29th NCAA Wrestling Tournament At Iowa

29th NCAA Wrestling Tournament At Iowa 1959 Team Champion Outstanding Wrestler Oklahoma State - 73 Points Ron Gray - Iowa State Top Ten Team Scores Number of Individual Champs in parentheses. 1 Oklahoma State 73 (2) 2 Iowa State 51 (2) 3 Oklahoma 41 (1) 4 Iowa 33 (1) 5 Pittsburgh 30 6 Wyoming 25 7 Minnesota State 21 8 Lehigh 20 (1) 9 Minnesota 17 9 Michigan State 17 Champions and Place Winners Wrestler's seed in brackets, [US] indicates unseeeded. 115 1st: Andy Fitch [4] - Yale (3-3, 5-4) 2nd: Dick Wilson [2] - Toledo 3rd: Bob Taylor [1] - Oklahoma State (3-1) 4th: Jack Thamert [US] - Minnesota State 123 1st: Dave Auble [4] - Cornell (10-4) 2nd: Larry Lauchle [2] - Pittsburgh 3rd: Vince Garcia [5] - Iowa (5-5, 1-1 RD) 4th: Herb Karcher [6] - Wyoming 130 1st: Stan Abel [1] - Oklahoma (3-2) 2nd: Les Anderson [2] - Iowa State 3rd: Brandon Glover [3] - Virginia Tech (4-3) 4th: Clarence McNair [4] - Kent State 137 1st: Larry Hayes [5] - Iowa State (10-3) 2nd: Shelby Wilson [2] - Oklahoma State 3rd: Paul Aubrey [1] - Oklahoma (6-3) 4th: Charles Coffee [US] - Minnesota 147 1st: Ron Gray [1] - Iowa State (9-3) 2nd: Jerry Frude [US] - Wyoming 3rd: Bob Wilson [2] - Oklahoma State (8-1) 4th: Bob Bubb [US] - Pittsburgh 157 1st: Dick Beattie [1] - Oklahoma State (8-5) 2nd: Sid Terry [2] - Oklahoma 3rd: Ellie Watkins [3] - Iowa State (3-1) 4th: Art Kraft [US] - Northwestern 167 1st: Ed Hamer [4] - Lehigh (4-0) 2nd: Tom Alberts [3] - Pittsburgh 3rd: Duane Murty [1] - Oklahoma State (1-1, 3-2) 4th: Dick Ballinger [2] - Wyoming 177 1st: Jim Craig [2] - Iowa (6-5) 2nd: Al Blanshan [US] - Minnesota State 3rd: Bill Wright [1] - Minnesota (6-0) 4th: Ed Rath [3] - Colorado State 191 1st: Art Baker [2] - Syracuse (9-5) 2nd: Tim Woodin [1] - Michigan State 3rd: Gordon Trapp [3] - Iowa (5-2) 4th: Adnan Kaisy [4] - Oklahoma State UNL 1st: Ted Ellis [1] - Oklahoma State (1-1, 2-0) 2nd: Bob Marella [6] - Ithaca 3rd: Walter Goltl [2] - Northern Colorado (3-1) 4th: Don Darter [US] - Kansas State

1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 1 of 20 Fred Lamb, Indiana Andy Fitch, Yale [4] Fred Rittschoff, Wisconsin Mitsi Tamura, Oregon State [5] Don Webster, Iowa State Bob Taylor, Oklahoma State [1] Ray Osborne, Maryland Don Huff, Northern Colorado John Dooley, Kansas State Fred Lamb Andy Fitch Fred Rittschoff Mitsi Tamura Don Webster Bob Taylor Ray Osborne Don Huff 5-3 Andy Fitch Fall 3:55 Mitsi Tamura 3-1 Bob Taylor 6-2 Don Huff 2-0 Andy Fitch Fall 6:58 Bob Taylor 5-4 115 Weight Class Andy Fitch 5-2 Dick Wilson, Toledo [2] Regan Wright, Oklahoma Bill Seery, Colorado Mines Jack Thamert, Minnesota State Mike Grandstaff, Virginia Tech Larry Moser, Iowa [6] Larry Goldberg, Northern Iowa Jim Whitmer, Cornell Iowa Dick Williams, Western State [3] Dick Wilson 4-1 Bill Seery Jack Thamert Mike Grandstaff Larry Moser Larry Goldberg Jim Whitmer Dick Williams Dick Wilson 9-0 Jack Thamert Fall 6:31 Larry Moser 7-6 Dick Williams 4-0 Dick Wilson 4-0 Larry Moser 4-1 Andy Fitch 3-3, 5-4 Dick Wilson Med FFT

1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 2 of 20 115 Consolation Bracket Lamb, Indiana Lamb Tamura 3-0 Tamura, Oregon State Taylor 2-0 Taylor, Oklahoma State Wright, Oklahoma Wright 5-2 Seery, Colorado Mines Thamert 3-2 Thamert, Minnesota State Thamert Med FFT Moser, Iowa Third Place: Bob Taylor, Oklahoma State 3-1 Fourth Place: Jack Thamert, Minnesota State

1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 3 of 20 Dave Auble, Cornell [4] Loren Wiesmer, South Dakota State Jim Stagg, Bowling Green Frank Jordan, Northern Colorado Vince Garcia, Iowa [5] Cleon Cassel, Franklin & Marshall Jim Garman, Bloomsburg Doug Bingham, Utah Jim Bledsoe, SIU-Carbondale Maynard Nelson, Minnesota State Ed Fletcher, Oregon State DuWayne Miller, Oklahoma [1] Dave Auble Jim Stagg 6-0 Frank Jordan Vince Garcia 6-1 Jim Garman Doug Bingham 9-7 Maynard Nelson DuWayne Miller 11-4 Dave Auble 6-3 Vince Garcia 3-2 Doug Bingham 5-4 DuWayne Miller Fall 5:44 Dave Auble 8-5 Doug Bingham 9-8 123 Weight Class Dave Auble 8-5 Max Hawkins, Oklahoma State Larry Lauchle, Pittsburgh [2] Stan Henderson, Purdue Ron Andrews, Minnesota Bob Bowman, Virginia Tech Gary Hoagland, Portland State Walt Martinez, Western State Russ McClatchey, Cornell Iowa Herb Karcher, Wyoming [6] Dick VanAuken, Maryland [3] Dennis Friedericks, Iowa State Larry Lauchle 11-6 Stan Henderson Ron Andrews 6-0 Gary Hoagland Walt Martinez 3-1 Herb Karcher Dick VanAuken Dennis Friedericks Larry Lauchle Fall 8:21 Gary Hoagland 8-5 Herb Karcher 6-3 Dick VanAuken Fall 7:03 Larry Lauchle 10-3 Herb Karcher 9-7 Dave Auble 10-4 Larry Lauchle 8-2

1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 4 of 20 123 Consolation Bracket Stagg, Bowling Green Stagg Garcia 5-2 Garcia, Iowa Garcia 3-2 Bingham, Utah Hawkins, Oklahoma State Hawkins 5-1 Henderson, Purdue Hawkins 4-2 Hoagland, Portland State Karcher 3-2 Karcher, Wyoming Third Place: Vince Garcia, Iowa 5-5, 1-1 RD Fourth Place: Herb Karcher, Wyoming

1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 5 of 20 Dale Sullivan, Bloomsburg Clarence McNair, Kent State [4] Garth Rogers, Colorado Leon Harbold, Lehigh Norm Young, Michigan State [5] Dave Camaione, Ohio State Glen Hasse, Colorado Mines Ray Haney, Maryland Lannie Bryant, Northern Colorado Jerry Lane, Northern Iowa Stan Abel, Oklahoma [1] Dale Sullivan Clarence McNair Garth Rogers Leon Harbold 7-3 Dave Camaione Glen Hasse 8-4 Lannie Bryant Stan Abel 6-0 Clarence McNair 2-0 Leon Harbold 6-5 Dave Camaione 5-3 Stan Abel 7-3 Clarence McNair 16-7 Stan Abel 11-6 130 Weight Class Stan Abel 8-3 Don Satchell, Portland State Dale Madden, Wyoming Dick Storch, Carleton Les Anderson, Iowa State [2] Bill Taylor, Cornell Iowa Lynn Griffith, Western State [6] Tom Chesbro, Oklahoma State Richard Waite, Minnesota Brandon Glover, Virginia Tech [3] Dave Frame, Minnesota State Dale Madden 6-0 Dick Storch Les Anderson Bill Taylor Lynn Griffith 10-9 Richard Waite Brandon Glover Dave Frame Dale Madden 4-0 Les Anderson 4-0 Lynn Griffith 5-0 Brandon Glover 11-1 Les Anderson 6-0 Brandon Glover 1-1, 1-1 RD Stan Abel 3-2 Les Anderson 5-0

1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 6 of 20 130 Consolation Bracket Lane, Northern Iowa Bryant 3-2 Bryant, Northern Colorado Camaione 10-3 Camaione, Ohio State McNair 6-4 McNair, Kent State Taylor, Cornell Iowa Taylor Madden 3-0 Madden, Wyoming Glover 4-3 Glover, Virginia Tech Third Place: Brandon Glover, Virginia Tech 4-3 Fourth Place: Clarence McNair, Kent State

1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 7 of 20 Ramon West, RIT Harry Romig, Lycoming Gene Luttrell, Iowa [4] Perrin Henderson, North Carolina John Rollins, Central Michigan Wilbur Bauer, Portland State Larry Hayes, Iowa State [5] Dick Frankenberger, SIU-Carbondale Paul Aubrey, Oklahoma [1] Dick McCory, Purdue Don Woehrle, Northwestern Lance Masters, DePauw Tom Hall, Cal Poly-SLO Lyle Neville, Colorado Ramon West Gene Luttrell 8-6 Perrin Henderson 6-6, 6-2 Larry Hayes 5-2 Dick Frankenberger Paul Aubrey 3-1 Don Woehrle 5-0 Lyle Neville 7-0 Ramon West 5-1 Larry Hayes 6-0 Paul Aubrey 4-0 Don Woehrle 8-3 Larry Hayes 8-1 Paul Aubrey 5-0 137 Weight Class Larry Hayes 4-2 Paul Pinnt, Colorado Mines Joe Heller, Virginia Tech Shelby Wilson, Oklahoma State [2] Dick Rimple, Bloomsburg Charles Coffee, Minnesota Bill Corn, Western State Pat Semary, Kent State Dick Zboray, Indiana Carl Scott, Wyoming [6] Larry Word, Kansas State Ron Youngbauer, Minnesota State Dick Santoro, Lehigh [3] Henry Shaw, Lock Haven Paul Pinnt 4-3 Shelby Wilson 11-3 Charles Coffee 5-0 Pat Semary Dick Zboray 8-5 Larry Word Dick Santoro 6-3 Henry Shaw Shelby Wilson 16-5 Charles Coffee 7-1 Dick Zboray 8-4 Dick Santoro 5-4 Shelby Wilson 8-4 Dick Zboray 2-0 Larry Hayes 10-3 Shelby Wilson 16-2

1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 8 of 20 137 Consolation Bracket Henderson, North Carolina Bauer 9-0 Bauer, Portland State Bauer 6-3 West, RIT Aubrey 6-0 Aubrey, Oklahoma Rimple, Bloomsburg Pinnt 4-1 Pinnt, Colorado Mines Coffee 6-5 Coffee, Minnesota Coffee 2-0 Zboray, Indiana Third Place: Paul Aubrey, Oklahoma 6-3 Fourth Place: Charles Coffee, Minnesota

1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 9 of 20 Barney Bales, Colorado Bob Tallman, Nebraska-Omaha Bill Berry, Washington State [4] Bob Pac, Lycoming [5] Bob Bubb, Pittsburgh Jerry Huffman, RIT Werner Holzer, Illinois John Noble, Harvard Brian Kenyon, Iowa Neil DeLozier, Franklin & Marshall Ron Gray, Iowa State [1] Ralph Clark, Lock Haven Barney Bales Bill Berry 8-5 Bob Pac Bob Bubb 2-0 Werner Holzer John Noble 5-1 Neil DeLozier Ron Gray 4-2 Bill Berry DFT Bob Bubb 6-3 Werner Holzer 4-3 Ron Gray 4-0 Bob Bubb 10-8 Ron Gray 8-3 147 Weight Class Ron Gray 8-1 Charles Patton, Northern Iowa Bob Wilson, Oklahoma State [2] John Driscoll, Lehigh Harold Thompson, Nebraska Don Mall, San Jose State Gary Riter, Colorado State Jim Hoppel, Bowling Green [6] Bill Peterson, Cornell Iowa Clair Gard, Kansas State Sam Minor, Penn State Jerry Frude, Wyoming Jim Innis, Wisconsin [3] Bob Wilson 7-4 John Driscoll Harold Thompson 5-3 Gary Riter Bill Peterson 3-1 Clair Gard Jerry Frude 2-1 Jim Innis Bob Wilson 4-2 Gary Riter 8-6 Bill Peterson 3-0 Jerry Frude 2-0 Bob Wilson 6-3 Jerry Frude 2-1 Ron Gray 9-3 Jerry Frude 9-8

1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 10 of 20 147 Consolation Bracket Clark, Lock Haven Clark 3-1 DeLozier, Franklin & Marshall Clark 3-1 OT Holzer, Illinois Bubb 2-1 OT Bubb, Pittsburgh Minor, Penn State Minor 2-1 Innis, Wisconsin Minor 4-0 Peterson, Cornell Iowa Wilson 5-4 Wilson, Oklahoma State Third Place: Bob Wilson, Oklahoma State 8-1 Fourth Place: Bob Bubb, Pittsburgh

1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 11 of 20 Steve Friedman, Cornell [4] Art Kraft, Northwestern Frank Hankin, Utah Al Gibbons, Carleton Brad Tate, Adams State Fritz Fivian, Oregon State [5] Gerald Ray, Northern Iowa Burt Burger, Springfield Ron Fretheim, Luther Bob Rohm, Bloomsburg Tom Robinson, Purdue Dick Besnier, Maryland Jim Gass, Cornell Iowa Dick Beattie, Oklahoma State [1] Steve Friedman Art Kraft 5-2 Al Gibbons 7-4 Fritz Fivian 5-0 Burt Burger Bob Rohm 6-2 Tom Robinson 7-6 Dick Beattie 4-1 Art Kraft 7-6 Fritz Fivian 4-2 Bob Rohm 2-1 Dick Beattie 2-0 Art Kraft 5-4 Dick Beattie 4-1 157 Weight Class Dick Beattie 3-2 Dave Abraham, Colorado Harry Schlieff, Minnesota Buddy Snyder, Wyoming Tom Gabbard, Illinois Sid Terry, Oklahoma [2] Bob Gaskill, Colorado State Bob Oury, Wheaton Ellie Watkins, Iowa State [3] John Kreamer, Lock Haven Joe Mullins, Iowa Herman Ayres, SIU-Carbondale Francis Flesner, South Dakota State Thad Turner, Lehigh [6] Harry Schlieff 2-1 Bill Gabbard 12-2 Sid Terry Fall 5:11 Bob Oury Ellie Watkins 8-2 Joe Mullins Herman Ayres 4-3 Thad Turner Harry Schlieff 4-3 Sid Terry 7-2 Ellie Watkins 4-3 Thad Turner 4-0 Sid Terry 8-2 Ellie Watkins 1-1, 1-1 RD Dick Beattie 8-5 Sid Terry 5-4 OT

1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 12 of 20 157 Consolation Bracket Gass, Cornell Iowa Gass RD Robinson, Purdue Gass Fall 5:46 Rohm, Bloomsburg Kraft 4-0 Kraft, Northwestern Gaskill, Colorado State Gaskill 3-0 Oury, Wheaton Gaskill 4-2 Schlieff, Minnesota Watkins 6-2 Watkins, Iowa State Third Place: Ellie Watkins, Iowa State 3-1 Fourth Place: Art Kraft, Northwestern

1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 13 of 20 Tom Green, Iowa State Ed Hamer, Lehigh [4] Verl Castro, Utah Jim Ferguson, Michigan State [5] George Gray, Penn State Dennis Fitzgerald, Michigan Lowell Glynn, Minnesota State Ken Koenig, Kent State Duane Murty, Oklahoma State [1] Bill Koehen, Minnesota Bob Foster, Harvard Tom Green Ed Hamer Verl Castro Jim Ferguson 8-2 Dennis Fitzgerald Lowell Glynn 11-6 Duane Murty Bob Foster 7-2 Ed Hamer 6-2 Jim Ferguson 10-9 Lowell Glynn 3-2 Duane Murty 7-2 Ed Hamer 2-1 Duane Murty 13-3 167 Weight Class Ed Hamer 5-2 Norm Hoffman, California-Berkeley Jerry Allen, Kansas State Dick Ballinger, Wyoming [2] Vince Gonino, Ohio State Don Conway, Oregon State Fred Redeker, Indiana Tom Alberts, Pittsburgh [3] Bob Godwin, DePauw Dick Dean, Maryland [6] Tom Miller, Yale Jerry Allen 3-2 Dick Ballinger Vince Gonino Don Conway Tom Alberts Fall 2:58 Bob Godwin Dick Dean Tom Miller Dick Ballinger 8-1 Don Conway 5-1 Tom Alberts 6-0 Dick Dean 9-2 Dick Ballinger 2-1 Tom Alberts 2-1 Ed Hamer 4-0 Tom Alberts 7-5

1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 14 of 20 167 Consolation Bracket Green, Iowa State Green Ferguson 3-0 Ferguson, Michigan State Murty 3-1 Murty, Oklahoma State Redeker, Indiana Redeker 5-3 Godwin, DePauw Dean Fall 5:40 Dean, Maryland Ballinger 4-4, 1-0 Ballinger, Wyoming Third Place: Duane Murty, Oklahoma State 1-1, 3-2 Fourth Place: Dick Ballinger, Wyoming

1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 15 of 20 Roy Conrad, Northern Illinois [4] George Ihnat, Indiana Ross Smith, Adams State Ron Meleney, Iowa State [5] Al Blanshan, Minnesota State Frank Fiore, Kent State Tom Trousil, Illinois Bill Wright, Minnesota [1] Bruce Campbell, Oklahoma State John McCray, Michigan State Roy Conrad George Ihnat Ross Smith Al Blanshan 3-2 Frank Fiore Tom Trousil Bill Wright Bruce Campbell 6-2 Roy Conrad Fall 3:45 Al Blanshan Fall 5:42 Tom Trousil 11-5 Bill Wright 4-0 Al Blanshan 6-5 Bill Wright 9-1 177 Weight Class Al Blanshan 4-3 Merv Miller, Cornell Iowa Jim Craig, Iowa [2] Greg Ruth, Lehigh Lyle Brownlee, Wyoming Hardy Will, Yale Ed Rath, Colorado State [3] Karl Fink, Michigan Don Meyers, Colorado Mines John Daily, Akron George Goodner, Oklahoma [6] Jim Craig 4-0 Greg Ruth Lyle Brownlee Hardy Will Ed Rath 8-4 Don Meyers John Daily George Goodner Jim Craig 6-2 Lyle Brownlee 6-2 Ed Rath 10-3 George Goodner 3-1 Jim Craig 8-1 Ed Rath 8-2 Jim Craig 6-5 Jim Craig 6-5

1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 16 of 20 177 Consolation Bracket Meleney, Iowa State Meleney 4-0 Smith, Adams State Meleney RD Conrad, Northern Illinois Wright 4-3 Wright, Minnesota Miller, Cornell Iowa Ruth 2-1 Ruth, Lehigh Ruth 8-3 Brownlee, Wyoming Rath 7-2 Rath, Colorado State Third Place: Bill Wright, Minnesota 6-0 Fourth Place: Ed Rath, Colorado State

1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 17 of 20 Dave Dunlop, Cornell [5] LaVerne Dykema, Minnesota John Matney, North Carolina Adnan Kaisy, Oklahoma State [4] Mike Pacilio, Gettysburg Dick Sherrill, Yale Charles Peterson, Pacific Tim Woodin, Michigan State [1] David Campbell, Oklahoma Dave Dunlop LaVerne Dykema John Matney Adnan Kaisy Mike Pacilio Dick Sherrill Charles Peterson Tim Woodin Fall 2:58 Dave Dunlop 6-1 Adnan Kaisy 13-4 Dick Sherrill 6-2 Tim Woodin Fall 4:26 Adnan Kaisy 3-2 Tim Woodin Fall 7:09 191 Weight Class Tim Woodin 8-2 Roger Pohlman, Iowa State Art Baker, Syracuse [2] Marion Rushing, SIU-Carbondale Tony Stevens, Cornell Iowa Howard Colling, Wyoming Harold Brownstein, Illinois [6] Benedict Motis, South Dakota State Gordon Trapp, Iowa [3] Roger Pohlman Art Baker Marion Rushing Tony Stevens Howard Colling Harold Brownstein Benedict Motis Gordon Trapp Art Baker 5-2 Marion Rushing 10-2 Harold Brownstein 4-2 Gordon Trapp 15-0 Art Baker 4-1 Gordon Trapp 4-2 Art Baker 9-5 Art Baker 9-6

1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 18 of 20 191 Consolation Bracket Campbell, Oklahoma Campbell 3-1 Peterson, Pacific Campbell 6-3 Sherrill, Yale Kaisy 4-4, 1-1 RD Kaisy, Oklahoma State Pohlman, Iowa State Pohlman Pohlman Med FFT Rushing, SIU-Carbondale Trapp 6-3 Trapp, Iowa Third Place: Gordon Trapp, Iowa 5-2 Fourth Place: Adnan Kaisy, Oklahoma State

1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 19 of 20 John Oberly, Penn State [4] Dale Lewis, Oklahoma Bob Salata, Illinois [5] Tom Doyle, Northwest Missouri Don Darter, Kansas State Frank Ruvolo, Nebraska-Omaha Frank Kurtenbach, South Dakota State Ted Ellis, Oklahoma State [1] Harry Jacobs, Bradley John Oberly Dale Lewis Bob Salata Tom Doyle Don Darter Frank Ruvolo Frank Kurtenbach Ted Ellis Fall 3:32 John Oberly 1-1, 1-1 RD Tom Doyle 8-2 Don Darter 5-1 Ted Ellis Fall 5:04 John Oberly 7-4 Ted Ellis Fall 2:20 UNL Weight Class Ted Ellis Fall 2:30 Walter Goltl, Northern Colorado [2] Wade Doerfler, Pacific Dave Enslow, Washington Gary Grouwinkel, Iowa Bob Marella, Ithaca [6] Pete Veldman, Minnesota Jan Schwitters, Iowa State [3] Bob Wynne, Harvard Walter Goltl Wade Doerfler Dave Enslow Gary Grouwinkel Bob Marella Pete Veldman Jan Schwitters Bob Wynne Walter Goltl Fall 6:21 Gary Grouwinkel 7-4 Bob Marella 6-1 Jan Schwitters 7-1 Walter Goltl 2-1 Bob Marella 11-1 Ted Ellis 1-1, 2-0 Bob Marella 1-1, 1-1 RD

1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 20 of 20 UNL Consolation Bracket Jacobs, Bradley Jacobs 2-1 Kurtenbach, South Dakota State Darter 2-1 Darter, Kansas State Darter Med FFT Oberly, Penn State Veldman, Minnesota Veldman Veldman 2-1 Schwitters, Iowa State Goltl 3-0 Goltl, Northern Colorado Third Place: Walter Goltl, Northern Colorado 3-1 Fourth Place: Don Darter, Kansas State