1956 NCAA Championships

NCAA D1

Individual championship awards, preserved source match rows, independently reviewed bracket topology where available, and team standings reconstructed from the recorded match rows under the era’s scoring rules, reconciled against the NCAA’s published totals. This page does not infer official individual placements.

10weights

10individual champions

219recorded matches

219recorded outcomes

0corrected rows

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Individual champions

1956 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
115	Terry McCann	Iowa	Source final	Recorded final
123	Ed Peery	Pittsburgh (PA)	Source final	Recorded final
130	Myron Roderick	Oklahoma State	Source final	Recorded final
137	Jim Sinadinos	Michigan State	Source final	Recorded final
147	Eddie Eichelberger	Lehigh (PA)	Source final	Recorded final
157	Larry TenPas	Illinois	Source final	Recorded final
167	Ed DeWitt	Pittsburgh (PA)	Source final	Recorded final
177	Dan Hodge	Oklahoma	Source final	Recorded final
191	Ken Leuer	Iowa	Source final	Recorded final
Unlimited	Gordon Roesler	Oklahoma	Source final	Recorded final

Team standings (reconstructed)

Points are recomputed from this year’s recorded match rows under the 1956 rule set: advancement (including bye advancement), bonus, and guaranteed-place increments, plus any curated adjustments. 49 of 50 program-years match the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book totals exactly; 1 differ from the published total.

1956 reconstructed team standings
Rank	Program	Points	Advancement	Bonus	Placement
1	Oklahoma State	65	22	3	40
2	Oklahoma	62	22	5	35
3	Pittsburgh (PA)	51	15	1	35
4	Iowa	43	15	0	28
5	Penn State	27	10	2	15
6	Lehigh (PA)	25	8	5	12
7	Colorado State	24	12	1	11
8	Illinois	20	7	3	10
8	Michigan State	20	8	0	12
10	Purdue (IN)	13	6	1	6
11	Wisconsin	12	4	1	7
12	Michigan	11	7	2	2
13	Minnesota-Mankato	10	3	0	7
13	Northern Iowa	10	4	2	4
15	Indiana (IN)	8	6	0	2
16	Wyoming	7	6	1	0
17	Lafayette (PA)	6	2	2	2
17	Maryland	6	4	2	0
19	Kansas State	5	4	1	0
19	Virginia Tech	5	3	2	0
21	Franklin & Marshall (PA)	4	3	1	0
21	Iowa State	4	3	1	0
21	Minnesota	4	3	1	0
21	Navy (MD)	4	2	0	2
25	Colorado	3	3	0	0
25	Lock Haven (PA)	3	2	1	0
25	Ohio	3	2	1	0
25	Springfield (MA)	3	2	1	0
29	Coast Guard (CT)	2	1	1	0
29	Cornell College (IA)	2	2	0	0
29	Kent State (OH)	2	2	0	0
32	Oregon	1	1	0	0
32	Ohio State	1	1	0	0
32	San Diego State (CA)	1	1	0	0
32	Toledo (OH)	1	1	0	0
32	Virginia Military	1	1	0	0
32	Oregon State	1	1	0	0
38	City College (NY)	0	0	0	0
38	Cortland (NY)	0	0	0	0
38	Grinnell (IA)	0	0	0	0
38	Hofstra (NY)	0	0	0	0
38	Lewis & Clark (OR)	0	0	0	0
38	Luther (IA)	0	0	0	0
38	New Mexico	0	0	0	0
38	North Carolina	0	0	0	0
38	Northern Colorado	0	0	0	0
38	Sewanee: of the South (TN)	0	0	0	0
38	Southern Illinois Carbondale	0	0	0	0
38	Syracuse (NY)	0	0	0	0
38	Texas A&M	0	0	0	0

Published standings: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1956. Programs the book lists without an archive entry that year are not shown.

Recorded matches

Results remain grouped by the archive’s documented round display order unless a weight links to a verified, approved bracket. Source round counts alone do not establish advancement routes.

1956 recorded NCAA championship matches
Year	Round	Recorded sides	Method	Recorded seeds	Match link
115
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Bill Hulings vs Dave Wall	Fall 1:30	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Chuck Prunty vs Alvaro Clachar	Fall 5:24	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Dave Bowlin vs John Lanning	Dec 8–4	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Dave Moore vs Manny Pihakis	Fall 1:51	0 · recorded zero / No. 6	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Dick Delgado vs Ray 'Buzz' Bergfield	Dec 8–1	No. 5 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Edward Amerantes vs Phil Martinez	Fall 2:30	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	John McHugh vs Bob Downey	Dec 4–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Terry McCann vs Roy Schlesser	Dec 6–0	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Bill Hulings vs Dave Moore	Dec 4–1	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Dave Bowlin vs John McHugh	Dec 2–1	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Dick Delgado vs Edward Amerantes	Fall 4:45	No. 5 / No. 4	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Terry McCann vs Chuck Prunty	Dec 6–0	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Semifinal Champ 4	Bill Hulings vs Dave Bowlin	Dec 4–3	No. 3 / No. 2	Open
1956	Semifinal Champ 4	Terry McCann vs Dick Delgado	Dec 6–1	No. 1 / No. 5	Open
1956	Championship final 1st	Terry McCann vs Bill Hulings	Dec 6–0	No. 1 / No. 3	Open
1956	Consi 4 #1	Dave Moore vs Dave Wall	Fall 2:34	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #1	Roy Schlesser vs Chuck Prunty	Dec 1–1	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #2	Dave Bowlin vs Dave Moore	Dec 4–1	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #2	Dick Delgado vs Roy Schlesser	Dec 10–6	No. 5 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Third-place bout 3rd	Dick Delgado vs Dave Bowlin	Dec 7–2	No. 5 / No. 2	Open
123
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Dick Govig vs Ed Corr	Dec 5–3	No. 5 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Ed Anderson vs George Mandel	Dec 11–9	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Ed Peery vs Bob Kennedy	Dec 9–0	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Robert Royce vs Daniel Deppe	Dec 7–5	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Sid Nodland vs Bill Hayden	Dec 5–1	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Vernon 'Hap' Whitney vs Bob Thornton	Fall 2:07	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Don Stroud vs Dick Govig	Dec 2–0	No. 4 / No. 5	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Ed Peery vs Ed Anderson	Dec 3–2	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Harmon Leslie vs Vernon 'Hap' Whitney	Dec 7–4	No. 6 / No. 3	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Robert Royce vs Sid Nodland	Dec 6–1	0 · recorded zero / No. 2	Open
1956	Semifinal Champ 4	Ed Peery vs Don Stroud	Dec 2–0	No. 1 / No. 4	Open
1956	Semifinal Champ 4	Harmon Leslie vs Robert Royce	Dec 10–4	No. 6 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Championship final 1st	Ed Peery vs Harmon Leslie	Dec 7–5	No. 1 / No. 6	Open
1956	Consi 4 #1	Ed Anderson vs Bob Kennedy	Dec 8–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #2	Don Stroud vs Ed Anderson	Dec 5–5	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #2	Vernon 'Hap' Whitney vs Robert Royce	Dec 5–0	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Third-place bout 3rd	Vernon 'Hap' Whitney vs Don Stroud	Dec 1–0	No. 3 / No. 4	Open
130
1956	Round of 32 Champ 32	Alfred Carson vs Les Turner	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 32 Champ 32	Bobby Lyons vs Jim Bodenhamer	Dec 10–4	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Alfred Carson vs Don Burchard	Fall 4:35	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Bob Mancuso Sr. vs John Vovos	Fall 2:59	No. 6 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Bobby Lyons vs Alvin Taylor	Dec 9–4	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Frank Hirt vs Kent Townley	Dec 5–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Jerry Hoke vs John Johnston	Dec 5–3	0 · recorded zero / No. 3	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Joe Alissi vs Rudy Napoli	Dec 7–0	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Myron Roderick vs Earle Edwards	Dec 11–2	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Vic DeFelice vs Ed Weatherly	Dec 8–4	No. 5 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Bobby Lyons vs Frank Hirt	Dec 3–2	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Jerry Hoke vs Bob Mancuso Sr.	Dec 1–1	0 · recorded zero / No. 6	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Myron Roderick vs Alfred Carson	Fall 2:44	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Vic DeFelice vs Joe Alissi	Dec 10–6	No. 5 / No. 4	Open
1956	Semifinal Champ 4	Bobby Lyons vs Jerry Hoke	Dec 3–2	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Semifinal Champ 4	Myron Roderick vs Vic DeFelice	Dec 6–1	No. 1 / No. 5	Open
1956	Championship final 1st	Myron Roderick vs Bobby Lyons	Dec 9–4	No. 1 / No. 2	Open
1956	Consi 8 #2	Jim Bodenhamer vs Alvin Taylor	Dec 10–4	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #1	Earle Edwards vs Alfred Carson	Dec 6–5	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #1	Frank Hirt vs Jim Bodenhamer	Dec 5–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #2	Frank Hirt vs Jerry Hoke	Dec 3–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #2	Vic DeFelice vs Earle Edwards	Dec 2–0	No. 5 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Third-place bout 3rd	Vic DeFelice vs Frank Hirt	Dec 3–2	No. 5 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
137
1956	Round of 32 Champ 32	Armand Taylor vs Charles 'Don' Schoenfeld	Fall 5:30	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 32 Champ 32	Bill Muther vs Dean Corner	Dec 8–6	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 32 Champ 32	Don Hart vs Bob Bubb	Dec 7–4	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 32 Champ 32	Jerry Ogurkis vs Lester Kroeger	Dec 7–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 32 Champ 32	Ron McIntyre vs Marvin Everest	Fall 2:26	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 32 Champ 32	Simon Roberts vs Bob Majors	Dec 2–1	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 32 Champ 32	Stan Wintermore vs David Simmons	Dec 8–2	No. 6 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Bill Muther vs Tom Nevits	Dec 8–1	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Don Hart vs Dave Newland	Dec 5–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Jarold 'Art' Keith vs Joe Longton	Dec 9–5	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Jim Sinadinos vs Ron McIntyre	Dec 7–5	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Joe Gratto vs Jerry Ogurkis	Dflt	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	John Pepe vs Simon Roberts	Dec 2–2	No. 5 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Ron Day vs Armand Taylor	Dec 8–5	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Stan Wintermore vs Jim Stevens	Dec 5–0	No. 6 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Jim Sinadinos vs Don Hart	Dec 19–15	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	John Pepe vs Bill Muther	Dec 7–1	No. 5 / No. 4	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Ron Day vs Joe Gratto	Dec 7–4	0 · recorded zero / No. 2	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Stan Wintermore vs Jarold 'Art' Keith	Dec 20–13	No. 6 / No. 3	Open
1956	Semifinal Champ 4	Jim Sinadinos vs John Pepe	Dec 8–4	No. 1 / No. 5	Open
1956	Semifinal Champ 4	Ron Day vs Stan Wintermore	Dec 3–2	0 · recorded zero / No. 6	Open
1956	Championship final 1st	Jim Sinadinos vs Ron Day	Dec 4–3	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #1	Don Hart vs Ron McIntyre	Dec 10–8	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #1	Joe Gratto vs Armand Taylor	Fall 3:05	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #2	Joe Gratto vs Stan Wintermore	Dec 5–4	No. 2 / No. 6	Open
1956	Consi 4 #2	John Pepe vs Don Hart	Dec 6–3	No. 5 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Third-place bout 3rd	John Pepe vs Joe Gratto	Dec 6–3	No. 5 / No. 2	Open
147
1956	Round of 32 Champ 32	Bob DeFelice vs Forbes Anderson	Dec 9–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 32 Champ 32	Claudell Wright vs Marvin Ansley	Fall 1:35	No. 6 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 32 Champ 32	Don Studebaker vs Jack Anderson	Dec 11–8	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 32 Champ 32	Eddie Eichelberger vs Stuart Jones Jr.	Fall 2:36	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 32 Champ 32	John Sforzo vs Gary Mayer	Dec 8–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 32 Champ 32	Lloyd Corwin vs Dick Gunner	Dec 7–1	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 32 Champ 32	Roland Alexander vs Bob Bormuth	Dec 6–2	No. 5 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 32 Champ 32	Wilbur Derby vs Ralph Hutchison	Dec 7–1	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Claudell Wright vs Paul Tapia	Dec 9–5	No. 6 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Dave Adams vs John Sforzo	Dec 7–4	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Dick Heaton vs Bob DeFelice	Dec 7–4	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Eddie Eichelberger vs Bob Richardson	Fall 7:56	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Lloyd Corwin vs Larry Marr	Dec 6–3	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Paul Weinhold vs Don Studebaker	Dec 6–4	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Roland Alexander vs Dale Ketelsen	Dec 3–1	No. 5 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Wilbur Derby vs Sherman 'Marvin' Vandevender	Dec 7–4	0 · recorded zero / No. 4	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Dave Adams vs Claudell Wright	Dec 5–2	No. 3 / No. 6	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Eddie Eichelberger vs Dick Heaton	Fall 2:29	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Paul Weinhold vs Lloyd Corwin	Dec 7–4	0 · recorded zero / No. 2	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Wilbur Derby vs Roland Alexander	Dec 9–5	0 · recorded zero / No. 5	Open
1956	Semifinal Champ 4	Dave Adams vs Paul Weinhold	Fall 5:30	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Semifinal Champ 4	Eddie Eichelberger vs Wilbur Derby	Dec 9–5	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Championship final 1st	Eddie Eichelberger vs Dave Adams	Dec 6–2	No. 1 / No. 3	Open
1956	Consi 8 #2	Stuart Jones Jr. vs Bob Richardson	Dec 3–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #1	Dick Heaton vs Stuart Jones Jr.	Dec 6–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #1	John Sforzo vs Claudell Wright	MFF	0 · recorded zero / No. 6	Open
1956	Consi 4 #2	Dick Heaton vs Wilbur Derby	Fall 5:01	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #2	Paul Weinhold vs John Sforzo	Dec 9–5	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Third-place bout 3rd	Dick Heaton vs Paul Weinhold	Dec 9–4	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
157
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Bob Formanek vs Joe Humphreys	Dec 5–2	No. 5 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Doug Blubaugh vs Charles 'Larry' Dillon	Dec 6–0	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	James Bose vs Ron Teuber	Dec 8–3	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Jerry Bross vs Drayton Praed	Dec 3–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	John Winder vs Dave Johnson	Dec 2–2	0 · recorded zero / No. 2	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Larry TenPas vs Steve Rudo Jr.	Fall 4:40	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Mike Rodriguez vs Andy Castiglione	Fall 8:05	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Ron Ericson vs Irvin 'Dale' Blume	Dec 5–1	No. 6 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Doug Blubaugh vs Bob Formanek	Dec 6–1	No. 4 / No. 5	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Jerry Bross vs John Winder	Dec 5–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Larry TenPas vs Ron Ericson	Dec 4–1	No. 3 / No. 6	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Mike Rodriguez vs James Bose	Fall 4:09	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Semifinal Champ 4	Doug Blubaugh vs Mike Rodriguez	Dflt	No. 4 / No. 1	Open
1956	Semifinal Champ 4	Larry TenPas vs Jerry Bross	Dec 5–2	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Championship final 1st	Larry TenPas vs Doug Blubaugh	Dec 4–3	No. 3 / No. 4	Open
1956	Consi 4 #1	Charles 'Larry' Dillon vs Bob Formanek	FF	0 · recorded zero / No. 5	Open
1956	Consi 4 #1	Ron Ericson vs Steve Rudo Jr.	Dec 3–2	No. 6 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #2	Charles 'Larry' Dillon vs Mike Rodriguez	MFF	0 · recorded zero / No. 1	Open
1956	Consi 4 #2	Jerry Bross vs Ron Ericson	Dec 2–1	0 · recorded zero / No. 6	Open
1956	Third-place bout 3rd	Jerry Bross vs Charles 'Larry' Dillon	Dec 2–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
167
1956	Round of 32 Champ 32	Jim Ellis vs Frank Powell	Dec 7–1	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Ed DeWitt vs Ken Salyer	Dec 11–5	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Fred Davis vs John Anderson	Dec 9–2	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Harlan Jenkinson vs Phil Skattum	Dec 3–0	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Jack Gaskill vs Bill White	Dec 3–2	0 · recorded zero / No. 5	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Jesse Stokes vs Richard Lee	Fall 7:44	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Jim Ellis vs John Wright	Dec 8–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	John 'Jack' Marchello vs Art Tranakos	Dec 10–4	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Rex Edgar vs Peter Damone	Dec 6–3	0 · recorded zero / No. 6	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Ed DeWitt vs Jesse Stokes	Dec 13–2	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Fred Davis vs Jim Ellis	Dec 9–6	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Harlan Jenkinson vs Rex Edgar	Dec 8–4	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	John 'Jack' Marchello vs Jack Gaskill	Dec 2–0	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Semifinal Champ 4	Ed DeWitt vs Harlan Jenkinson	Dec 5–0	No. 2 / No. 3	Open
1956	Semifinal Champ 4	Fred Davis vs John 'Jack' Marchello	Dec 8–5	No. 1 / No. 4	Open
1956	Championship final 1st	Ed DeWitt vs Fred Davis	Dec 5–4	No. 2 / No. 1	Open
1956	Consi 4 #1	Jim Ellis vs John Anderson	Dec 6–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #1	Ken Salyer vs Jesse Stokes	Fall 3:41	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #2	Harlan Jenkinson vs Ken Salyer	Dec 6–2	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #2	Jim Ellis vs John 'Jack' Marchello	Dec 7–0	0 · recorded zero / No. 4	Open
1956	Third-place bout 3rd	Harlan Jenkinson vs Jim Ellis	Dec 5–0	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
177
1956	Round of 32 Champ 32	Ron Flemming vs Harold Brownstein	Dec 3–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Bill Smoot vs Don Huff	Dec 8–5	0 · recorded zero / No. 6	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Dan Hodge vs Jerry Onan	Fall 1:15	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Dick Bonacci vs Dick Formanek	Dec 7–5	No. 5 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Gary Haller vs Joe Krufka	Dec 4–4	0 · recorded zero / No. 3	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Gary Kurdelmeier vs Gene Frank	Dec 6–1	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Gilbert Mesec vs Ralph Staley	Dec 9–8	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Ron Flemming vs Ken Jones	Fall 2:31	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Roy Minter vs Edward Zabrycki	Dec 9–4	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Bill Smoot vs Gary Haller	Dec 3–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Dan Hodge vs Ron Flemming	Fall 4:05	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Gary Kurdelmeier vs Dick Bonacci	Dec 6–1	No. 4 / No. 5	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Roy Minter vs Gilbert Mesec	Dec 6–2	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Semifinal Champ 4	Dan Hodge vs Gary Kurdelmeier	Fall 4:35	No. 1 / No. 4	Open
1956	Semifinal Champ 4	Roy Minter vs Bill Smoot	Dec 6–3	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Championship final 1st	Dan Hodge vs Roy Minter	Fall 1:37	No. 1 / No. 2	Open
1956	Consi 4 #1	Edward Zabrycki vs Gilbert Mesec	Dec 4–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #1	Ron Flemming vs Jerry Onan	Dec 5–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #2	Edward Zabrycki vs Bill Smoot	Dec 5–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #2	Gary Kurdelmeier vs Ron Flemming	Dec 2–2	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Third-place bout 3rd	Gary Kurdelmeier vs Edward Zabrycki	Dec 6–1	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
191
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Ahmet Senol vs Mike Clock	Dec 4–3	0 · recorded zero / No. 5	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Dave Gallaher vs Paul Steingruby	Dec 13–5	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Don Jensen vs John Watson	Fall 2:52	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Elwood Reese vs Don Cassidy	Dec 6–1	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Jim Gregson vs Ken Maidlow	Dec 10–7	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Ken Leuer vs Bob Marshall	Dec 5–0	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Ron Schirf vs Jim Coln	Dec 5–2	No. 6 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Ahmet Senol vs Dave Gallaher	Dec 10–9	0 · recorded zero / No. 4	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Jim Gregson vs Elwood Reese	Dec 6–0	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Ken Leuer vs Don Jensen	Dec 8–2	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Ron Schirf vs Richard Anthony	Dec 4–3	No. 6 / No. 3	Open
1956	Semifinal Champ 4	Jim Gregson vs Ron Schirf	Dec 3–1	No. 2 / No. 6	Open
1956	Semifinal Champ 4	Ken Leuer vs Ahmet Senol	Dec 5–0	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Championship final 1st	Ken Leuer vs Jim Gregson	Dec 5–3	No. 1 / No. 2	Open
1956	Consi 4 #1	Don Jensen vs Bob Marshall	Dec 3–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #1	Ken Maidlow vs Elwood Reese	Dec 3–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #2	Ahmet Senol vs Don Jensen	Dec 10–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #2	Ron Schirf vs Ken Maidlow	Dec	No. 6 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Third-place bout 3rd	Ron Schirf vs Ahmet Senol	Dec 4–3	No. 6 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
Unlimited
1956	Round of 32 Champ 32	Gordon Roesler vs Barron Bremner	Dec 9–3	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Bob Konovsky vs Mel Walden	Dec 4–0	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Denny Krick vs Don Sayenga	Dec 8–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Don Derham vs Ed Hayes	Fall 8:56	No. 5 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Gordon Roesler vs Bill Oberly	Dec 8–6	0 · recorded zero / No. 1	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Jerry Budzik vs George Meyers	Dec 5–4	0 · recorded zero / No. 6	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Les Nader vs Dick Lasse	Dec 2–1	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Mike Sandusky vs Dan Wisniewski	Fall 7:46	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Round of 16 Champ 16	Willis Holland vs Carlton Hazelwood	Fall 1:57	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Bob Konovsky vs Les Nader	Fall 8:31	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Gordon Roesler vs Denny Krick	Dec 14–11	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Mike Sandusky vs Don Derham	Fall 0:52	No. 4 / No. 5	Open
1956	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Willis Holland vs Jerry Budzik	Dec 3–1	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Semifinal Champ 4	Bob Konovsky vs Willis Holland	Dec 3–1	No. 2 / No. 3	Open
1956	Semifinal Champ 4	Gordon Roesler vs Mike Sandusky	Dec 1–1	0 · recorded zero / No. 4	Open
1956	Championship final 1st	Gordon Roesler vs Bob Konovsky	Dec 4–4	0 · recorded zero / No. 2	Open
1956	Consi 8 #2	Bill Oberly vs Barron Bremner	Fall 1:51	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #1	Bill Oberly vs Denny Krick	Dec 8–2	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #1	Les Nader vs Mel Walden	Dec 2–1	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Consi 4 #2	Bill Oberly vs Mike Sandusky	Dec 3–0	No. 1 / No. 4	Open
1956	Consi 4 #2	Willis Holland vs Les Nader	Dec 7–0	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1956	Third-place bout 3rd	Bill Oberly vs Willis Holland	Dec 2–0	No. 1 / No. 3	Open