1956 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.
The 1956 NCAA championships had 10 weights and 219 bouts. Oklahoma State won the team title with 65 points; Oklahoma was second with 62.
Most falls in the least time: Dan Hodge, Oklahoma · 4 falls in 11:32
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 115 | Terry McCann (1) · 2nd titleIowa | Iowa | Dec 6–0 over Bill Hulings (3), Pittsburgh (PA) |
| 123 | Ed Peery (1) · 2nd titlePittsburgh (PA) | Pittsburgh (PA) | Dec 7–5 over Harmon Leslie (6), Oklahoma State |
| 130 | Myron Roderick (1) · 3rd titleOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 9–4 over Bobby Lyons (2), Oklahoma |
| 137 | Jim Sinadinos (1)Michigan State | Michigan State | Dec 4–3 over Ron Day, Colorado State |
| 147 | Eddie Eichelberger (1) · 2nd titleLehigh (PA) | Lehigh (PA) | Dec 6–2 over Dave Adams (3), Penn State |
| 157 | Larry TenPas (3)Illinois | Illinois | Dec 4–3 over Doug Blubaugh (4), Oklahoma State |
| 167 | Ed DeWitt (2)Pittsburgh (PA) | Pittsburgh (PA) | Dec 5–4 over Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State |
| 177 | Dan Hodge (1) · 2nd titleOklahoma | Oklahoma | Fall 1:37 over Roy Minter (2), Minnesota-Mankato |
| 191 | Ken Leuer (1)Iowa | Iowa | Dec 5–3 over Jim Gregson (2), Oklahoma State |
| Unlimited | Gordon RoeslerOklahoma | Oklahoma | Dec 4–4 (tiebreaker) over Bob Konovsky (2), Wisconsin |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1956
Head coach for the 1956 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
Show all 36 teams
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| T21 | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | W. Roy Phillips | 4 |
| T21 | Iowa State | Harold Nichols | 4 |
| T21 | Minnesota | Wally Johnson | 4 |
| T21 | Navy (MD) | Ray Swartz | 4 |
| T25 | Colorado | Ray Jenkins | 3 |
| T25 | Lock Haven (PA) | Hubert Jack | 3 |
| T25 | Ohio | Fred Schleicher | 3 |
| T25 | Springfield (MA) | Douglas E. Parker | 3 |
| T29 | Coast Guard (CT) | Darrell Starr | 2 |
| T29 | Cornell College (IA) | Chuck Bryant | 2 |
| T29 | Kent State (OH) | Joe Begala | 2 |
| T29 | Oregon | Bill Hammer | 2 |
| T33 | Ohio State | Casey Fredericks | 1 |
| T33 | San Diego State (CA) | Harry Hartwell Broadbent | 1 |
| T33 | Toledo (OH) | Joe Scalzo | 1 |
| T33 | Virginia Military | Oscar Gupton | 1 |
14 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 1956 scoring rules.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32* | Oregon State | Hal Peterson | 1* |
| 38* | City College (NY) | Joseph Sapora | 0* |
| 38* | Cortland (NY) | Roland Eckard | 0* |
| 38* | Grinnell (IA) | Robert Peterson | 0* |
| 38* | Hofstra (NY) | Walter Stone | 0* |
| 38* | Lewis & Clark (OR) | Joe Huston | 0* |
| 38* | Luther (IA) | John Knispel | 0* |
| 38* | New Mexico | Not yet established | 0* |
| 38* | North Carolina | Sam Barnes | 0* |
| 38* | Northern Colorado | John Hancock | 0* |
| 38* | Sewanee: of the South (TN) | Horace Moore | 0* |
| 38* | Southern Illinois Carbondale | James Wilkinson | 0* |
| 38* | Syracuse (NY) | Joe McDaniel | 0* |
| 38* | Texas A&M | Not yet established | 0* |
Cite this page: “1956 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/1956/