NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1957 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Tom Alberts, Pittsburgh (PA).

There is no bracket drawing for this weight yet. Every recorded bout is listed below by round.

Place winners

  1. 1Tom AlbertsPITT
  2. 2Ralph SchneiderWAYN
  3. 3Rex EdgarOU
  4. 4Roy MinterMANK

Championship

Round of 32 · 12 bouts

  1. Duane Murty, Oklahoma State over Bob Koehnen, Minnesota — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  2. Ed Rath, Colorado State over Bernard Stolls, City College (NY) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  3. Jim Craig, Iowa over John Wright, Virginia Tech — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  4. Jim Ferguson, Michigan State over George Gray, Penn State — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  5. John 'Jack' Marchello (4), Michigan over Walter Kohler, Hiram (OH) — Fall 5:20 · View bout
  6. Ken Koenig, Kent State (OH) over John Anderson, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  7. Ken Kraft (2), Northwestern (IL) over Steve Smethurst, Cornell (NY) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  8. Neal Lesher, Rutgers (NJ) over Tom Murphy, Northern Iowa — Fall 5:43 · View bout
  9. Ralph Schneider, Waynesburg (PA) over Bob Foster, Harvard (MA) — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  10. Ray McGuire, Northern Colorado over John Ellwood, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  11. Rex Edgar (3), Oklahoma over Harold Brownstein, Illinois — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  12. Roy Minter (1), Minnesota-Mankato over Dick Dean, Maryland — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Frank Powell (5), Iowa State over Dave Atkinson, North Carolina — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  2. John 'Jack' Marchello (4), Michigan over Ken Koenig, Kent State (OH) — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  3. Ken Kraft (2), Northwestern (IL) over Neal Lesher, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  4. Ralph Schneider, Waynesburg (PA) over Jim Craig, Iowa — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  5. Ray McGuire, Northern Colorado over Duane Murty, Oklahoma State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  6. Rex Edgar (3), Oklahoma over Ed Rath, Colorado State — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  7. Roy Minter (1), Minnesota-Mankato over Jim Ferguson, Michigan State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  8. Tom Alberts (6), Pittsburgh (PA) over Frank Gutierrez, Muhlenberg (PA) — Fall 4:22 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Frank Powell (5), Iowa State over John 'Jack' Marchello (4), Michigan — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Ken Kraft (2), Northwestern (IL) over Ray McGuire, Northern Colorado — Dec (no score) · View bout
  3. Ralph Schneider, Waynesburg (PA) over Roy Minter (1), Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  4. Tom Alberts (6), Pittsburgh (PA) over Rex Edgar (3), Oklahoma — Dec 8–6 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ralph Schneider, Waynesburg (PA) over Frank Powell (5), Iowa State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Tom Alberts (6), Pittsburgh (PA) over Ken Kraft (2), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Tom Alberts (6), Pittsburgh (PA) over Ralph Schneider, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Rex Edgar (3), Oklahoma over Frank Gutierrez, Muhlenberg (PA) — Not recorded · View bout
  2. Roy Minter (1), Minnesota-Mankato over Bob Foster, Harvard (MA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Rex Edgar (3), Oklahoma over Ken Kraft (2), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Roy Minter (1), Minnesota-Mankato over Frank Powell (5), Iowa State — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Rex Edgar (3), Oklahoma over Roy Minter (1), Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 4–1 · View bout