State FALL Lew Williams Oregon State 3 40 3 0
191 Champ 16 Streeter Shining Iowa DEC Bob Drake Maryland 11 6 0 0
191 Champ 16 Dick Torio Toledo (OH) FALL Harold ‘Hal’ Hunter Jr. Pittsburgh (PA) 8 6 2 0
191 Champ 16 Mel Walden Iowa State DEC Louis Stadler Arkansas State 6 5 0 0
191 Champ 16 Charles Weber West Chester (PA) DEC Pete Veldman Minnesota 6 1 1 0
191 Champ 4 Hud Samson Pennsylvania State DEC Dick Torio Toledo (OH) 2 0 3 2
191 Champ 4 Charles Weber West Chester (PA) DEC Gus Gatto Northern Iowa 5 2 1 4
191 Champ 8 Gus Gatto Northern Iowa FALL Streeter Shining Iowa 8 41 4 0
191 Champ 8 Hud Samson Pennsylvania State DEC Mel Walden Iowa State 6 1 3 0
191 Champ 8 Dick Torio Toledo (OH) DEC Alex Sotir Springfield (MA) 5 0 2 0
191 Champ 8 Charles Weber West Chester (PA) FALL Darlon ‘Doc’ Hearon Oklahoma 8 8 1 0
191 Consi 4 #1 Darlon ‘Doc’ Hearon Oklahoma DEC Mel Walden Iowa State 4 3 0 0
191 Consi 4 #1 Pete Veldman Minnesota DEC Lew Williams Oregon State 2 0 0 0
191 Consi 4 #2 Gus Gatto Northern Iowa DEC Pete Veldman Minnesota 4 0 Ref
191 Consi 4 #2 Dick Torio Toledo (OH) DEC Darlon ‘Doc’ Hearon Oklahoma 5 1 2 0
450 1st Dan McNair Auburn (AL) DEC Gene Nicks Oklahoma State 0 0 0 1 Ref
450 3rd Eldred Kraemer Pittsburgh (PA) DEC Jack Ellena Sr. California-Los Angeles 4 3 0 0
450 Champ 16 Jack Ellena Sr. California-Los Angeles FALL Jack McNicol Virginia Tech 5 35 0 0
450 Champ 16 Ed Husmann Nebraska DEC Dick Beyer Syracuse (NY) 6 5 2 0
450 Champ 16 Henry Littlefield Columbia (NY) FALL Willis Wood Minnesota 8 28 0 4
450 Champ 4 Dan McNair Auburn (AL) DEC Ed Husmann Nebraska 0 2 Ref
450 Champ 4 Gene Nicks Oklahoma State FALL Jack Ellena Sr. California-Los Angeles 4 59 1 0
450 Champ 8 Jack Ellena Sr. California-Los Angeles FALL Henry Littlefield Columbia (NY) 0 40 0 0
450 Champ 8 Ed Husmann Nebraska DEC Bernard Lloyd City College (NY) 15 5 2 0
450 Champ 8 Dan McNair Auburn (AL) DEC Tom Megele Hofstra (NY) 5 0 0 0
450 Champ 8 Gene Nicks Oklahoma State DEC Eldred Kraemer Pittsburgh (PA) 6 1 1 0
450 Consi 4 #2 Jack Ellena Sr. California-Los Angeles Tom Megele Hofstra (NY) 0 0
450 Consi 4 #2 Eldred Kraemer Pittsburgh (PA) DEC Ed Husmann Nebraska 6 4 0 2
Weight Round W First W Last W School Result L First L Last L School W Score L Score Minutes Seconds OT W Seed L Seed Result Notes Notes

Final Individual Results


Final Team Scores

Place
Team
Points
1st
Pennsylvania State
21
2nd
Oklahoma
15
3rd
Cornell (NY)
13
4th
Oklahoma State
11
4th
Northern Iowa
11
6th
Pittsburgh (PA)
9
7th
Michigan
8
8th
Minnesota
7
8th
Michigan State
7
10th
Illinois
6
10th
Lock Haven (PA)
6
10th
Colorado State
6
10th
Auburn (AL)
6


Team Table

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Total
Cornell (NY)
2
2
Pennsylvania State
1
1
3
5
Oklahoma State
1
1
2
Pittsburgh (PA)
1
1
1
3
Northern Iowa
1
1
1
3
Minnesota
1
1
Lock Haven (PA)
1
1
Michigan
1
1
Auburn (AL)
1
1
Oklahoma
2
1
1
4
Illinois
1
1
2
Michigan State
1
2
3
Colorado State
1
1
Army (NY)
1
1
West Chester (PA)
1
1
Northwestern (IL)
1
1
Ithaca (NY)
1
1
Iowa State
1
1
Toledo (OH)
1
1
2
Franklin & Marshall (PA)
1
1
Harvard (MA)
1
1
Brown (RI)
1
1
California-Los Angeles
1
1

Stats/Leaderboard

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Awards

Outstanding Wrestler: Frank Bettucci – Cornell (NY)


Rules

Weights: 10 (115, 123, 130, 137, 147, 157, 167, 177, 191, UNL)
Type: Single Elimination
Placers: 4
Seeds: 4 [Up to 4] (Wrestlers from the same conference or geographical location who have competed against each other will be seeded to prevent wrestling again in the early rounds.)
Consi Qualifiers: Only those who lost to the finalist may wrestle for a place with cross bracketing.

Championship Bouts: 9 Minutes (3x 3 minutes)
Periods: 2nd & 3rd periods start in referee’s position.
Tie: The referee will declare the winner if points are tied at the end of the 9 minute bout based upon who shows superior wrestling ability.
Consolation Bouts: 6 minutes (3x 2 minute periods)
Fall: 2 seconds

Bout Scoring:
Near Fall = 2 points
Takedown = 2 points
Reversal = 2 points
Escape = 1 point
Riding Time = 1 or 2 points (Each minute of riding advantage is a point up to 2)

Team Scoring:
1st = 6 points
2nd = 4 points
3rd = 2 points
4th = 1 point
Default, Disqualification, Fall, Forfeit = 1 point


Fun Facts


Brackets


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