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195626th NCAA Wrestling TournamentAt Oklahoma State

Champions and Place Winners

Top Ten Team Scores

Outstanding Wrestler Dan Hodge - Oklahoma

Team Champion Oklahoma State - 65 Points

Number of Individual Champs in parentheses.

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

115 Terry McCann [1] - Iowa (6-0) Bill Hulings [3] - PittsburghDave Bowlin [2] - Oklahoma State

1st: 2nd:3rd: 4th:Dick Delgado [5] - Oklahoma (7-2)

123 Ed Peery [1] - Pittsburgh (7-5) Harmon Leslie [6] - Oklahoma StateDon Stroud [4] - Michigan State

1st: 2nd:3rd: 4th:Vernon Whitney [3] - Purdue (1-0)

130 Myron Roderick [1] - Oklahoma State (9-4) Bobby Lyons [2] - OklahomaFrank Hirt [US] - Michigan

1st: 2nd:3rd: 4th:Vic DeFelice [5] - Pittsburgh (3-2)

137 Jim Sinadinos [1] - Michigan State (4-3) Ron Day [US] - Colorado StateJoe Gratto [2] - Lehigh

1st: 2nd:3rd: 4th:John Pepe [5] - Penn State (6-3)

147 Eddie Eichelberger [1] - Lehigh (6-2) Dave Adams [3] - Penn StatePaul Weinhold [US] - Colorado State

1st: 2nd:3rd: 4th:Dick Heaton [US] - Northern Iowa (9-4)

157 Larry TenPas [3] - Illinois (4-3) Doug Blubaugh [4] - Oklahoma StateLaRue Dillon [US] - Lafayette

1st: 2nd:3rd: 4th:Jerry Bross [US] - Oklahoma (2-0)

167 Ed DeWitt [2] - Pittsburgh (5-4) Fred Davis [1] - Oklahoma StateJim Ellis [US] - Indiana

1st: 2nd:3rd: 4th:Harlan Jenkinson [3] - Iowa (5-0)

177 Dan Hodge [1] - Oklahoma (WBF 1:37) Roy Minter [2] - Minnesota StateEdward Zabrycki [US] - Navy

1st: 2nd:3rd: 4th:Gary Kurdelmeier [4] - Iowa (6-1)

191 Ken Leuer [1] - Iowa (5-3) Jim Gregson [2] - Oklahoma StateAhmet Senol [US] - Purdue

1st: 2nd:3rd: 4th:Ron Schirf [6] - Pittsburgh (4-3)

UNL Gordon Roesler [US] - Oklahoma (4-4 RD) Bob Konovsky [2] - WisconsinWillis Holland [3] - Colorado State

1st: 2nd:3rd: 4th:Bill Oberly [1] - Penn State (2-0)

1 Oklahoma State 65 (1)2 Oklahoma 62 (2)3 Pittsburgh 51 (2)4 Iowa 43 (2)5 Penn State 27

6 Lehigh 25 (1)7 Colorado State 248 Michigan State 20 (1)8 Illinois 20 (1)

10 Purdue 13

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3/23/1956 to 3/24/1956 at Oklahoma State1956 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 1 of 20

Edward Amerantes Fall 2:30

Dick Delgado 8-1

Terry McCann 6-0

Charles Prunty Fall 5:24

Dick Delgado Fall 4:45

Terry McCann 6-0

Terry McCann 6-0

115 Weight Class

Terry McCann 6-1

Dave Bowlin 8-4

John McHugh 4-0

Dave Moore Fall 1:51

Bill Hulings Fall 1:30

Dave Bowlin 2-1

Bill Hulings 4-1

Bill Hulings 4-3

Edward Amerantes, Springfield [4]

Phil Martinez, Colorado State

Dick Delgado, Oklahoma [5]

Ray Bergfield, SIU-Carbondale

Terry McCann, Iowa [1]

Roy Schlesser, Oregon

Charles Prunty, Minnesota

Alvaro Ciachar, Texas A & M

Dave Bowlin, Oklahoma State [2]

John Lanning, Cornell Iowa

John McHugh, Maryland

Bob Downey, Minnesota State

Dave Moore, Illinois

Manuel Pihakis, Indiana [6]

Bill Hulings, Pittsburgh [3]

Dave Wall, North Carolina



115 Consolation Bracket

Prunty, Minnesota

Moore, Illinois

Schlesser

Wall

Schlesser 1-1 RD

Moore Fall 2:34

Delgado, Oklahoma

Bowlin, Oklahoma State

Delgado 10-6

Bowlin 4-1

Schlesser, Oregon

Bye

Wall, North Carolina

Bye

Dick Delgado, Oklahoma 7-2Third Place:

Dave Bowlin, Oklahoma StateFourth Place:



Don Stroud

Dick Govig 5-3

Ed Anderson 11-9

Ed Peery 9-0

Don Stroud 2-0

Ed Peery 3-2

Ed Peery 7-5

123 Weight Class

Ed Peery 2-0

Sid Nodland 5-4

Robert Royce 7-5

Vernon Whitney Fall 2:07

Harmon Leslie

Robert Royce 6-1

Harmon Leslie 7-4

Harmon Leslie 10-4

Don Stroud, Michigan State [4]

Bye

Dick Govig, Iowa [5]

Ed Corr, Oklahoma

Ed Anderson, Minnesota

George Mandel, Lock Haven

Ed Peery, Pittsburgh [1]

Bob Kennedy, Oregon State

Sid Nodland, Penn State [2]

Bill Hayden, Colorado

Robert Royce, Wyoming

Daniel Deppe, Michigan

Vernon Whitney, Purdue [3]

Bob Thornton, North Carolina

Harmon Leslie, Oklahoma State [6]

Bye




Anderson, Minnesota

Whitney, Purdue

Kennedy

Anderson 8-0

Whitney

Stroud, Michigan State

Royce, Wyoming

Stroud 5-5 RD

Whitney 5-0

Kennedy, Oregon State

Bye

Bye

Bye

Vernon Whitney, Purdue 1-0Third Place:

Don Stroud, Michigan StateFourth Place:



Joe Alissi, Springfield [4]

Bye

Ray Napoli, Ohio University

Bye

Vic DeFelice, Pittsburgh [5]

Bye

Ed Weatherly, Maryland

Bye

Myron Roderick, Oklahoma State [1]

Bye

Earle Edwards, Wisconsin

Bye

Alfred Carson, Virginia Tech

Les Turner, Lock Haven

Don Burchard, Texas A & M

Bye

Joe Alissi

Ray Napoli

Vic DeFelice

Ed Weatherly

Myron Roderick

Earle Edwards

Alfred Carson RD

Don Burchard

Joe Alissi 7-0

Vic DeFelice 8-4

Myron Roderick 11-2

Alfred Carson Fall 4:35

Vic DeFelice 10-6

Myron Roderick Fall 2:44

Myron Roderick 9-4

130 Weight Class

Myron Roderick 6-1

Bobby Lyons, Oklahoma [2]

Jim Bodenhamer, San Diego State

Alvin Taylor, CCNY

Bye

Frank Hirt, Michigan

Bye

Kent Townley, Iowa State

Bye

Jerry Hoke, Michigan State

Bye

John Johnston, Penn State [3]

Bye

Bob Mancuso, Kansas State [6]

Bye

John Vovos, Northern Iowa

Bye

Bobby Lyons 10-4

Alvin Taylor

Frank Hirt

Kent Townley

Jerry Hoke

John Johnston

Bob Mancuso

John Vovos

Bobby Lyons 9-4

Frank Hirt 5-0

Jerry Hoke 5-3

Bob Mancuso Fall 2:59

Bobby Lyons 3-2

Jerry Hoke 1-1 RD

Bobby Lyons 3-2




Carson, Virginia Tech

Hirt, Michigan

Edwards

Bodenhamer 10-4

Edwards 6-5

Hirt 5-0

DeFelice, Pittsburgh

Hoke, Michigan State

DeFelice 2-0

Hirt 3-2

Edwards, Wisconsin

Bye

Bodenhamer, San Diego State

Taylor, CCNY

Vic DeFelice, Pittsburgh 3-2Third Place:

Frank Hirt, MichiganFourth Place:



John Pepe, Penn State [5]

Bye

Simon Roberts, Iowa

Bob Majors, Cornell Iowa

Tom Nevits, Ohio University

Bye

Bill Muther, Illinois [4]

Dean Corner, Iowa State

Dave Newland, Oregon

Bye

Don Hart, Oklahoma

Bob Bubb, Pittsburgh

Jim Sinadinos, Michigan State [1]

Bye

Ron McIntyre, Lock Haven

Marvin Everest, Kansas State

John Pepe

Simon Roberts 2-1

Tom Nevits

Bill Muther 8-6

Dave Newland

Don Hart 7-4

Jim Sinadinos

Ron McIntyre Fall 2:26

John Pepe 2-2 RD

Bill Muther 8-1

Don Hart 5-2

Jim Sinadinos 7-5

John Pepe 7-1

Jim Sinadinos 19-15

Jim Sinadinos 4-3

137 Weight Class

Jim Sinadinos 8-4

Armand Taylor, Virginia Tech

Charles Schoenfeld, Texas A & M

Ron Day, Colorado State

Bye

Jerry Ogurkis, Maryland

Lester Kroeger, Northern Colorado

Joe Gratto, Lehigh [2]

Bye

Stan Wintermote, Wyoming [6]

David Simmons, Oklahoma State

Jim Stevens, New Mexico

Bye

Art Keith, Oregon State [3]

Bye

Joe Langton, Navy

Bye

Armand Taylor Fall 5:30

Ron Day

Jerry Ogurkis 7-2

Joe Gratto

Stan Wintermote 8-2

Jim Stevens

Art Keith

Joe Langton

Ron Day 8-5

Joe Gratto DFT 4:15

Stan Wintermote 5-0

Art Keith 9-5

Ron Day 7-4

Stan Wintermote 20-13

Ron Day 3-2




Hart, Oklahoma

Gratto, Lehigh

McIntyre

Taylor

Hart 10-8

Gratto Fall 3:05

Pepe, Penn State

Wintermote, Wyoming

Pepe 6-3

Gratto 5-4

McIntyre, Lock Haven

Bye

Taylor, Virginia Tech

Bye

John Pepe, Penn State 6-3Third Place:

Joe Gratto, LehighFourth Place:



Marvin Vandevender, Virginia Tech [4]

Bye

Wilbur Derby, Colorado

Ralph Hutchinson, Lafayette

Dale Ketelsen, Iowa State

Bye

Roland Alexander, Kansas State [5]

Bob Bormuth, Wyoming

Bob Richardson, Pittsburgh

Bye

Eddie Eichelberger, Lehigh [1]

S.P. Jones, Virginia Military

Dick Heaton, Northern Iowa

Bye

Bob DeFelice, Ohio State

Forbes Anderson, San Diego State

Marvin Vandevender

Wilbur Derby 7-1

Dale Ketelsen

Roland Alexander 6-2

Bob Richardson

Eddie Eichelberger Fall 2:36

Dick Heaton

Bob DeFelice 9-2

Wilbur Derby 7-4

Roland Alexander 3-1


Dick Heaton 7-4

Wilbur Derby 9-5


Eddie Eichelberger 6-2

147 Weight Class

Eddie Eichelberger 9-5

Don Studebaker, Oklahoma

Jack Anderson, Minnesota State

Paul Weinhold, Colorado State

Bye

Lloyd Corwin, Cornell Iowa [2]

Dick Gunner, Michigan State

Lawrence Marr, Navy

Bye

Hansley, Texas A & M

Claudell Wright, Oklahoma State [6]

Paul Tapis, New Mexico

Bye

John Sforzo, Ohio University

Gary Mayer, Iowa

Dave Adams, Penn State [3]

Bye

Don Studebaker 11-8

Paul Weinhold

Lloyd Corwin 7-1

Lawrence Marr

Claudell Wright Fall 1:35

Paul Tapis

John Sforzo 8-2

Dave Adams

Paul Weinhold 6-4

Lloyd Corwin 6-3

Claudell Wright 9-5

Dave Adams 7-4

Paul Weinhold 7-4

Dave Adams 5-2

Dave Adams Fall 5:30




Heaton, Northern Iowa

Wright, Oklahoma State

Jones 3-2

Sforzo

Heaton 6-0

Sforzo Med FFT

Derby, Colorado

Weinhold, Colorado State

Heaton Fall 5:01

Weinhold 9-5

Jones, Virginia Military

Richardson, Pittsburgh

Sforzo, Ohio University

Bye

Dick Heaton, Northern Iowa 9-4Third Place:

Paul Weinhold, Colorado StateFourth Place:



Doug Blubaugh 6-0

Bob Formanek 5-2

Mike Rodriguez Fall 8:05

James Bose 8-3

Doug Blubaugh 6-1

Mike Rodriguez Fall 4:09

Larry TenPas 4-3

157 Weight Class

Doug Blubaugh DFT

John Winder 2-2 RD

Jerry Bross 3-0

Larry TenPas Fall 4:40

Ron Ericson 5-1

Jerry Bross 5-2

Larry TenPas 4-1

Larry TenPas 5-2

Doug Blubaugh, Oklahoma State [4]

LaRue Dillon, Lafayette

Bob Formanek, Iowa State [5]

Joe Humphreys, Penn State

Mike Rodriguez, Michigan [1]

Andy Castigliojne, San Diego State

James Bose, Indiana

Ron Teuber, Colorado

John Winder, Iowa

Dave Johnson, Pittsburgh [2]

Jerry Bross, Oklahoma

Drayton Praed, Purdue

Larry TenPas, Illinois [3]

Steve Rudo, Ohio University

Ron Ericson, Colorado State [6]

Dale Blume, Kansas State




Formanek, Iowa State

Ericson, Colorado State

Dillon

Rudo

Dillon FFT

Ericson 3-2

Rodriguez, Michigan

Bross, Oklahoma

Dillon Med FFT

Bross 2-1

Dillon, Lafayette

Bye

Rudo, Ohio University

Bye

Jerry Bross, Oklahoma 2-0Third Place:

LaRue Dillon, LafayetteFourth Place:



Jack Gaskill, Colorado State

Bye

Bill White, Syracuse [5]

Bye

Jack Marchello, Michigan [4]

Bye

Art Tranakos, University of the South

Bye

Fred Davis, Oklahoma State [1]

Bye

John Anderson, Cornell Iowa

Bye

Jim Ellis, Indiana

Frank Powell, Iowa State

John Wright, Virginia Tech

Bye

Jack Gaskill

Bill White

Jack Marchello

Art Tranakos

Fred Davis

John Anderson

Jim Ellis 7-1

John Wright

Jack Gaskill 3-2

Jack Marchello 10-4

Fred Davis 9-2

Jim Ellis 8-2

Jack Marchello 2-0

Fred Davis 9-6

Ed DeWitt 5-4

167 Weight Class

Fred Davis 8-5

Ed DeWitt, Pittsburgh [2]

Bye

Ken Salyer, Northern Iowa

Bye

Jesse Stokes, Wyoming

Bye

Richard Lee, SUNY-Cortland

Bye

Harlan Jenkinson, Iowa [3]

Bye

Ohil Skattum, Luther

Bye

Rex Edgar, Oklahoma

Bye

Peter Damone, Hofstra [6]

Bye

Ed DeWitt

Ken Salyer

Jesse Stokes

Richard Lee

Harlan Jenkinson

Ohil Skattum

Rex Edgar

Peter Damone

Ed DeWitt 11-5

Jesse Stokes Fall 7:44

Harlan Jenkinson 3-0

Rex Edgar 6-3

Ed DeWitt 13-2

Harlan Jenkinson 8-4

Ed DeWitt 5-0




Ellis, Indiana

Stokes, Wyoming

Anderson

Salyer

Ellis 6-2

Salyer Fall 3:41

Marchello, Michigan

Jenkinson, Iowa

Ellis 7-0

Jenkinson 6-2

Anderson, Cornell Iowa

Bye

Salyer, Northern Iowa

Bye

Harlan Jenkinson, Iowa 5-0Third Place:

Jim Ellis, IndianaFourth Place:



Dick Bonacci, Toledo [5]

Bye

Dick Formanek, Northern Iowa

Bye

Gary Kurdelmeier, Iowa [4]

Bye

Gene Frank, Iowa State

Bye

Dan Hodge, Oklahoma [1]

Bye

Jerry Onan, Cornell Iowa

Bye

Ron Flemming, Franklin & Marshall

Harold Brownstein, Illinois

Ken Jones, Texas A & M

Bye

Dick Bonacci

Dick Formanek

Gary Kurdelmeier

Gene Frank

Dan Hodge

Jerry Onan

Ron Flemming 3-2

Ken Jones

Dick Bonacci 7-5

Gary Kurdelmeier 6-1

Dan Hodge Fall 1:15

Ron Flemming Fall 2:31

Gary Kurdelmeier 6-1

Dan Hodge Fall 4:05

Dan Hodge Fall 1:37

177 Weight Class

Dan Hodge Fall 4:35

Gilbert Masec, Purdue

Bye

Ralph Staley, Lewis & Clark

Bye

Roy Minter, Minnesota State [2]

Bye

Edward Zabrycki, Navy

Bye

Gary Haller, Kansas State

Bye

Joe Krufka, Penn State [3]

Bye

Bill Smoot, Oklahoma State

Bye

Dan Huff, Pittsburgh [6]

Bye

Gilbert Masec

Ralph Staley

Roy Minter

Edward Zabrycki

Gary Haller

Joe Krufka

Bill Smoot

Dan Huff

Gilbert Masec 9-8

Roy Minter 9-4

Gary Haller 4-4 RD

Bill Smoot 8-5

Roy Minter 6-2

Bill Smoot 3-2

Roy Minter 6-3




Flemming, Franklin & Marshall

Masec, Purdue

Onan

Zabrycki

Flemming 5-0

Zabrycki 4-2

Kurdelmeier, Iowa

Smoot, Oklahoma State

Kurdelmeier 2-2 RD

Zabrycki 5-0

Onan, Cornell Iowa

Bye

Zabrycki, Navy

Bye

Gary Kurdelmeier, Iowa 6-1Third Place:

Edward Zabrycki, NavyFourth Place:



Dave Gallaher 13-5

Ahmet Senol 4-3

Don Jensen Fall 2:52

Ken Leuer 5-0

Ahmet Senol 10-9

Ken Leuer 8-2

Ken Leuer 5-3

191 Weight Class

Ken Leuer 5-0

Elwood Reese 6-1

Jim Gregson 10-7

Ron Schirf 5-2

Richard Anthony

Jim Gregson 6-0

Ron Schirf 4-3

Jim Gregson 3-1

Dave Gallaher, Lehigh [4]

Paul Steingruby, SIU-Carbondale

Ahmet Senol, Purdue

Mike Clock, Lewis & Clark [5]

Don Jensen, Iowa State

John Watson, Texas A & M

Ken Leuer, Iowa [1]

Bob Marshall, Colorado State

Elwood Reese, Lock Haven

Don Cassidy, Grinnell

Jim Gregson, Oklahoma State [2]

Ken Maidlow, Michigan State

Ron Schirf, Pittsburgh [6]

Jim Coln, Oklahoma

Richard Anthony, Indiana [3]

Bye




Jensen, Iowa State

Reese, Lock Haven

Marshall

Maidlow

Jensen 3-0

Maidlow 3-0

Senol, Purdue

Schirf, Pittsburgh

Senol 10-0

Schirf RD

Marshall, Colorado State

Bye

Maidlow, Michigan State

Bye

Ron Schirf, Pittsburgh 4-3Third Place:

Ahmet Senol, PurdueFourth Place:



Mike Sandusky, Maryland [4]

Bye

Dan Wisniewski, Pittsburgh

Bye

Don Durham, Coast Guard [5]

Bye

Ed Hayes, SIU-Carbondale

Bye

Denny Krick, Indiana

Bye

Don Sayenga, Lafayette

Bye

Gordon Roesler, Oklahoma

Barron Bremner, Iowa

Bill Oberly, Penn State [1]

Bye

Mike Sandusky

Dan Wisniewski

Don Durham

Ed Hayes

Denny Krick

Don Sayenga

Gordon Roesler 9-3

Bill Oberly

Mike Sandusky Fall 7:46

Don Durham Fall 8:56

Denny Krick 8-2

Gordon Roesler 8-6

Mike Sandusky Fall 0:52

Gordon Roesler 14-11

Gordon Roesler 4-4 RD

UNL Weight Class

Gordon Roesler 1-1 RD

Bob Konovsky, Wisconsin [2]

Bye

Mel Walden, Iowa State

Bye

Les Nader, Kent State

Bye

Richard Lasse, Syracuse

Bye

Jerry Budzik, Oklahoma State

Bye

George Meyers, Oregon State [6]

Bye

Willis Holland, Colorado State [3]

Bye

Carlton Hazelwood, Texas A & M

Bye

Bob Konovsky

Mel Walden

Les Nader

Richard Lasse

Jerry Budzik

George Meyers

Willis Holland

Carlton Hazelwood

Bob Konovsky 4-0

Les Nader 2-1

Jerry Budzik 5-4

Willis Holland Fall 1:57

Bob Konovsky Fall 8:31

Willis Holland 3-1

Bob Konovsky 3-1



UNL Consolation Bracket

Krick, Indiana

Nader, Kent State

Oberly Fall 1:51

Walden

Oberly 8-2

Nader 2-1

Sandusky, Maryland

Holland, Colorado State

Oberly 3-0

Holland 7-0

Bremner, Iowa

Oberly, Penn State

Walden, Iowa State

Bye

Bill Oberly, Penn State 2-0Third Place:

Willis Holland, Colorado StateFourth Place:


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