195424th NCAA Wrestling Tournament3/26/1954 to 3/27/1954 at Oklahoma

Champions and Place Winners

Top Ten Team Scores

Outstanding Wrestler Tommy Evans - Oklahoma

Team Champion Oklahoma State - 32 Points

Number of Individual Champs in parentheses.

Wrestler's seed in brackets, [US] indicates unseeeded.

115 Hugh Peery [1] - Pittsburgh (9-2) Charles Ofsthun [US] - MinnesotaJack Love [3] - Kent State

1st: 2nd:3rd: 4th:Terry McCann [4] - Iowa (WBF 1:38)

123 Dick Govig [4] - Iowa (5-1) Joe Lobaugh [US] - Oklahoma StateEd Anderson [US] - Minnesota

1st: 2nd:3rd: 4th:Al Vega [1] - Purdue (9-5)

130 Norvard Nalan [1] - Michigan (6-1) Jim Howard [3] - IthacaBill Kozy [US] - Pittsburgh

1st: 2nd:3rd: 4th:Jim Sinadinos [4] - Michigan State (8-2)

137 Myron Roderick [2] - Oklahoma State (8-4) Eddie Eichelberger [4] - LehighAndrew Kaul [1] - Michigan

1st: 2nd:3rd: 4th:Gerry Maurey [3] - Penn State (8-2)

147 Tommy Evans [1] - Oklahoma (WBF 4:15) Donald Thompson [US] - Oklahoma StateBen Bronstein [4] - Northern Colorado

1st: 2nd:3rd: 4th:Lloyd Corwin [US] - Cornell Iowa (5-1)

157 Bob Hoke [1] - Michigan State (11-6) Ed Rooney [2] - SyracuseJohn Eagleton [3] - Oklahoma

1st: 2nd:3rd: 4th:Larry TenPas [4] - Illinois (2-1)

167 Joe Solomon [US] - Pittsburgh (6-2) Ernie Fischer [US] - MarylandFred Davis [1] - Oklahoma State

1st: 2nd:3rd: 4th:Joe Gattuso [2] - Navy (3-1)

177 Ned Blass [1] - Oklahoma State (5-4) Royal Smith [US] - ColoradoTed Weaver [3] - Kansas State

1st: 2nd:3rd: 4th:Joe Krufka [4] - Penn State (WBF 5:40)

191 Peter Blair [1] - Navy (10-5) Joe Comly [US] - LehighStreeter Shining [2] - Iowa

1st: 2nd:3rd: 4th:Bill Oberly [US] - Penn State (6-1)

UNL Gene Nicks [1] - Oklahoma State (7-0) Bob Konovsky [2] - WisconsinKen Ellis [US] - Kansas State

1st: 2nd:3rd: 4th:Max Kitzelman [4] - Nebraska (WBF 3:30)

1 Oklahoma State 32 (3)2 Pittsburgh 17 (2)3 Penn State 134 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

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3/26/1954 to 3/27/1954 at Oklahoma1954 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 1 of 20

Hugh Peery Fall 3:55

Robert David

Terry McCann

Dave Bowlin 4-2

Hugh Peery Fall 4:00

Terry McCann 13-4

Hugh Peery 9-2

115 Weight Class

Hugh Peery 6-5

Junior Corr 9-6

Tom Torgerson

Charles Ofsthun

Jack Love

Tom Torgerson 11-6

Charles Ofsthun 7-5

Charles Ofsthun 7-1

Hugh Peery, Pittsburgh [1]

Joe Landholm, Kansas State

Robert David, Auburn

Bye

Terry McCann, Iowa [4]

Bye

Dave Bowlin, Oklahoma State

Manuel Pihakis, Indiana

Junior Corr, Oklahoma

Robert Whelan, SIU-Carbondale

Tom Torgerson, Colorado [2]

Bye

Charles Ofsthun, Minnesota

Bye

Jack Love, Kent State [3]

Bye

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115 Consolation Bracket

David, Auburn

Love, Kent State

Landholm

Landholm 3-1

Love

McCann, Iowa

Torgerson, Colorado

McCann Fall 3:51

Love Fall 5:32

Landholm, Kansas State

Bye

Bye

Bye

Terry McCann, Iowa Fall 1:38Third Place:

Jack Love, Kent StateFourth Place:

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Dick Govig 9-0

Bill Allen

Al Vega FFT

Ted Bredehoft 6-5

Dick Govig Fall 4:31

Al Vega 7-1

Dick Govig 5-1

123 Weight Class

Dick Govig 4-3

Joe Lobaugh 4-0

Ed Anderson

Bob McCreary 4-1

John Ontiveros

Joe Lobaugh 6-3

John Ontiveros 3-1

Joe Lobaugh RD

Dick Govig, Iowa [4]

Stephan Levin, CCNY

Bill Allen, Texas A & M

Bye

Al Vega, Purdue [1]

Harry Pawlik, North Carolina

Ted Bredehoft, Cornell Iowa

Robert Royce, Wyoming

Joe Lobaugh, Oklahoma State

Donald Stubblebine, Springfield [2]

Ed Anderson, Minnesota

Bye

Bob McCreary, Temple [3]

Ed Blubaugh, Oklahoma

John Ontiveros, Illinois

Bye

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123 Consolation Bracket

Allen, Texas A & M

Anderson, Minnesota

Levin

Stubblebine

Allen Fall

Anderson 6-2

Vega, Purdue

Ontiveros, Illinois

Vega Fall 3:28

Anderson

Levin, CCNY

Bye

Stubblebine, Springfield

Bye

Al Vega, Purdue 9-5Third Place:

Ed Anderson, MinnesotaFourth Place:

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Reed Weight, Brigham Young

Bye

Jim Sinadinos, Michigan State [4]

Bye

Mark Murray, Cornell Iowa

Bye

Ron Day, Colorado State

Bye

Parker Mangus, Lehigh

Bye

Hugh Linn, Iowa State

Don Hart, Oklahoma

Bob Beattie, Texas A & M

Bye

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 5:18

Norvard Nalan 6-1

130 Weight Class

Norvard Nalan 4-1

Bill Hunt, Minnesota

Dick Lemyre, Penn State [2]

Bob Mancuso, Kansas State

Bye

Richard Hockley, Wyoming

Bye

Gerald Koch, Northern Iowa

Bye

Jim Howard, Ithaca [3]

Bye

Bill Kozy, Pittsburgh

Bye

Vernon Whitney, Purdue

Bye

David Kikuchi, California-Berkeley

Bye

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

Jim Howard RD

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130 Consolation Bracket

Hart, Oklahoma

Whitney, Purdue

Simmons Fall 2:49

Kozy

Hart 4-2

Kozy 4-4 RD

Sinadinos, Michigan State

Hockley, Wyoming

Sinadinos Fall 5:33

Kozy 7-6

Beattie, Texas A & M

Simmons, Oklahoma State

Kozy, Pittsburgh

Bye

Jim Sinadinos, Michigan State 8-2Third Place:

Bill Kozy, PittsburghFourth Place:

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Warren DePrenger, Cornell Iowa

Bye

Wayne Loucks, California-Berkeley

Bye

Lee Young, Oklahoma

Bye

Eddie Eichelberger, Lehigh [4]

Bye

George Matthews, Pittsburgh

Bye

Raymond Downey, Auburn

Bye

Andrew Kaul, Michigan [1]

Bye

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 6-3

Myron Roderick 8-4

137 Weight Class

Eddie Eichelberger 8-2

Jerry Rollins, Brigham Young

Bye

Myron Roderick, Oklahoma State [2]

Bye

Bob Datteri, Colorado State

Bye

Ed Casalicchio, Michigan State

Bye

Elton Chatfield, Kansas State

Bye

Gerry Maurey, Penn State [3]

Bye

Eddison Hairston, Lincoln

Bye

Sam Ruzic, Iowa State

Bye

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 5-2

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137 Consolation Bracket

DePrenger, Cornell Iowa

Casalicchio, Michigan State

Young

Rollins

DePrenger 4-2

Casalicchio 8-0

Kaul, Michigan

Maurey, Penn State

Kaul 2-0

Maurey Fall

Young, Oklahoma

Bye

Rollins, Brigham Young

Bye

Gerry Maurey, Penn State 8-2Third Place:

Andrew Kaul, MichiganFourth Place:

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Doug Frey, Penn State

Art Keith, Oregon State

Rudy Henson, Texas A & M

Bye

Tommy Evans, Oklahoma [1]

Bye

Clyde Whitman, West Chester

Bye

Ben Bronstein, Northern Colorado [4]

Bye

Clayton Carothers, Lincoln

Bye

Ken Spicher, Kansas State

Bye

George McGee, North Carolina

Bye

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 4-2

Tommy Evans Fall 4:15

147 Weight Class

Tommy Evans Fall 7:34

Donald Thompson, Oklahoma State

Bye

Lloyd Corwin, Cornell Iowa

Bye

Bill Bock, Springfield

Bye

Ian MacEwan, Kent State [3]

Bye

Delbert Lockwood, Colorado State

Bye

Bill Tambo, Michigan State

Bye

Don Ellingson, Iowa State

Bye

Charles Uram, Pittsburgh [2]

Bye

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

Donald Thompson 3-1

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147 Consolation Bracket

Frey, Penn State

Bock, Springfield

Whitman

Corwin

Frey 2-0

Corwin 3-0

Bronstein, Northern Colorado

Lockwood, Colorado State

Bronstein 4-1

Corwin 3-2

Whitman, West Chester

Bye

Corwin, Cornell Iowa

Bye

Lloyd Corwin, Cornell Iowa 5-1Third Place:

Ben Bronstein, Northern ColoradoFourth Place:

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Larry TenPas, Illinois [4]

Bye

Harvey Bradshaw, North Carolina

Bye

Arnold Brandt, Wartburg

Bye

Charles Young, Kansas State

Bye

Bill Zimmerman, West Chester

Bye

Bob Cobbins, Lincoln

Bob Bormuth, Wyoming

Dick Beattie, Oklahoma State

Bye

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 7-1

Bob Hoke 11-6

157 Weight Class

Bob Hoke 5-2

Ed Rooney, Syracuse [2]

Robert Utter, Springfield

John McMahon, Michigan

Bye

Sam Downey, Auburn

Bye

Ken Greenhalge, Northern Colorado

Bye

Harlan Jenkinson, Iowa

Bye

John Eagleton, Oklahoma [3]

Bye

Ron Larsen, Iowa State

Bye

Ed DeWitt, Pittsburgh

Bye

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

Ed Rooney 7-6

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157 Consolation Bracket

Zimmerman, West Chester

Greenhalge, Northern Colorado

Beattie Fall 3:30

McMahon 5-0

Zimmerman 6-4

McMahon 5-3

TenPas, Illinois

Eagleton, Oklahoma

TenPas Med FFT

Eagleton 5-2

Bauer, Brigham Young

Beattie, Oklahoma State

Utter, Springfield

McMahon, Michigan

Larry TenPas, Illinois 2-1Third Place:

John Eagleton, OklahomaFourth Place:

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Joe Gattuso, Navy [2]

Al Rial, Texas A & M

Vito Perrone, Michigan State

Bye

Del McGhee, Washington State

Bye

Frank Rosenmayr, Colorado

Bye

Joe Solomon, Pittsburgh

Bye

Miles Gregory, North Carolina

Bye

John Cunningham, Oklahoma

Bye

John Winder, Iowa [3]

Bye

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 13-8

Joe Solomon 6-2

167 Weight Class

Joe Solomon 5-2

Fred Davis, Oklahoma State [1]

John Cedarberg, Kansas State

Elmer May, Iowa State

Bye

Robert Hockley, Wyoming

Bye

Jim Miller, Cornell Iowa

Bye

Ernie Fischer, Maryland

Bye

Don Wem, Toledo [4]

Bye

Harold Broughton, Colorado State

Bye

Tom Hankins, Purdue

Bye

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

Ernie Fischer 4-3

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167 Consolation Bracket

Cunningham, Oklahoma

Broughton, Colorado State

Gregory

Wem

Cunningham 8-1

Broughton 3-3 RD

Gattuso, Navy

Davis, Oklahoma State

Gattuso Fall 2:54

Davis 5-1

Gregory, North Carolina

Bye

Wem, Toledo

Bye

Joe Gattuso, Navy 3-1Third Place:

Fred Davis, Oklahoma StateFourth Place:

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Ned Blass, Oklahoma State [1]

Dick Bonacci, Toledo

Con Gerdes, Iowa State

Bye

Richard Anthony, Indiana

Bye

Tony Soscia, West Chester

Bye

Gene White, Oklahoma

Bye

Dan Segura, Cornell Iowa

Bye

Joe Krufka, Penn State [4]

Bye

Fred Draayer, Utah

Bye

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

Ned Blass 5-4

177 Weight Class

Ned Blass 8-2

Royal Smith, Colorado

Bye

Dave Gallaher, Lehigh

Bye

George Beresford, Pittsburgh [2]

Bye

John Nickens, Middle Tennessee

Bye

Ahmet Senol, Purdue

Bye

Bob Marshall, Colorado State

Bye

Ted Weaver, Kansas State [3]

Bye

Jule Moravec, South Dakota State

Bye

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

Royal Smith 3-2

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177 Consolation Bracket

Anthony, Indiana

Beresford, Pittsburgh

Bonacci Fall 1:40

Gallaher

Anthony 6-3

Beresford 1-1 RD

Krufka, Penn State

Weaver, Kansas State

Krufka 5-3

Weaver 8-2

Bonacci, Toledo

Gerdes, Iowa State

Gallaher, Lehigh

Bye

Joe Krufka, Penn State Fall 5:40Third Place:

Ted Weaver, Kansas StateFourth Place:

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Peter Blair Fall 1:49

Bill Oberly Fall 7:35

Gus Gatto

Alan Evans 5-2

Peter Blair Fall 3:39

Gus Gatto 1-1 RD

Peter Blair 10-5

191 Weight Class

Peter Blair 9-1

Joe Comly

Streeter Shining 4-2

Denny Krick 10-4

Alex Sotir

Joe Comly 4-1

Alex Sotir 5-4

Joe Comly 2-0

Peter Blair, Navy [1]

John Robinson, Brigham Young

Bill Oberly, Penn State

Doc Hearon, Oklahoma

Gus Gatto, Northern Iowa [4]

Bye

Alan Evans, South Dakota State

James Mills, Oklahoma State

Joe Comly, Lehigh

Bye

Streeter Shining, Iowa [2]

Loren Reid, Colorado State

Denny Krick, Indiana

Vaughn Hitchcock, Washington State [3]

Alex Sotir, Springfield

Bye

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191 Consolation Bracket

Oberly, Penn State

Shining, Iowa

Robinson

Oberly Fall 3:36

Shining

Gatto, Northern Iowa

Sotir, Springfield

Oberly RD

Shining 8-2

Robinson, Brigham Young

Bye

Bye

Bye

Bill Oberly, Penn State 6-1Third Place:

Streeter Shining, IowaFourth Place:

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Gene Nicks

Larry Fowler 6-6 RD

Max Kitzelman

Harold Hunter

Gene Nicks Fall 7:00

Max Kitzelman Fall 5:07

Gene Nicks 7-0

UNL Weight Class

Gene Nicks 6-0

Bob Konovsky

Bill Hix

Ken Ellis

Jack Ellena

Bob Konovsky 6-0

Ken Ellis 5-4

Bob Konovsky 3-0

Gene Nicks, Oklahoma State [1]

Bye

Larry Fowler, Michigan State

Willis Holland, Colorado State

Max Kitzelman, Nebraska [4]

Bye

Harold Hunter, Pittsburgh

Bye

Bob Konovsky, Wisconsin [2]

Bye

Bill Hix, Middle Tennessee

Bye

Ken Ellis, Kansas State

Bye

Jack Ellena, UCLA [3]

Bye

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UNL Consolation Bracket

Fowler, Michigan State

Hix, Middle Tennessee

Fowler

Hix

Kitzelman, Nebraska

Ellis, Kansas State

Kitzelman 4-2

Ellis

Bye

Bye

Bye

Bye

Max Kitzelman, Nebraska Fall 3:30Third Place:

Ken Ellis, Kansas StateFourth Place:

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