55th EIWA Tournament At Cornell 3/13/ - 3/14/59 1959 Team Champion Outstanding Wrestler Fletcher Award Sheridan Award Lehigh - 64 Points Dave Auble - Cornell Dick Santoro - Lehigh None Final Team Scores Number of Individual Champs in parentheses 1 Lehigh 64 (3) 2 Penn State 51 3 Cornell 39 (2) 4 Pittsburgh 37 (2) 5 Syracuse 24 (1) 6 Army 23 7 Franklin & Marshall 16 8 Rutgers 15 9 Yale 14 10 Harvard 13 11 Navy 12 12 Princeton 7 13 Pennsylvania 3 13 Columbia 3 15 Temple 0 16 Brown -3 Champions and Place Winners Wrestler's seed in brackets, [US] indicates unseeeded. 123 1st: Dave Auble [1] - Cornell (8-3) 2nd: Andy Fitch [3] - Yale 3rd: Cleon Cassel [4] - Franklin & Marshall (WFT) 4th: Paul Powell [2] - Pittsburgh 130 1st: Larry Lauchle [1] - Pittsburgh (8-3) 2nd: Dan Johnston [3] - Penn State 3rd: Leon Harbold [4] - Lehigh (WBF 4:46) 4th: Jerry Weisenseel [2] - Army 137 1st: Dick Santoro [1] - Lehigh (5-0) 2nd: Tom Grifa [2] - Rutgers 3rd: Guy Guccione [4] - Penn State (1-1, 4-2) 4th: Lester Austin [3] - Syracuse 147 1st: John Driscoll [3] - Lehigh (11-3) 2nd: Sam Minor [1] - Penn State 3rd: Neil DeLozier [4] - Franklin & Marshall (4-3) 4th: John Hyde [2] - Army 157 1st: Steve Friedman [4] - Cornell (7-5) 2nd: Bill Macaleer [2] - Princeton 3rd: Greg Ruth [1] - Lehigh (5-4) 4th: Harry Pollak [US] - Syracuse 167 1st: Tom Alberts [3] - Pittsburgh (4-2) 2nd: Thad Turner [1] - Lehigh 3rd: George Gray [US] - Penn State (WFT) 4th: Al Marion [2] - Cornell 177 1st: Ed Hamer [1] - Lehigh (9-4) 2nd: Bob Foster [2] - Harvard 3rd: Doug Volgenau [3] - Navy (3-1) 4th: Art Bair [US] - Army UNL 1st: Art Baker [1] - Syracuse (4-2) 2nd: John Oberly [US] - Penn State 3rd: Bob Novogratz [4] - Army (WFT) 4th: Dave Dunlop [2] - Cornell Compiled by wrestlingstats.com
1959 EIWA Championship Page 1 of 4 123 Weight Class Cleon Cassel, Franklin & Marshall [4] Jim Schmoyer, Lehigh Bob Protzman, Army Don Wilson, Penn State Dave Auble, Cornell [1] David Skeels, Harvard Norm Fowler, Rutgers Dick Siebel, Brown Paul Powell, Pittsburgh [2] George Stevens, Syracuse Chris Fischbacher, Princeton Charles Murphy, Pennsylvania Cleon Cassel 5-2 Don Wilson 5-1 Dave Auble 7-2 Norm Fowler 6-0 Paul Powell Fall 4:45 Chris Fischbacher 7-2 Cleon Cassel 5-1 Dave Auble Fall 4:41 Paul Powell 8-2 Dave Auble 10-1 Dave Auble 8-3 Andy Fitch, Yale [3] Bill Charlton, Temple Bob Kihune, Navy David Clark, Columbia Andy Fitch Fall 2:51 David Clark 3-2 Andy Fitch 5-1 Andy Fitch 1-1, 3-2 Cleon Cassel DFT 130 Weight Class Leon Harbold, Lehigh [4] Bill Young, Syracuse Bill Miller, Princeton Fred Leich, Rutgers Larry Lauchle, Pittsburgh [1] Gene Capporelletti, Temple Ray Ilg, Navy John Watkins, Harvard Jerry Weisenseel, Army [2] Brien Milesi, Columbia Bob Kramer, Yale Bye Leon Harbold 15-3 Fred Leich Fall 3:32 Larry Lauchle Fall 2:37 Ray Ilg Fall 4:30 Jerry Weisenseel 9-0 Bob Kramer Leon Harbold 9-0 Larry Lauchle 13-4 Jerry Weisenseel 5-0 Larry Lauchle 10-8 Larry Lauchle 8-3 Dan Johnston, Penn State [3] Alan Black, Pennsylvania Jim Alsbaugh, Franklin & Marshall George Willis, Cornell Dan Johnston 5-2 George Willis Fall 2:03 Dan Johnston 5-1 Dan Johnston 6-4 Leon Harbold Fall 4:56
137 Weight Class 1959 EIWA Championship Page 2 of 4 Guy Guccione, Penn State [4] Cecil Boyd, Navy Robert Jones, Cornell Gordon Muse, Franklin & Marshall Dick Santoro, Lehigh [1] Larry Cook, Pennsylvania Ed Strasbourger, Army Bill Granieni, Temple Tom Grifa, Rutgers [2] Ron Hummel, Princeton Gene Bouley, Brown Phil Suraci, Columbia Guy Guccione 9-1 Gordon Muse Fall 6:56 Dick Santoro Fall 6:59 Ed Strasbourger Fall 4:58 Tom Grifa 7-1 Gene Bouley 11-3 Guy Guccione 9-4 Dick Santoro 12-3 Tom Grifa 8-3 Dick Santoro 10-2 Dick Santoro 4-0 Lester Austin, Syracuse [3] Gillet Welles, Yale Karl Kludt, Harvard Stu Moyer, Pittsburgh Lester Austin 7-2 Stu Moyer 8-2 Lester Austin 9-7 Tom Grifa 5-2 Guy Guccione 1-1, 4-2 147 Weight Class Neil DeLozier, Franklin & Marshall [4] Joe Matisak, Syracuse Vince Chiarello, Columbia Norman Winter, Rutgers Sam Minor, Penn State [1] Bob Schoenemann, Yale Rick Osmun, Temple Ralph Geer, Princeton John Hyde, Army [2] James Estabrook, Harvard Don Ward, Navy Bruce Brenner, Pennsylvania Neil DeLozier 3-2 Norman Winter 5-4 Sam Minor Fall 4:33 Ralph Geer 6-4 John Hyde 4-0 Don Ward DFT Neil DeLozier 3-0 Sam Minor 5-2 John Hyde 2-0 Sam Minor 6-2 John Driscoll 11-3 John Driscoll, Lehigh [3] Harold Dick, Pittsburgh John Moyle, Brown James Carter, Cornell John Driscoll 5-0 James Carter 5-0 John Driscoll Fall 4:57 John Driscoll 4-0 Neil DeLozier 4-3
157 Weight Class 1959 EIWA Championship Page 3 of 4 Steve Friedman, Cornell [4] Horace Taylor, Franklin & Marshall H. Kramer, Temple Ed Hawthorne, Rutgers Greg Ruth, Lehigh [1] Bill Royston, Navy Lou Winner, Brown Alex Slaughter, Yale Bill Macaleer, Princeton [2] King Holmes, Harvard Neil Turner, Penn State Peter Schantz, Pennsylvania Steve Friedman 6-2 Ed Hawthorne 10-1 Greg Ruth 11-3 Lou Winner 10-3 Bill Macaleer 6-2 Neil Turner 6-4 Steve Friedman 5-5, 4-0 Greg Ruth 6-5 Bill Macaleer 12-3 Steve Friedman 7-5 Steve Friedman 7-5 Alex Skirpan, Pittsburgh [3] Bob Davidson, Army Lou Sposato, Columbia Harry Pollak, Syracuse Alex Skirpan 12-1 Harry Pollak Fall 5:30 Harry Pollak DFT Bill Macaleer 3-1 Greg Ruth 5-4 167 Weight Class Al Donzanti, Pennsylvania [4] Rick Sullivan, Harvard Terry Case, Brown George Gray, Penn State Thad Turner, Lehigh [1] Tom Miller, Yale Warren Miller, Army Thomas Donnelly, Princeton Al Marion, Cornell [2] Dick Daniels, Rutgers Jim TenBrook, Navy Dave Thomas, Franklin & Marshall Al Donzanti 6-0 George Gray 10-0 Thad Turner 6-2 Warren Miller Fall 5:44 Al Marion Fall 7:39 Jim TenBrook 5-3 George Gray Fall 4:43 Thad Turner 5-1 Al Marion 4-0 Thad Turner 5-1 Tom Alberts 4-2 Tom Alberts, Pittsburgh [3] Jerry Belardo, Temple Edward Mendryzcki, Columbia John Wynne, Syracuse Tom Alberts Fall 2:54 John Wynne 7-2 Tom Alberts DFT Tom Alberts DFT George Gray Med FFT
177 Weight Class 1959 EIWA Championship Page 4 of 4 Henry Barone, Penn State [4] John Nichols, Syracuse Walter McNamara, Brown Art Bair, Army Ed Hamer, Lehigh [1] Jim Sierk, Rutgers Bob LaRouche, Pennsylvania Larry Frank, Temple Bob Foster, Harvard [2] Tony Vuocolo, Pittsburgh Gene Appel, Columbia Joe Herr, Franklin & Marshall Henry Barone Fall 2:40 Art Bair 14-0 Ed Hamer 6-0 Bob LaRouche Fall 7:32 Bob Foster Fall 2:56 Gene Appel 8-0 Art Bair 7-4 Ed Hamer 5-0 Bob Foster 4-2 Ed Hamer 4-0 Ed Hamer 9-4 Doug Volgenau, Navy [3] Phil Oberlander, Cornell Ted Turner, Princeton Hardy Will, Yale Doug Volgenau 11-1 Hardy Will Fall 6:48 Doug Volgenau 10-3 Bob Foster 8-5 Doug Volgenau 3-1 UNL Weight Class Bob Novogratz, Army [4] Thomas Hall, Pittsburgh Norm St. Amand, Navy Dick Sherrill, Yale Art Baker, Syracuse [1] Jim Horner, Rutgers Art Giorgini, Brown Bob Wynne, Harvard Dave Dunlop, Cornell [2] Edgar Smith, Pennsylvania Carlos Henriquez, Columbia Bye Bob Novogratz 6-1 Norm St. Amand 6-2 Art Baker 3-2 Bob Wynne Fall 2:12 Dave Dunlop 4-1 Carlos Henriquez Bob Novogratz 3-2 Art Baker 4-0 Dave Dunlop 6-0 Art Baker 6-1 Art Baker 4-2 Charles Pfrommer, Franklin & Marshall [3] Russ Triponey, Lehigh Ted Quedenfeld, Temple John Oberly, Penn State Charles Pfrommer 3-2 John Oberly Fall 4:40 John Oberly 4-0 John Oberly Fall 7:25 Bob Novogratz Med FFT