24th NCAA Wrestling Tournament 3/26/1954 to 3/27/1954 at Oklahoma

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1 24th NCAA Wrestling Tournament 1954 Team Champion Outstanding Wrestler Oklahoma State - 32 Points Tommy Evans - Oklahoma Top Ten Team Scores Number of Individual Champs in parentheses. 1 Oklahoma State 32 (3) 2 Pittsburgh 17 (2) 3 Penn State 13 4 Navy 12 (1) 4 Iowa 12 (1) 6 Michigan State 11 (1) 7 Oklahoma 10 (1) 7 Michigan 10 (1) 9 Lehigh 9 10 Syracuse 6 Champions and Place Winners Wrestler's seed in brackets, [US] indicates unseeeded st: Hugh Peery [1] - Pittsburgh (9-2) 2nd: Charles Ofsthun [US] - Minnesota 3rd: Terry McCann [4] - Iowa (WBF 1:38) 4th: Jack Love [3] - Kent State 123 1st: Dick Govig [4] - Iowa (5-1) 2nd: Joe Lobaugh [US] - Oklahoma State 3rd: Al Vega [1] - Purdue (9-5) 4th: Ed Anderson [US] - Minnesota 130 1st: Norvard Nalan [1] - Michigan (6-1) 2nd: Jim Howard [3] - Ithaca 3rd: Jim Sinadinos [4] - Michigan State (8-2) 4th: Bill Kozy [US] - Pittsburgh 137 1st: Myron Roderick [2] - Oklahoma State (8-4) 2nd: Eddie Eichelberger [4] - Lehigh 3rd: Gerry Maurey [3] - Penn State (8-2) 4th: Andrew Kaul [1] - Michigan 147 1st: Tommy Evans [1] - Oklahoma (WBF 4:15) 2nd: Donald Thompson [US] - Oklahoma State 3rd: Lloyd Corwin [US] - Cornell Iowa (5-1) 4th: Ben Bronstein [4] - Northern Colorado 157 1st: Bob Hoke [1] - Michigan State (11-6) 2nd: Ed Rooney [2] - Syracuse 3rd: Larry TenPas [4] - Illinois (2-1) 4th: John Eagleton [3] - Oklahoma 167 1st: Joe Solomon [US] - Pittsburgh (6-2) 2nd: Ernie Fischer [US] - Maryland 3rd: Joe Gattuso [2] - Navy (3-1) 4th: Fred Davis [1] - Oklahoma State 177 1st: Ned Blass [1] - Oklahoma State (5-4) 2nd: Royal Smith [US] - Colorado 3rd: Joe Krufka [4] - Penn State (WBF 5:40) 4th: Ted Weaver [3] - Kansas State 191 1st: Peter Blair [1] - Navy (10-5) 2nd: Joe Comly [US] - Lehigh 3rd: Bill Oberly [US] - Penn State (6-1) 4th: Streeter Shining [2] - Iowa UNL 1st: Gene Nicks [1] - Oklahoma State (7-0) 2nd: Bob Konovsky [2] - Wisconsin 3rd: Max Kitzelman [4] - Nebraska (WBF 3:30) 4th: Ken Ellis [US] - Kansas State

2 1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 1 of 20 Hugh Peery, Pittsburgh [1] Joe Landholm, Kansas State Hugh Peery Fall 3: Weight Class Robert David, Auburn Hugh Peery Fall 4:00 Robert David Hugh Peery 6-5 Terry McCann, Iowa [4] Terry McCann Dave Bowlin, Oklahoma State Terry McCann 13-4 Manuel Pihakis, Indiana Dave Bowlin 4-2 Junior Corr, Oklahoma Hugh Peery 9-2 Robert Whelan, SIU-Carbondale Junior Corr 9-6 Tom Torgerson, Colorado [2] Tom Torgerson 11-6 Tom Torgerson Charles Ofsthun 7-1 Charles Ofsthun, Minnesota Charles Ofsthun Jack Love, Kent State [3] Charles Ofsthun 7-5 Jack Love

3 1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 2 of Consolation Bracket Landholm, Kansas State Landholm Landholm 3-1 David, Auburn McCann Fall 3:51 McCann, Iowa Love Love, Kent State Love Fall 5:32 Torgerson, Colorado Third Place: Terry McCann, Iowa Fall 1:38 Fourth Place: Jack Love, Kent State

4 1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 3 of 20 Dick Govig, Iowa [4] Stephan Levin, CCNY Dick Govig Weight Class Bill Allen, Texas A & M Dick Govig Fall 4:31 Bill Allen Dick Govig 4-3 Al Vega, Purdue [1] Harry Pawlik, North Carolina Al Vega FFT Ted Bredehoft, Cornell Iowa Al Vega 7-1 Robert Royce, Wyoming Ted Bredehoft 6-5 Joe Lobaugh, Oklahoma State Dick Govig 5-1 Donald Stubblebine, Springfield [2] Joe Lobaugh 4-0 Ed Anderson, Minnesota Joe Lobaugh 6-3 Ed Anderson Joe Lobaugh RD Bob McCreary, Temple [3] Ed Blubaugh, Oklahoma Bob McCreary 4-1 John Ontiveros, Illinois John Ontiveros 3-1 John Ontiveros

5 1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 4 of Consolation Bracket Levin, CCNY Levin Allen Fall Allen, Texas A & M Vega Fall 3:28 Vega, Purdue Stubblebine, Springfield Stubblebine Anderson 6-2 Anderson, Minnesota Anderson Ontiveros, Illinois Third Place: Al Vega, Purdue 9-5 Fourth Place: Ed Anderson, Minnesota

6 1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 5 of 20 Reed Weight, Brigham Young Jim Sinadinos, Michigan State [4] Mark Murray, Cornell Iowa Ron Day, Colorado State Parker Mangus, Lehigh Hugh Linn, Iowa State Don Hart, Oklahoma Bob Beattie, Texas A & M Norvard Nalan, Michigan [1] David Simmons, Oklahoma State Reed Weight Jim Sinadinos Mark Murray Fall 1:50 Ron Day Parker Mangus Don Hart 11-3 Bob Beattie Norvard Nalan Fall 7:25 Jim Sinadinos Fall 4:18 Ron Day 7-0 Don Hart 10-2 Norvard Nalan Fall 1:50 Jim Sinadinos 5-5 RD Norvard Nalan Fall 5: Weight Class Norvard Nalan 4-1 Bill Hunt, Minnesota Dick Lemyre, Penn State [2] Bob Mancuso, Kansas State Richard Hockley, Wyoming Gerald Koch, Northern Iowa Jim Howard, Ithaca [3] Bill Kozy, Pittsburgh Vernon Whitney, Purdue David Kikuchi, California-Berkeley Dick Lemyre 7-5 Bob Mancuso Richard Hockley Gerald Koch Jim Howard Bill Kozy Vernon Whitney David Kikuchi Dick Lemyre 8-6 Richard Hockley 2-0 Jim Howard 1-0 Vernon Whitney 10-4 Richard Hockley 2-1 Jim Howard 8-5 Norvard Nalan 6-1 Jim Howard RD

7 1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 6 of Consolation Bracket Beattie, Texas A & M Simmons Fall 2:49 Simmons, Oklahoma State Hart 4-2 Hart, Oklahoma Sinadinos Fall 5:33 Sinadinos, Michigan State Kozy, Pittsburgh Kozy Kozy 4-4 RD Whitney, Purdue Kozy 7-6 Hockley, Wyoming Third Place: Jim Sinadinos, Michigan State 8-2 Fourth Place: Bill Kozy, Pittsburgh

8 1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 7 of 20 Warren DePrenger, Cornell Iowa Wayne Loucks, California-Berkeley Lee Young, Oklahoma Eddie Eichelberger, Lehigh [4] George Matthews, Pittsburgh Raymond Downey, Auburn Andrew Kaul, Michigan [1] Dick Cappel, Texas A & M Bill Turner, Illinois Warren DePrenger Wayne Loucks Lee Young Eddie Eichelberger George Matthews Fall 4:15 Raymond Downey Andrew Kaul Bill Turner Fall 4:15 Warren DePrenger 6-0 Eddie Eichelberger Fall 4:42 George Matthews 9-0 Andrew Kaul 7-1 Eddie Eichelberger 9-5 Andrew Kaul Weight Class Eddie Eichelberger 8-2 Jerry Rollins, Brigham Young Myron Roderick, Oklahoma State [2] Bob Datteri, Colorado State Ed Casalicchio, Michigan State Elton Chatfield, Kansas State Gerry Maurey, Penn State [3] Eddison Hairston, Lincoln Sam Ruzic, Iowa State Jerry Rollins Myron Roderick Bob Datteri Ed Casalicchio Elton Chatfield Gerry Maurey Eddison Hairston Sam Ruzic Myron Roderick Fall 4:11 Ed Casalicchio 8-3 Gerry Maurey Fall 1:35 Sam Ruzic 7-0 Myron Roderick 11-4 Gerry Maurey 6-2 Myron Roderick 8-4 Myron Roderick 5-2

9 1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 8 of Consolation Bracket Young, Oklahoma Young DePrenger 4-2 DePrenger, Cornell Iowa Kaul 2-0 Kaul, Michigan Rollins, Brigham Young Rollins Casalicchio 8-0 Casalicchio, Michigan State Maurey Fall Maurey, Penn State Third Place: Gerry Maurey, Penn State 8-2 Fourth Place: Andrew Kaul, Michigan

10 1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 9 of 20 Doug Frey, Penn State Art Keith, Oregon State Rudy Henson, Texas A & M Tommy Evans, Oklahoma [1] Clyde Whitman, West Chester Ben Bronstein, Northern Colorado [4] Clayton Carothers, Lincoln Ken Spicher, Kansas State George McGee, North Carolina Doug Frey 5-4 Rudy Henson Tommy Evans Clyde Whitman Ben Bronstein Clayton Carothers Ken Spicher George McGee Doug Frey Fall 1:36 Tommy Evans 16-8 Ben Bronstein 7-0 Ken Spicher 8-0 Tommy Evans 8-3 Ben Bronstein Weight Class Tommy Evans Fall 7:34 Donald Thompson, Oklahoma State Lloyd Corwin, Cornell Iowa Bill Bock, Springfield Ian MacEwan, Kent State [3] Delbert Lockwood, Colorado State Bill Tambo, Michigan State Don Ellingson, Iowa State Charles Uram, Pittsburgh [2] Donald Thompson Lloyd Corwin Bill Bock Ian MacEwan Delbert Lockwood Bill Tambo Don Ellingson Charles Uram Donald Thompson 5-5 RD Bill Bock Fall 5:11 Delbert Lockwood 6-0 Don Ellingson 4-4 RD Donald Thompson 8-2 Delbert Lockwood 4-2 Tommy Evans Fall 4:15 Donald Thompson 3-1

11 1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 10 of Consolation Bracket Whitman, West Chester Whitman Frey 2-0 Frey, Penn State Bronstein 4-1 Bronstein, Northern Colorado Corwin, Cornell Iowa Corwin Corwin 3-0 Bock, Springfield Corwin 3-2 Lockwood, Colorado State Third Place: Lloyd Corwin, Cornell Iowa 5-1 Fourth Place: Ben Bronstein, Northern Colorado

12 1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 11 of 20 Larry TenPas, Illinois [4] Harvey Bradshaw, North Carolina Arnold Brandt, Wartburg Charles Young, Kansas State Bill Zimmerman, West Chester Bob Cobbins, Lincoln Bob Bormuth, Wyoming Dick Beattie, Oklahoma State Bob Hoke, Michigan State [1] Milo Bauer, Brigham Young Larry TenPas Harvey Bradshaw Arnold Brandt Charles Young Bill Zimmerman Bob Bormuth 4-1 Dick Beattie Bob Hoke Fall 5:55 Larry TenPas Fall 1:38 Arnold Brandt 3-2 Bill Zimmerman 5-2 Bob Hoke 6-3 Larry TenPas 9-2 Bob Hoke Weight Class Bob Hoke 5-2 Ed Rooney, Syracuse [2] Robert Utter, Springfield John McMahon, Michigan Sam Downey, Auburn Ken Greenhalge, Northern Colorado Harlan Jenkinson, Iowa John Eagleton, Oklahoma [3] Ron Larsen, Iowa State Ed DeWitt, Pittsburgh Ed Rooney Fall 8:33 John McMahon Sam Downey Ken Greenhalge Harlan Jenkinson John Eagleton Ron Larsen Ed DeWitt Ed Rooney Fall 0:31 Ken Greenhalge 3-0 John Eagleton 12-2 Ed DeWitt 7-4 Ed Rooney 7-0 John Eagleton 12-3 Bob Hoke 11-6 Ed Rooney 7-6

13 1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 12 of Consolation Bracket Bauer, Brigham Young Beattie Fall 3:30 Beattie, Oklahoma State Zimmerman 6-4 Zimmerman, West Chester TenPas Med FFT TenPas, Illinois Utter, Springfield McMahon 5-0 McMahon, Michigan McMahon 5-3 Greenhalge, Northern Colorado Eagleton 5-2 Eagleton, Oklahoma Third Place: Larry TenPas, Illinois 2-1 Fourth Place: John Eagleton, Oklahoma

14 1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 13 of 20 Joe Gattuso, Navy [2] Al Rial, Texas A & M Vito Perrone, Michigan State Del McGhee, Washington State Frank Rosenmayr, Colorado Joe Solomon, Pittsburgh Miles Gregory, North Carolina John Cunningham, Oklahoma John Winder, Iowa [3] Joe Gattuso Fall 1:48 Vito Perrone Del McGhee Frank Rosenmayr Joe Solomon Miles Gregory John Cunningham John Winder Joe Gattuso 10-5 Del McGhee 10-8 Joe Solomon Fall 3:59 John Cunningham 9-6 Joe Gattuso 4-4 RD Joe Solomon Weight Class Joe Solomon 5-2 Fred Davis, Oklahoma State [1] John Cedarberg, Kansas State Elmer May, Iowa State Robert Hockley, Wyoming Jim Miller, Cornell Iowa Ernie Fischer, Maryland Don Wem, Toledo [4] Harold Broughton, Colorado State Tom Hankins, Purdue Fred Davis 6-2 Elmer May Robert Hockley Jim Miller Ernie Fischer Don Wem Harold Broughton Tom Hankins Fred Davis 4-2 Robert Hockley 6-1 Ernie Fischer 4-2 Harold Broughton 4-1 Fred Davis 8-6 Ernie Fischer 3-1 Joe Solomon 6-2 Ernie Fischer 4-3

15 1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 14 of Consolation Bracket Gregory, North Carolina Gregory Cunningham 8-1 Cunningham, Oklahoma Gattuso Fall 2:54 Gattuso, Navy Wem, Toledo Wem Broughton 3-3 RD Broughton, Colorado State Davis 5-1 Davis, Oklahoma State Third Place: Joe Gattuso, Navy 3-1 Fourth Place: Fred Davis, Oklahoma State

16 1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 15 of 20 Ned Blass, Oklahoma State [1] Dick Bonacci, Toledo Con Gerdes, Iowa State Richard Anthony, Indiana Tony Soscia, West Chester Gene White, Oklahoma Dan Segura, Cornell Iowa Joe Krufka, Penn State [4] Fred Draayer, Utah Ned Blass 11-2 Con Gerdes Richard Anthony Tony Soscia Gene White Dan Segura Joe Krufka Fred Draayer Ned Blass Fall 5:10 Richard Anthony 3-0 Gene White Fall 1:24 Joe Krufka 2-0 Ned Blass 5-1 Joe Krufka DFT 177 Weight Class Ned Blass 8-2 Royal Smith, Colorado Dave Gallaher, Lehigh George Beresford, Pittsburgh [2] John Nickens, Middle Tennessee Ahmet Senol, Purdue Bob Marshall, Colorado State Ted Weaver, Kansas State [3] Jule Moravec, South Dakota State Royal Smith Dave Gallaher George Beresford John Nickens Ahmet Senol Bob Marshall Ted Weaver Jule Moravec Royal Smith 6-0 George Beresford Fall 1:28 Ahmet Senol Fall 3:49 Ted Weaver Fall 8:50 Royal Smith 3-1 Ted Weaver 4-2 Ned Blass 5-4 Royal Smith 3-2

17 1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 16 of Consolation Bracket Bonacci, Toledo Bonacci Fall 1:40 Gerdes, Iowa State Anthony 6-3 Anthony, Indiana Krufka 5-3 Krufka, Penn State Gallaher, Lehigh Gallaher Beresford 1-1 RD Beresford, Pittsburgh Weaver 8-2 Weaver, Kansas State Third Place: Joe Krufka, Penn State Fall 5:40 Fourth Place: Ted Weaver, Kansas State

18 1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 17 of 20 Peter Blair, Navy [1] John Robinson, Brigham Young Peter Blair Fall 1: Weight Class Bill Oberly, Penn State Peter Blair Fall 3:39 Doc Hearon, Oklahoma Bill Oberly Fall 7:35 Peter Blair 9-1 Gus Gatto, Northern Iowa [4] Gus Gatto Alan Evans, South Dakota State Gus Gatto 1-1 RD James Mills, Oklahoma State Alan Evans 5-2 Joe Comly, Lehigh Peter Blair 10-5 Joe Comly Streeter Shining, Iowa [2] Joe Comly 4-1 Loren Reid, Colorado State Streeter Shining 4-2 Joe Comly 2-0 Denny Krick, Indiana Vaughn Hitchcock, Washington State [3] Denny Krick 10-4 Alex Sotir, Springfield Alex Sotir 5-4 Alex Sotir

19 1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 18 of Consolation Bracket Robinson, Brigham Young Robinson Oberly Fall 3:36 Oberly, Penn State Oberly RD Gatto, Northern Iowa Shining Shining, Iowa Shining 8-2 Sotir, Springfield Third Place: Bill Oberly, Penn State 6-1 Fourth Place: Streeter Shining, Iowa

20 Gene Nicks, Oklahoma State [1] 1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 19 of 20 Gene Nicks UNL Weight Class Larry Fowler, Michigan State Gene Nicks Fall 7:00 Willis Holland, Colorado State Larry Fowler 6-6 RD Gene Nicks 6-0 Max Kitzelman, Nebraska [4] Max Kitzelman Harold Hunter, Pittsburgh Max Kitzelman Fall 5:07 Harold Hunter Bob Konovsky, Wisconsin [2] Gene Nicks 7-0 Bob Konovsky Bill Hix, Middle Tennessee Bob Konovsky 6-0 Bill Hix Bob Konovsky 3-0 Ken Ellis, Kansas State Ken Ellis Jack Ellena, UCLA [3] Ken Ellis 5-4 Jack Ellena

21 1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 20 of 20 UNL Consolation Bracket Fowler Fowler, Michigan State Kitzelman 4-2 Kitzelman, Nebraska Hix Hix, Middle Tennessee Ellis Ellis, Kansas State Third Place: Max Kitzelman, Nebraska Fall 3:30 Fourth Place: Ken Ellis, Kansas State

26th NCAA Wrestling Tournament At Oklahoma State

26th NCAA Wrestling Tournament At Oklahoma State 1956 Team Champion Outstanding Wrestler Oklahoma State - 65 Points Dan Hodge - Oklahoma Top Ten Team Scores Number of Individual Champs in parentheses.