25th NCAA Wrestling Tournament

At Cornell

Top Ten Team Scores

Team Champion

Oklahoma State - 40 Points

Outstanding Wrestler

Eddie Eichelberger - Lehigh

1955

Number of Individual Champs in parentheses.

1 Oklahoma State

40

(2)

6 Iowa

24

2 Penn State

31

(2)

7 Michigan

23

3 Pittsburgh

28

(1)

8 Navy

21

4 Oklahoma

26

(1)

9 Illinois

19

5 Lehigh

25

(1)

Champions and Place Winners

10 Colorado

(1)
(1)

15

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

115

1st: Terry McCann [1] - Iowa (WBF 7:06)

3rd: Edward Amerantes [US] - Springfield

2nd: Dave Bowlin [3] - Oklahoma State

4th: Robert Perry [4] - West Virginia

123

1st: Ed Peery [2] - Pittsburgh (WBF 8:30)

3rd: Richard Meeks [US] - Illinois (3-1)

2nd: Lewis Guidi [US] - West Virginia

4th: Daniel Deppe [US] - Michigan

130

1st: Myron Roderick [1] - Oklahoma State (13-2)

3rd: Linn Long [US] - Colorado (3-0)

2nd: Bobby Lyons [3] - Oklahoma

4th: Ron Day [4] - Colorado State

137

1st: Larry Fornicola [4] - Penn State (6-0)

3rd: Jim Sinadinos [US] - Michigan State (6-1)

2nd: Andrew Kaul [2] - Michigan

4th: William Simmons [US] - Temple

147

1st: Eddie Eichelberger [1] - Lehigh (WBF 6:43)

3rd: Doug Blubaugh [US] - Oklahoma State (4-1)

2nd: Lloyd Corwin [2] - Cornell Iowa

4th: George Mulligan [US] - Rutgers

157

1st: Bill Weick [1] - Northern Iowa (6-4)

3rd: Ed DeWitt [4] - Pittsburgh (1-0)

2nd: Mike Rodriguez [3] - Michigan

4th: Ed Rooney [2] - Syracuse

167

1st: Fred Davis [3] - Oklahoma State (9-2)

3rd: Joe Gattuso [2] - Navy (6-2)

2nd: Larry TenPas [4] - Illinois

4th: Joe Solomon [1] - Pittsburgh

177

1st: Dan Hodge [1] - Oklahoma (WBF 4:23)

3rd: Frank Rosenmayr [2] - Colorado (Med FFT)

2nd: Joe Krufka [3] - Penn State

4th: Don Wem [4] - Toledo

191

1st: Peter Blair [1] - Navy (WBF 5:01)

3rd: Richard Anthony [4] - Indiana (2-2 RD)

2nd: Ken Leuer [2] - Iowa

4th: Gus Gatto [3] - Northern Iowa

UNL

1st: Bill Oberly [4] - Penn State (5-3)

3rd: Bob Konovsky [1] - Wisconsin (2-0)

2nd: Werner Seel [3] - Lehigh

4th: Willis Holland [2] - Colorado State

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Page 1 of 20

1955 NCAA Wrestling Championship

3/25/1955 to 3/26/1955 at Cornell
Junior Corr, Oklahoma
Junior Corr 7-2

115 Weight Class

Gary McClain, Oregon State

Robert Perry 4-3
Don Clark, Syracuse
Robert Perry Fall 7:48
Robert Perry, West Virginia [4]

Terry McCann 8-0

Wade Cummings, SUNY-Cortland
Wade Cummings RD
John McHugh, Maryland
Terry McCann Fall 1:46
Terry McCann, Iowa [1]
Terry McCann Fall 1:27
Art McCall, Temple
Terry McCann Fall 7:06
Bill Hulings, Pittsburgh [2]
Bill Hulings 6-1
Robert Morgan, Wilkes
Bill Hulings 5-0
Jack Love, Kent State
Gerry Yoder 7-6
Gerry Yoder, Franklin & Marshall
Dave Bowlin 2-1
Monsour Karin, South Dakota State
Edward Amerantes 4-0
Edward Amerantes, Springfield
Dave Bowlin 3-2
Dave Bowlin, Oklahoma State [3]
Dave Bowlin
Bye

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1955 NCAA Wrestling Championship

3/25/1955 to 3/26/1955 at Cornell
115 Consolation Bracket
McCall, Temple

McCall
Bye

McCall Med FFT

Perry 7-5

Cummings, SUNY-Cortland
Perry, West Virginia

Bye

Amerantes

Bye
Amerantes, Springfield

Amerantes Med FFT

Hulings, Pittsburgh

Third Place: Edward Amerantes, Springfield

Fourth Place: Robert Perry, West Virginia

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Page 3 of 20

1955 NCAA Wrestling Championship

3/25/1955 to 3/26/1955 at Cornell
Gene D'Alessandro, Rutgers [4]
Bye
Dick Gappen, Knox
Gordon Brockmueller, South Dakota State
Bye
Daniel Deppe, Michigan
Ed Dawkins, Ursinus
Lewis Guidi, West Virginia
Bye
Sid Nodland, Penn State
Sam Carlo, SUNY-Cortland
Robert Royce, Wyoming
Bye
Bill Jemison, Cornell
Dick Govig, Iowa [1]
Donald Stubblebine, Springfield
Tom Musser, Lock Haven
Ed Corr, Oklahoma
Richard Meeks, Illinois
Bye
Robert DeGroff, Hofstra
Mel Lehman, Oregon State
Ed Peery, Pittsburgh [2]
Bye
Vernon Whitney, Purdue
Dick Gibson, Washington State
Robert Gunner, Michigan State
Bye
Harmon Leslie, Oklahoma State
Kent Townley, Iowa State [3]
Bye
Tom Deppe, Lehigh

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Gene D'Alessandro
Gene D'Alessandro Fall 6:40

123 Weight Class

Dick Gappen 7-3

Lewis Guidi 9-2
Daniel Deppe
Lewis Guidi Fall 7:09
Lewis Guidi 5-0

Lewis Guidi 12-11

Sid Nodland
Sam Carlo 8-3
Sam Carlo Fall 1:20
Sam Carlo RD
Bill Jemison
Dick Govig 6-2
Dick Govig 5-0
Ed Peery Fall 8:30
Ed Corr 7-6
Richard Meeks 14-7
Richard Meeks
Ed Peery 10-6
Robert DeGroff 8-7
Ed Peery 4-0
Ed Peery
Ed Peery 6-3
Dick Gibson RD
Robert Gunner 7-3
Robert Gunner
Robert Gunner 9-4
Harmon Leslie 14-13
Harmon Leslie Fall 7:40
Tom Deppe

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1955 NCAA Wrestling Championship

3/25/1955 to 3/26/1955 at Cornell
123 Consolation Bracket
Dawkins, Ursinus

Deppe Med FFT

Deppe, Michigan

Deppe Med FFT

Deppe 13-2

D'Alessandro, Rutgers
Carlo, SUNY-Cortland

DeGroff, Hofstra

DeGroff
Meeks Fall 3:47

Bye
Meeks, Illinois

Meeks 9-3
Gunner, Michigan State

Third Place: Richard Meeks, Illinois 3-1

Fourth Place: Daniel Deppe, Michigan

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Page 5 of 20

1955 NCAA Wrestling Championship

3/25/1955 to 3/26/1955 at Cornell
Mark Murray, Cornell Iowa
Bye
Bob Homan, Penn State
Bye
Ron Day, Colorado State [4]
Bye
Don Hall, Iowa State
Bob Theriault, Yale
Deane Oliver, Rutgers
Bye
Tom Nevits, Ohio University
Bye
Myron Roderick, Oklahoma State [1]
Bye
George Mills, Hofstra
Jim Janes, Knox
Roy Fowley, SIU-Carbondale
Max Pearson, Michigan [2]
Cletus Blegen, Minnesota State
Bye
Linn Long, Colorado
Bye
Charles Goldthorp, Lock Haven
Bye
Rex Boda, Cornell
Bobby Lyons, Oklahoma [3]
Rich Padula, Ursinus
Bye
Hugh Cowan, North Carolina
Bye
Bye
John Ontiveros, Illinois

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Mark Murray
Mark Murray 9-6

130 Weight Class

Bob Homan
Ron Day 4-1
Ron Day
Ron Day 3-1
Don Hall 12-2

Myron Roderick 6-0

Deane Oliver
Tom Nevits 4-3
Tom Nevits
Myron Roderick 8-0
Myron Roderick
Myron Roderick Fall 4:15
Jim Janes 10-9
Myron Roderick 13-2
Max Pearson 12-6
Max Pearson 11-5
Cletus Blegen
Linn Long 9-4
Linn Long
Linn Long 7-2
Charles Goldthorp
Bobby Lyons RD
Bobby Lyons 4-2
Bobby Lyons 7-1
Rich Padula
Bobby Lyons RD
Hugh Cowan
John Ontiveros 5-0
John Ontiveros

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1955 NCAA Wrestling Championship

3/25/1955 to 3/26/1955 at Cornell
130 Consolation Bracket
Janes, Knox

Janes
Bye

Janes RD
Day 6-2

Nevits, Ohio University

Day, Colorado State

Boda, Cornell

Boda Med FFT

Ontiveros 5-0

Padula, Ursinus
Ontiveros, Illinois

Long 4-3
Long, Colorado

Third Place: Linn Long, Colorado 3-0

Fourth Place: Ron Day, Colorado State

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Page 7 of 20

1955 NCAA Wrestling Championship

3/25/1955 to 3/26/1955 at Cornell
Jim Sinadinos, Michigan State
Larry Fornicola Fall 4:40

137 Weight Class

Larry Fornicola, Penn State [4]

Larry Fornicola 8-5
Phil Burnaman, Harvard
Art Keith Fall 8:38
Art Keith, Oregon State

Larry Fornicola Fall 8:30

Dave Bates, Lehigh
Dave Bates 5-2
Ron McIntyre, Lock Haven
Don Hart 7-4
Don Hart, Oklahoma [1]
Don Hart 7-1
Charles Gratto, Cornell
Larry Fornicola 6-0
Darrell Miller, Iowa State
Andrew Kaul 8-2
Andrew Kaul, Michigan [2]
Andrew Kaul 9-4
William Simmons, Temple
William Simmons 8-2
John Twark, Kent State
Andrew Kaul RD
Warren DePrenger, Cornell Iowa [3]
Warren DePrenger 7-3
Claudell Wright, Oklahoma State
Warren DePrenger 3-1
Bill Mellen, Illinois
Fred Futchko 5-0
Fred Futchko, Rutgers

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Page 8 of 20

1955 NCAA Wrestling Championship

3/25/1955 to 3/26/1955 at Cornell
137 Consolation Bracket
Sinadinos, Michigan State

Sinadinos
Bye

Sinadinos 7-5
Sinadinos Fall 3:59

Keith, Oregon State

Hart, Oklahoma

Miller, Iowa State

Miller
Simmons 5-3

Bye
Simmons, Temple

Simmons 8-0
DePrenger, Cornell Iowa

Third Place: Jim Sinadinos, Michigan State 6-1

Fourth Place: William Simmons, Temple

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Page 9 of 20

1955 NCAA Wrestling Championship

3/25/1955 to 3/26/1955 at Cornell
Dave Adams, Penn State
Bye
Stan Wintermote, Wyoming
Bye
George Mulligan, Rutgers
Bye
Don Haney, Michigan [4]
Bye
Ray Farris, Kings Point
Bye
Bob Cook, Pittsburgh
Bye
Don Bills, Ithaca
Bye
Eddie Eichelberger, Lehigh [1]
John O'Neil, Wheaton
Doug Blubaugh, Oklahoma State
Roger Judd, Cornell
Roland Alexander, Kansas State
Bye
Lloyd Corwin, Cornell Iowa [2]
Bye
Ed Jackson, Illinois
Bye
Lee Young, Oklahoma [3]
Bye
Ralph Hutchinson, Lafayette
Bye
Bud Weick, Purdue
Bye
Bye
Richard Simmons, Temple

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Dave Adams
Stan Wintermote 4-0

147 Weight Class

Stan Wintermote
George Mulligan 8-4
George Mulligan
George Mulligan RD
Don Haney

Eddie Eichelberger 10-5

Ray Farris
Bob Cook 6-3
Bob Cook
Eddie Eichelberger Fall 2:39
Don Bills
Eddie Eichelberger Fall 6:42
Eddie Eichelberger Fall 5:26
Eddie Eichelberger Fall 6:43
Doug Blubaugh 4-1
Doug Blubaugh 5-2
Roland Alexander
Lloyd Corwin 5-3
Lloyd Corwin
Lloyd Corwin 7-1
Ed Jackson
Lloyd Corwin 3-1
Lee Young
Lee Young Fall 5:34
Ralph Hutchinson
Bud Weick 9-5
Bud Weick
Bud Weick 6-2
Richard Simmons

Page 10 of 20

1955 NCAA Wrestling Championship

3/25/1955 to 3/26/1955 at Cornell
147 Consolation Bracket
O'Neil, Wheaton

O'Neil Med FFT

Bills, Ithaca

O'Neil 3-0
Mulligan Fall 5:24

Cook, Pittsburgh
Mulligan, Rutgers

Jackson, Illinois

Jackson
Blubaugh 3-0

Bye
Blubaugh, Oklahoma State

Blubaugh 10-0
Weick, Purdue

Third Place: Doug Blubaugh, Oklahoma State 4-1

Fourth Place: George Mulligan, Rutgers

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Page 11 of 20

1955 NCAA Wrestling Championship

3/25/1955 to 3/26/1955 at Cornell
Joe Humphreys, Penn State
Bye
Jerry Schroeder, Minnesota State
Ed DeWitt, Pittsburgh [4]
George McGee, North Carolina
Dale Ward, Army
Don Chatwick, Baldwin Wallace
John Winder, Iowa
Bill Weick, Northern Iowa [1]
Norman Balot, CCNY
Ned Tudi, Cornell
Vincent Kelly, Loyola MD
Delbert Lockwood, Colorado State
Don Dykhoff, South Dakota State
Roger Taylor, Lehigh
Bill Fisher, Millersville
Ed Rooney, Syracuse [2]
Jerry Bross, Oklahoma
Luther Seeber, Wisconsin
Harry Scott, Columbia
Sam Downey, Auburn
Bill Bock, Springfield
Dick Lennox, Michigan State
Bill Smoot, Oklahoma State
Bob Bormuth, Wyoming
Gerry Chadwick, Duke
Frank Kastor, Illinois
Peter Damone, Hofstra
Neal Lesher, Rutgers
Mike Rodriguez, Michigan [3]
Bye
Ron Teuber, Colorado

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Joe Humphreys
Ed DeWitt Fall 8:25

157 Weight Class

Ed DeWitt Fall 3:33

Ed DeWitt RD
Dale Ward Fall 8:17
John Winder Fall 5:47
John Winder 15-4

Bill Weick RD
Bill Weick 9-1
Bill Weick 6-0
Vincent Kelly 3-1
Bill Weick 4-1
Delbert Lockwood 9-3
Delbert Lockwood Fall 4:43
Roger Taylor 5-2
Bill Weick 6-4
Ed Rooney Fall 2:40
Ed Rooney Fall 1:06
Luther Seeber Fall 5:45
Ed Rooney 11-4
Bill Bock 11-9
Bill Smoot 10-5
Bill Smoot 9-6
Mike Rodriguez 13-8
Bob Bormuth 5-0
Peter Damone 6-2
Peter Damone Fall 4:34
Mike Rodriguez Fall 7:00
Mike Rodriguez 14-4
Mike Rodriguez Fall 2:34
Ron Teuber

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1955 NCAA Wrestling Championship

3/25/1955 to 3/26/1955 at Cornell
157 Consolation Bracket
Balot, CCNY

Kelly Med FFT

Kelly, Loyola MD

Lockwood 4-1
DeWitt 7-4

Lockwood, Colorado State

DeWitt, Pittsburgh

Lesher, Rutgers

Teuber 3-0
Teuber RD

Teuber, Colorado
Damone, Hofstra

Rooney 5-2
Rooney, Syracuse

Third Place: Ed DeWitt, Pittsburgh 1-0

Fourth Place: Ed Rooney, Syracuse

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Page 13 of 20

1955 NCAA Wrestling Championship

3/25/1955 to 3/26/1955 at Cornell
Gerry Tebben, Army
Bye
Larry TenPas, Illinois [4]
John Ellwood, Lock Haven
Dick Whited, Lehigh
Bye
Dick Rohrer, Minnesota State
Charles Bryant, Nebraska
Rex Edgar, Oklahoma
Bye
Joe Solomon, Pittsburgh [1]
Robert Roper, Northern Colorado
Bye
Dick Bonacci, Toledo
Harlan Jenkinson, Iowa
Bob Smith, Syracuse
John McMahon, Michigan
Jim Sanders, Auburn
Otis Keller, Cornell
Bye
Harold Broughton, Colorado State
Joe Gattuso, Navy [2]
Bernard Schwab, Virginia
Bye
Bob Reif, Wisconsin
Henry Goldman, Wyoming
Fred Davis, Oklahoma State [3]
Bye
Tony Tsocanos, Colgate
Dick Formanek, Northern Iowa
Bye
Del McGhee, Washington State

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Gerry Tebben
Larry TenPas 12-5

167 Weight Class

Larry TenPas 8-2

Larry TenPas Fall 6:09
Dick Whited
Charles Bryant Fall 7:22
Charles Bryant 6-2

Larry TenPas 8-1

Rex Edgar
Joe Solomon 10-6
Joe Solomon Fall 2:42
Joe Solomon RD
Dick Bonacci
Harlan Jenkinson 5-2
Harlan Jenkinson 5-2
Fred Davis 9-2
Jim Sanders 6-2
Otis Keller Fall 2:22
Otis Keller
Joe Gattuso 6-3
Joe Gattuso Fall 7:10
Joe Gattuso 6-2
Bernard Schwab
Fred Davis 9-7
Henry Goldman 6-2
Fred Davis 8-2
Fred Davis
Fred Davis 14-8
Dick Formanek 3-1
Del McGhee 8-4
Del McGhee

Page 14 of 20

1955 NCAA Wrestling Championship

3/25/1955 to 3/26/1955 at Cornell
167 Consolation Bracket
Ellwood, Lock Haven

Tebben 5-0
Tebben, Army

Tebben 8-4
Solomon RD

Bryant, Nebraska
Solomon, Pittsburgh

Goldman, Wyoming

Goldman
McGhee 5-2

Bye
McGhee, Washington State

Gattuso 8-4
Gattuso, Navy

Third Place: Joe Gattuso, Navy 6-2

Fourth Place: Joe Solomon, Pittsburgh

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Page 15 of 20

1955 NCAA Wrestling Championship

3/25/1955 to 3/26/1955 at Cornell
Bye
Frank Craze

177 Weight Class

Frank Craze, West Virginia

Don Wem 3-1
Don Wem, Toledo [4]
Don Wem 3-0
Jerry Budzik, Oklahoma State

Dan Hodge 7-3

Bob Lynch, Cornell
Ray Carlson 10-2
Ray Carlson, Waynesburg
Dan Hodge Fall 1:05
Ed Mathews, Wisconsin
Dan Hodge Fall 2:45
Dan Hodge, Oklahoma [1]
Dan Hodge Fall 4:23
Frank Rosenmayr, Colorado [2]
Frank Rosenmayr 5-0
Don Kincaid, Iowa
Frank Rosenmayr RD
Ron Flemming, Franklin & Marshall
Ron Flemming
Bye
Joe Krufka 9-6
Joe Krufka, Penn State [3]
Joe Krufka Fall 4:14
Fred Braun, Lafayette
Joe Krufka 7-6
Dick Francis, San Jose State
Dick Francis
Bye

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1955 NCAA Wrestling Championship

3/25/1955 to 3/26/1955 at Cornell
177 Consolation Bracket
Mathews, Wisconsin

Mathews
Bye

Carlson 6-4
Wem 3-1

Carlson, Waynesburg
Wem, Toledo

Braun, Lafayette

Braun
Francis 11-2

Bye
Francis, San Jose State

Rosenmayr 2-0
Rosenmayr, Colorado

Third Place: Frank Rosenmayr, Colorado Med FTT

Fourth Place: Don Wem, Toledo

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1955 NCAA Wrestling Championship

3/25/1955 to 3/26/1955 at Cornell
Richard Anthony, Indiana [4]
Richard Anthony

191 Weight Class

Bye
Richard Anthony 9-0
Elwood Reese, Lock Haven
Ken Culbert Fall 2:21
Ken Culbert, Harvard

Peter Blair 6-3

Jim Coln, Oklahoma
Jim Coln
Bye
Peter Blair Fall 7:50
Peter Blair, Navy [1]
Peter Blair Fall 5:24
Abe Cohen, Tennessee-Chattanooga
Peter Blair Fall 5:01
Dave Gallaher, Lehigh
Ken Leuer 9-2
Ken Leuer, Iowa [2]
Ken Leuer 2-0
Ron Schirf, Pittsburgh
Ron Schirf
Bye
Ken Leuer RD
Jim Macaleer, Princeton
Jim Macaleer 4-0
Ben Egerton, Cornell
Gus Gatto 4-2
Gus Gatto, Northern Iowa [3]
Gus Gatto
Bye

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1955 NCAA Wrestling Championship

3/25/1955 to 3/26/1955 at Cornell
191 Consolation Bracket
Cohen, Tennessee-Chattanooga

Cohen
Bye

Coln 3-1
Anthony 3-1

Coln, Oklahoma
Anthony, Indiana

Gallaher, Lehigh

Gallaher
Gallaher 3-2

Bye
Schirf, Pittsburgh

Gatto 4-2
Gatto, Northern Iowa

Third Place: Richard Anthony, Indiana 2-2 RD

Fourth Place: Gus Gatto, Northern Iowa

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1955 NCAA Wrestling Championship

3/25/1955 to 3/26/1955 at Cornell
Sam Salerno, Colorado
Sam Salerno

UNL Weight Class

Bye
Bill Oberly 5-3
Bill Oberly, Penn State [4]
Bill Oberly
Bye

Bill Oberly 8-4

Bob Konovsky, Wisconsin [1]
Bob Konovsky
Bye
Bob Konovsky 2-0
Mike Clock, Lewis & Clark
Ken Ellis 7-3
Ken Ellis, Kansas State
Bill Oberly 5-3
Willis Holland, Colorado State [2]
Willis Holland
Bye
Willis Holland 5-0
Don Sayenga, Lafayette
Don Sayenga
Bye
Werner Seel Fall 5:23
Werner Seel, Lehigh [3]
Werner Seel
Bye
Werner Seel 12-2
Denny Krick, Indiana
Denny Krick
Bye

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1955 NCAA Wrestling Championship

3/25/1955 to 3/26/1955 at Cornell
UNL Consolation Bracket
Bye

Bye

Salerno
Konovsky 2-0

Salerno, Colorado
Konovsky, Wisconsin

Bye

Krick

Bye
Krick, Indiana

Holland 10-7
Holland, Colorado State

Third Place: Bob Konovsky, Wisconsin 2-0

Fourth Place: Willis Holland, Colorado State

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