Program · 1953
Washington State at the 1953 NCAA Championships
Head coachWilliam Tomaras1,2,3,4,5,6
1953 NCAA Championships · 1953 scoring details · Open in Match Finder
4qualifiers
2wins
5losses
2wins by fall
0champions
0All-Americans
T20team place
2team points
Roster
| Weight | Wrestler | W–L | Falls | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 | Dick Gibson | 0–1 | 0 | Lost round of 16 |
| 137 | Delance Duncan | 1–2 | 1 | Lost consolation round 5 |
| 157 | Byron Nelson | 0–1 | 0 | Lost round of 16 |
| 167 | Del McGhee | 1–1 | 1 | Lost round of 16 |
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Head coach sources
- Washington State wrestling duals2 original institutional record, National Wrestling Hall of Fame.ExactannualCoachrows1949/1951/1954/1955/1958, headingWashingtonState
- Official NCAA wrestling guide 1951 original WashingtonState report, NCAA.WashingtonStateCollege Pullman team1950 annual record block; PDF page 26; printed page 48
- Official NCAA wrestling guide 1954 original WashingtonState report, NCAA.1953DualMeetRecordsWashingtonStateCoachrow; PDF page 20; printed page 36
- Official NCAA wrestling guide 1960 original WashingtonState report, NCAA.1959DualMeetRecordsWashingtonState row printsBillThomas4–3; PDF page 31; printed page 29Sameguide Washington scholasticreport signedDrBillTomaras, WashingtonStateUniversityCoach; PDF page 50; printed page 48
- A brief history of wrestling at Washington State, institutional archivist-assisted history, Washington State University.ExplicitWSC1948–59tenure andcaption1959matchagainstOregon
- William Tomaras fullidentity and Washington State annual head records, National Wrestling Hall of Fame.Fullidentity WilliamTomaras and WSC coachingcareer
The head coach for each tournament year comes from the coaching record in this release. Have a better source? Send a correction.