53rd EIWA Tournament At Penn State 3/15-3/16/57 1957 Team Champion Outstanding Wrestler Fletcher Award Sheridan Award Penn State - 74 Points Ed Peery - Pittsburgh Ed Peery - Pittsburgh None Final Team Scores Number of Individual Champs in parentheses 1 Penn State 74 (3) 2 Pittsburgh 61 (3) 3 Lehigh 48 (1) 4 Cornell 30 5 Navy 28 6 Franklin & Marshall 24 (1) 7 Syracuse 18 8 Brown 16 9 Colgate 9 10 Army 8 11 Harvard 5 12 Rutgers 4 13 Temple 2 13 Springfield 2 13 Princeton 2 13 Pennsylvania 2 13 Columbia 2 18 Yale 0 Champions and Place Winners Wrestler's seed in brackets, [US] indicates unseeeded. 123 1st: Ed Peery [1] - Pittsburgh (5-2) 2nd: Sid Nodland [2] - Penn State 3rd: George Creason [4] - Syracuse (8-3) 4th: John Cummings [US] - Brown 130 1st: John Johnston [1] - Penn State (6-3) 2nd: Vic DeFelice [2] - Pittsburgh 3rd: Leon Harbold [US] - Lehigh (4-3) 4th: Jerry Weisenseel [3] - Army 137 1st: John Pepe [2] - Penn State (4-2) 2nd: Joe Gratto [1] - Lehigh 3rd: Ted Bienkowski [3] - Pittsburgh (6-4) 4th: Frank Smith [4] - Brown 147 1st: Dave Adams [2] - Penn State (4-3) 2nd: Dick Santoro [1] - Lehigh 3rd: Bob Daughenbaugh [US] - Navy (5-2) 4th: Joe Yeats [3] - Franklin & Marshall 157 1st: Ed Hamer [US] - Lehigh (7-0) 2nd: Dick Vincent [1] - Cornell 3rd: Earl Poust [US] - Penn State (WFT) 4th: Fred Schult [US] - Colgate 167 1st: Dave Johnson [1] - Pittsburgh (8-1) 2nd: Steve Friedman [2] - Cornell 3rd: Bill White [3] - Syracuse (7-5) 4th: Neal Lesher [4] - Rutgers 177 1st: Ron Flemming [1] - Franklin & Marshall (5-3) 2nd: Les Walters [US] - Penn State 3rd: Doug Volgenau [4] - Navy (WFT) 4th: Pete Newell [2] - Colgate UNL 1st: Ron Schirf [1] - Pittsburgh (5-3) 2nd: Tony Stremic [2] - Navy 3rd: Dave Dunlop [3] - Cornell (4-1) 4th: Charles Pfrommer [4] - Franklin & Marshall
1957 EIWA Championship Page 1 of 8 123 Weight Class John Cummings, Brown Carmon Molino, Cornell [4] Sam Underhill, Navy David Clark, Columbia David Skeels, Harvard Art McCall, Temple Ed Peery, Pittsburgh [1] Charles Hershey, Franklin & Marshall Jud Ellis, Army Sid Nodland, Penn State [2] Dave Moulton, Princeton Ed Amerantes, Springfield John Cummings 5-4 David Clark Fall 2:56 Art McCall 7-5 Ed Peery Fall 3:18 Sid Nodland Fall 4:29 Ed Amerantes 5-0 John Cummings 3-2 Ed Peery Fall 6:46 Sid Nodland Fall 6:37 Ed Peery 6-2 Ed Peery 5-2 George Creason, Syracuse [4] Phil Schrefer, Yale Bob Myers, Lehigh Paul Martin, Colgate George Creason Fall 4:44 Bob Myers Fall 4:38 George Creason Fall 5:11 Sid Nodland 7-6 George Creason 8-3 Charles Hershey, Franklin & Marshall Ed Hoffman, Rutgers Charles Hershey Fall 4:36
1957 EIWA Championship Page 2 of 8 130 Weight Class Dick McShane, Colgate Ed Carlin, Syracuse [4] Robert Green, Navy Leon Harbold, Lehigh Paul Striker, Harvard John Johnston, Penn State [1] George Willis, Cornell Dick McKeeby, Rutgers Steve Saltzman, Franklin & Marshall George McLaughlin, Princeton Vic DeFelice, Pittsburgh [2] Bob Hamada, Yale Ed Carlin 7-0 Leon Harbold 10-2 John Johnston Fall 6:24 George Willis 9-4 Steve Saltzman 2-1 OT Vic DeFelice Fall 3:30 Leon Harbold DFT John Johnston Fall 3:46 Vic DeFelice 8-2 John Johnston Fall 4:43 John Johnston 6-3 Jerry Weisenseel, Army [3] Wilfred Chassey, Springfield Dick Bakalor, Columbia George Seaver, Brown Jerry Weisenseel 5-0 George Seaver Fall 6:30 Jerry Weisenseel 3-0 Vic DeFelice 8-3 Leon Harbold 4-3
1957 EIWA Championship Page 3 of 8 137 Weight Class Frank Smith, Brown [4] George Barber, Temple Joe Longton, Navy John Buchanan, Columbia Jim Hankee, Army Otis Graham, Yale Bob Skripak, Colgate Joe Gratto, Lehigh [1] Bob McDermot, Syracuse Gordon Muse, Franklin & Marshall John Pepe, Penn State [2] Robert Crook, Harvard Frank Smith Fall 1:34 Joe Longton Fall 2:08 Jim Hankee Fall 2:44 Joe Gratto Fall 3:31 Gordon Muse 9-2 John Pepe 9-2 Frank Smith 3-2 Joe Gratto Fall 1:55 John Pepe 5-0 Joe Gratto Fall 2:32 John Pepe 4-2 Don Kovalchik, Rutgers Charles Gratto, Cornell Ted Bienkowski, Pittsburgh [3] Curt Dohan, Princeton Charles Gratto 12-4 Ted Bienkowski 8-0 Ted Bienkowski 6-3 John Pepe 8-1 Ted Bienkowski 6-4
1957 EIWA Championship Page 4 of 8 147 Weight Class Bill Fortenbaugh, Princeton [4] John Hyde, Army Bob Daughenbaugh, Navy Dwight Conklin, Rutgers Jim Glynn, Colgate Dick Santoro, Lehigh [1] Phil Hepner, Yale John Noble, Harvard Glenn Wise, Cornell Dave Adams, Penn State [2] Bob Bubb, Pittsburgh Dave Kinne, Columbia Bill Fortenbaugh 6-1 Bob Daughenbaugh 7-5 OT Dick Santoro Fall 3:18 John Noble 6-1 Dave Adams 3-0 Bob Bubb 7-1 Bob Daughenbaugh Fall 8:50 Dick Santoro 9-0 Dave Adams 3-2 Dick Santoro 5-3 Dave Adams 4-3 John Pettit, Pennsylvania Joe Yeats, Franklin & Marshall [3] Sam Miranda, Syracuse Peter Roche, Brown Joe Yeats Fall 4:30 Peter Roche Fall 1:40 Joe Yeats 6-4 Dave Adams 4-1 Bob Daughenbaugh 5-2 John Noble, Harvard Don Resnick, Temple John Noble Fall 2:59 Glenn Wise, Cornell Henry Bianowicz, Springfield Glenn Wise DFT
1957 EIWA Championship Page 5 of 8 157 Weight Class Steve Jackson, Yale [4] Gordon Carberry, Syracuse Charles Crosby, Rutgers Earl Poust, Penn State Bob Richardson, Pittsburgh Dick Vincent, Cornell [1] Bob Smith, Franklin & Marshall Lou Winner, Brown Fred Schult, Colgate Nathan Swergold, Columbia Victor Lewin, Springfield [2] Ken Phillips, Army Gordon Carberry 8-0 Earl Poust Fall 4:04 Dick Vincent 7-4 Lou Winner 5-1 Fred Schult Fall 4:53 Victor Lewin 6-5 Earl Poust 5-4 Dick Vincent RD Fred Schult 5-3 Dick Vincent 3-1 Ed Hamer 7-0 Steve Lamphear, Navy Gerry Scanlan, Temple [3] Bill Macaleer, Princeton Ed Hamer, Lehigh Gerry Scanlan 6-4 Ed Hamer 4-0 Ed Hamer 4-1 Ed Hamer DFT Earl Poust Med FFT Lou Winner, Brown Jim Kinter, Pennsylvania Lou Winner 5-0 Fred Schult, Colgate John Eastling, Harvard Fred Schult 5-4
1957 EIWA Championship Page 6 of 8 167 Weight Class Bob Foster, Harvard John Driscoll, Lehigh Jay Goldenberg, Pennsylvania Neal Lesher, Rutgers [4] Peter Friedman, Navy Bruce Gilmore, Penn State Ray Norton, Temple Dave Johnson, Pittsburgh [1] Dale Baxter, Columbia Steve Friedman, Cornell [2] John Hannan, Franklin & Marshall Tony Phillippi, Brown Bob Foster Fall 5:45 Neal Lesher 3-2 Bruce Gilmore 2-1 Dave Johnson 9-1 Steve Friedman Fall 8:07 Tony Phillippi 2-1 OT Neal Lesher 10-6 Dave Johnson 6-1 Steve Friedman 9-4 Dave Johnson 6-1 Dave Johnson 8-1 Tex Lenart, Army Burt Burger, Springfield Paul D'Esterre, Colgate Bill White, Syracuse [3] Tex Lenart 4-2 Bill White 5-0 Bill White Fall 4:50 Steve Friedman 7-6 Bill White 7-5 Dave Johnson, Pittsburgh Ed Nell, Princeton Dave Johnson 7-0
1957 EIWA Championship Page 7 of 8 177 Weight Class Jim Megettigan, Springfield Steve Smethurst, Cornell Dick Donelli, Columbia Doug Volgenau, Navy [4] Charles Dinkelmeyer, Syracuse Bob LaRouche, Pennsylvania Ron Flemming, Franklin & Marshall [1] Dave Callard, Princeton Bill Gustafson, Lehigh John Alexander, Brown Pete Newell, Colgate [2] Art Bair, Army Steve Smethurst 7-0 Doug Volgenau Fall 4:21 Charles Dinkelmeyer 9-2 Ron Flemming 7-1 John Alexander 7-3 Pete Newell 11-3 Doug Volgenau 4-1 Ron Flemming 7-4 Pete Newell 6-4 Ron Flemming 6-3 Ron Flemming 5-3 John Sobiero, Temple Bob Gilmore, Harvard Les Walters, Penn State Dick Garretson, Rutgers [3] Bob Gilmore Fall 4:25 Les Walters 6-2 Les Walters 7-4 Les Walters DFT Doug Volgenau Med FFT Dave Callard, Princeton Pete Wight, Yale Dave Callard 1-0 OT
1957 EIWA Championship Page 8 of 8 UNL Weight Class Al Culbert, Harvard Charles Pfrommer, Franklin & Marshall [4] Mike Schoettle, Yale Bob Novogratz, Army Doug Werner, Colgate Frank Knipe, Pennsylvania Jim Thompson, Temple Ron Schirf, Pittsburgh [1] Tony Stremic, Navy [2] Mike Fisher, Rutgers Gene Roberts, Brown Jack Hunt, Princeton Charles Pfrommer 5-3 Bob Novogratz 5-0 Frank Knipe Fall 4:56 Ron Schirf Fall 1:16 Tony Stremic Fall 5:49 Jack Hunt 5-3 Charles Pfrommer 5-0 Ron Schirf Fall 3:55 Tony Stremic 4-0 Ron Schirf 3-0 Ron Schirf 5-3 Pete Davidson, Lehigh Gerald Sprague, Syracuse Gene Appel, Columbia Dave Dunlop, Cornell [3] Pete Davidson 12-2 Dave Dunlop 6-1 Dave Dunlop 3-2 Tony Stremic 3-2 Dave Dunlop 4-1 Ron Schirf, Pittsburgh Sam Markle, Penn State Ron Schirf 8-0