| 24th Annual NCAA Wrestling Championships |
Wrestling Tournament
@ Howard McCasland Field House (Norman, Oklahoma)
Friday-Saturday, March 26-27, 1954
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1954 National Collegiate Champions
The 1954 NCAA wrestling champions and their awards. SOURCE: The Official NCAA Wrestling Guide 1955.
Album: General
Varsity (Level: Collegiate, Style: Folkstyle)
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Auburn University (API) [AL], Brigham Young University [UT], City College of New York [NY], Colorado State University [CO], Cornell College [IA], Indiana University, Bloomington [IN], Iowa State University [IA], Ithaca College [NY], Kansas State University [KS], Kent State University [OH], Lehigh University [PA], Lincoln University [PA], Michigan State University [MI], Middle Tennessee State University [TN], Oklahoma State University [OK], Oregon State University [OR], Pennsylvania State University [PA], Purdue University [IN], South Dakota State University [SD], Southern Illinois University Carbondale [IL], Springfield College [MA], Syracuse University [NY], Temple University [PA], Texas A&M University [TX], U.S. Naval Academy [MD], University of California, Berkeley [CA], University of California, Los Angeles [CA], University of Colorado [CO], University of Illinois, Champaign [IL], University of Iowa [IA], University of Maryland, College Park [MD], University of Michigan [MI], University of Minnesota, Twin Cities [MN], University of Nebraska [NB], University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [NC], University of Northern Colorado [CO], University of Oklahoma [OK], University of Pittsburgh [PA], University of Wisconsin-Madison [WI], University of Wyoming [WY], Wartburg College [IA], Washington State University [WA], West Chester University [PA] |
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| Award Winners |
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| Championship Final (1st) |
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115 lbs:
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Hugh Peery (University of Pittsburgh [PA]) > Charles Ofsthun (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities [MN]),
DEC 9-2 |
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123 lbs:
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Dick Govig (University of Iowa [IA]) > Joe Lobaugh (Oklahoma State University [OK]),
DEC 5-1 |
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130 lbs:
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Norvard Nalan (University of Michigan [MI]) > Jim Howard (Ithaca College [NY]),
DEC 6-1 |
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137 lbs:
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Myron Roderick (Oklahoma State University [OK]) > Eddie Eichelberger (Lehigh University [PA]),
DEC 8-4 |
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147 lbs:
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Tommy Evans (University of Oklahoma [OK]) > Donald Thompson (Oklahoma State University [OK]),
FALL 4:15 |
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157 lbs:
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Bob Hoke (Michigan State University [MI]) > Ed Rooney (Syracuse University [NY]),
DEC 11-6 |
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167 lbs:
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Joe Solomon (University of Pittsburgh [PA]) > Ernie Fischer (University of Maryland, College Park [MD]),
DEC 6-2 |
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177 lbs:
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Ned Blass (Oklahoma State University [OK]) > Royal Smith (University of Colorado [CO]),
DEC 5-4 |
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191 lbs:
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Peter Blair (U.S. Naval Academy [MD]) > Joe Comly (Lehigh University [PA]),
DEC 10-5 |
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HWT:
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Gene Nicks (Oklahoma State University [OK]) > Bob Konovsky (University of Wisconsin-Madison [WI]),
DEC 7-0 |
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| Consolation Final (3rd) |
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115 lbs:
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Terry McCann (University of Iowa [IA]) > Jack Love (Kent State University [OH]),
FALL 1:38 |
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123 lbs:
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Al Vega (Purdue University [IN]) > Ed Anderson (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities [MN]),
DEC 9-5 |
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130 lbs:
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Jim Sinadinos (Michigan State University [MI]) > Bill Kozy (University of Pittsburgh [PA]),
DEC 8-2 |
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137 lbs:
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Gerry Maurey (Pennsylvania State University [PA]) > Andrew Kaul (University of Michigan [MI]),
DEC 8-2 |
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147 lbs:
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Lloyd Corwin (Cornell College [IA]) > Ben Bronstein (University of Northern Colorado [CO]),
DEC 5-1 |
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167 lbs:
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Joe Gattuso (U.S. Naval Academy [MD]) > Fred Davis (Oklahoma State University [OK]),
DEC 3-1 |
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177 lbs:
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Joe Krufka (Pennsylvania State University [PA]) > Ted Weaver (Kansas State University [KS]),
FALL 5:40 |
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191 lbs:
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Bill Oberly (Pennsylvania State University [PA]) > Streeter Shining (University of Iowa [IA]),
DEC 6-1 |
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HWT:
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Max Kitzelman (University of Nebraska [NB]) > Ken Ellis (Kansas State University [KS]),
FALL 3:30 |
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