29th NCAA Wrestling Tournament 1959 3/26/1959 to 3/28/1959 at Iowa Team Champion Oklahoma State - 73 Points Outstanding Wrestler Ron Gray - Iowa State Top Ten Team Scores Number of Individual Champs in parentheses. 1 Oklahoma State 73 (2) 6 Wyoming 25 2 Iowa State 51 (2) 7 Minnesota State-Mankato 21 3 Oklahoma 41 (1) 8 Lehigh 20 (1) 4 Iowa 33 (1) 9 Minnesota 17 5 Pittsburgh 30 9 Michigan State 17 Champions and Place Winners Wrestler's seed in brackets, [US] indicates unseeeded. 115 1st: Andy Fitch [4] - Yale (3-3, 5-4) 2nd: Dick Wilson [2] - Toledo 3rd: Bob Taylor [1] - Oklahoma State (3-1) 4th: Jack Thamert [US] - Minnesota State-Mankato 123 1st: Dave Auble [4] - Cornell (10-4) 2nd: Larry Lauchle [2] - Pittsburgh 3rd: Vince Garcia [5] - Iowa (5-5, 1-1 RD) 4th: Herb Karcher [6] - Wyoming 130 1st: Stan Abel [1] - Oklahoma (3-2) 2nd: Les Anderson [2] - Iowa State 3rd: Brandon Glover [3] - Virginia Tech (4-3) 4th: Clarence McNair [4] - Kent State 137 1st: Larry Hayes [5] - Iowa State (10-3) 2nd: Shelby Wilson [2] - Oklahoma State 3rd: Paul Aubrey [1] - Oklahoma (6-3) 4th: Charles Coffee [US] - Minnesota 147 1st: Ron Gray [1] - Iowa State (9-3) 2nd: Jerry Frude [US] - Wyoming 3rd: Bob Wilson [2] - Oklahoma State (8-1) 4th: Bob Bubb [US] - Pittsburgh 157 1st: Dick Beattie [1] - Oklahoma State (8-5) 2nd: Sid Terry [2] - Oklahoma 3rd: Ellie Watkins [3] - Iowa State (3-1) 4th: Art Kraft [US] - Northwestern 167 1st: Ed Hamer [4] - Lehigh (4-0) 2nd: Tom Alberts [3] - Pittsburgh 3rd: Duane Murty [1] - Oklahoma State (1-1, 3-2) 4th: Dick Ballinger [2] - Wyoming 177 1st: Jim Craig [2] - Iowa (6-5) 2nd: Al Blanshan [US] - Minnesota State-Mankato 3rd: Bill Wright [1] - Minnesota (6-0) 4th: Ed Rath [3] - Colorado State 191 1st: Art Baker [2] - Syracuse (9-5) 2nd: Tim Woodin [1] - Michigan State 3rd: Gordon Trapp [3] - Iowa (5-2) 4th: Adnan Kaisy [4] - Oklahoma State UNL 1st: Ted Ellis [1] - Oklahoma State (1-1, 2-0) 2nd: Bob Marella [6] - Ithaca 3rd: Walter Goltl [2] - Northern Colorado (3-1) 4th: Don Darter [US] - Kansas State Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 1 of 20 3/26/1959 to 3/28/1959 at Iowa Fred Lamb, Indiana Fred Lamb Bye Andy Fitch Fall 3:55 Andy Fitch, Yale [4] 115 Weight Class Andy Fitch Bye Andy Fitch Fall 6:58 Fred Rittschoff, Wisconsin Fred Rittschoff Bye Mitsi Tamura 3-1 Mitsi Tamura, Oregon State [5] Mitsi Tamura Bye Andy Fitch 5-2 Don Webster, Iowa State Don Webster Bye Bob Taylor 6-2 Bob Taylor, Oklahoma State [1] Bob Taylor Bye Ray Osborne, Maryland Bob Taylor 5-4 Ray Osborne Bye Don Huff, Northern Colorado Don Huff 2-0 Don Huff 5-3 John Dooley, Kansas State Andy Fitch 3-3, 5-4 Dick Wilson, Toledo [2] Dick Wilson 4-1 Regan Wright, Oklahoma Dick Wilson 9-0 Bill Seery, Colorado Mines Bill Seery Bye Dick Wilson 4-0 Jack Thamert, Minnesota State-Mankato Jack Thamert Bye Jack Thamert Fall 6:31 Mike Grandstaff, Virginia Tech Mike Grandstaff Bye Dick Wilson Med FFT Larry Moser, Iowa [6] Larry Moser Bye Larry Moser 7-6 Larry Guldberg, Northern Iowa Larry Guldberg Bye Jim Whitmer, Cornell Iowa Larry Moser 4-1 Jim Whitmer Bye Bye Dick Williams 4-0 Dick Williams Dick Williams, Western State [3] Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 2 of 20 3/26/1959 to 3/28/1959 at Iowa 115 Consolation Bracket Lamb, Indiana Lamb Bye Tamura 3-0 Tamura, Oregon State Taylor 2-0 Taylor, Oklahoma State Wright, Oklahoma Wright 5-2 Seery, Colorado Mines Thamert 3-2 Thamert, Minnesota State-Mankato Thamert Med FFT Moser, Iowa Third Place: Bob Taylor, Oklahoma State 3-1 Fourth Place: Jack Thamert, Minnesota State-Mankato Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 3 of 20 3/26/1959 to 3/28/1959 at Iowa Dave Auble, Cornell [4] Dave Auble Bye Dave Auble 6-3 Loren Wiesmer, South Dakota State 123 Weight Class Jim Stagg 6-0 Jim Stagg, Bowling Green Dave Auble 8-5 Bye Frank Jordan Frank Jordan, Northern Colorado Vince Garcia 3-2 Vince Garcia, Iowa [5] Vince Garcia 6-1 Cleon Cassel, Franklin & Marshall Dave Auble 8-5 Bye Jim Garman Jim Garman, Bloomsburg Doug Bingham 5-4 Doug Bingham, Utah Doug Bingham 9-7 Jim Bledsoe, SIU-Carbondale Bye Doug Bingham 9-8 Maynard Nelson Maynard Nelson, Minnesota State-Mankato Ed Fletcher, Oregon State DuWayne Miller Fall 5:44 DuWayne Miller 11-4 DuWayne Miller, Oklahoma [1] Dave Auble 10-4 Max Hawkins, Oklahoma State Larry Lauchle 11-6 Larry Lauchle, Pittsburgh [2] Larry Lauchle Fall 8:21 Stan Henderson, Purdue Stan Henderson Bye Larry Lauchle 10-3 Ron Andrews, Minnesota Ron Andrews 6-0 Bob Bowman, Virginia Tech Gary Hoagland 8-5 Gary Hoagland, Portland State Gary Hoagland Bye Larry Lauchle 8-2 Walt Martinez, Western State Walt Martinez 3-1 Russ McClatchey, Cornell Iowa Herb Karcher 6-3 Herb Karcher, Wyoming [6] Herb Karcher Bye Dick VanAuken, Maryland [3] Herb Karcher 9-7 Dick VanAuken Bye Bye Dick VanAuken Fall 7:03 Dennis Friedericks Dennis Friedericks, Iowa State Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 4 of 20 3/26/1959 to 3/28/1959 at Iowa 123 Consolation Bracket Stagg, Bowling Green Stagg Bye Garcia 5-2 Garcia, Iowa Garcia 3-2 Bingham, Utah Hawkins, Oklahoma State Hawkins 5-1 Henderson, Purdue Hawkins 4-2 Hoagland, Portland State Karcher 3-2 Karcher, Wyoming Third Place: Vince Garcia, Iowa 5-5, 1-1 RD Fourth Place: Herb Karcher, Wyoming Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 5 of 20 3/26/1959 to 3/28/1959 at Iowa Dale Sullivan, Bloomsburg Dale Sullivan Bye Clarence McNair 2-0 Clarence McNair, Kent State [4] 130 Weight Class Clarence McNair Bye Clarence McNair 16-7 Garth Rogers, Colorado Garth Rogers Bye Leon Harbold 6-5 Leon Harbold, Lehigh Leon Harbold 7-3 Norm Young, Michigan State [5] Stan Abel 8-3 Bye Dave Camaione Dave Camaione, Ohio State Dave Camaione 5-3 Glen Hasse, Colorado Mines Glen Hasse 8-4 Ray Haney, Maryland Bye Stan Abel 11-6 Lannie Bryant Lannie Bryant, Northern Colorado Jerry Lane, Northern Iowa Stan Abel 7-3 Stan Abel 6-0 Stan Abel, Oklahoma [1] Stan Abel 3-2 Don Satchell, Portland State Dale Madden 6-0 Dale Madden, Wyoming Dale Madden 4-0 Dick Storch, Carleton Dick Storch Bye Les Anderson 6-0 Les Anderson, Iowa State [2] Les Anderson Bye Les Anderson 4-0 Bill Taylor, Cornell Iowa Bill Taylor Bye Les Anderson 5-0 Lynn Griffith, Western State [6] Lynn Griffith 10-9 Tom Chesbro, Oklahoma State Lynn Griffith 5-0 Richard Waite, Minnesota Richard Waite Bye Brandon Glover, Virginia Tech [3] Brandon Glover 1-1, 1-1 RD Brandon Glover Bye Bye Brandon Glover 11-1 Dave Frame Dave Frame, Minnesota State-Mankato Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 6 of 20 3/26/1959 to 3/28/1959 at Iowa 130 Consolation Bracket Lane, Northern Iowa Bryant 3-2 Bryant, Northern Colorado Camaione 10-3 Camaione, Ohio State McNair 6-4 McNair, Kent State Taylor, Cornell Iowa Taylor Bye Madden 3-0 Madden, Wyoming Glover 4-3 Glover, Virginia Tech Third Place: Brandon Glover, Virginia Tech 4-3 Fourth Place: Clarence McNair, Kent State Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 7 of 20 3/26/1959 to 3/28/1959 at Iowa Ramon West, RIT Ramon West Bye Ramon West 5-1 Harry Romig, Lycoming 137 Weight Class Gene Luttrell 8-6 Gene Luttrell, Iowa [4] Larry Hayes 8-1 Perrin Henderson, North Carolina Perrin Henderson 6-6, 6-2 John Rollins, Central Michigan Larry Hayes 6-0 Wilbur Bauer, Portland State Larry Hayes 5-2 Larry Hayes, Iowa State [5] Larry Hayes 4-2 Bye Dick Frankenberger Dick Frankenberger, SIU-Carbondale Paul Aubrey 4-0 Paul Aubrey, Oklahoma [1] Paul Aubrey 3-1 Dick McCory, Purdue Don Woehrle, Northwestern Paul Aubrey 5-0 Don Woehrle 5-0 Lance Masters, DePauw Tom Hall, Cal Poly-SLO Don Woehrle 8-3 Lyle Neville 7-0 Lyle Neville, Colorado Larry Hayes 10-3 Paul Pinnt, Colorado Mines Paul Pinnt 4-3 Joe Heller, Virginia Tech Shelby Wilson 16-5 Shelby Wilson, Oklahoma State [2] Shelby Wilson 11-3 Dick Rimple, Bloomsburg Shelby Wilson 8-4 Charles Coffee, Minnesota Charles Coffee 5-0 Bill Corn, Western State Charles Coffee 7-1 Pat Semary, Kent State Pat Semary Bye Shelby Wilson 16-2 Dick Zboray, Indiana Dick Zboray 8-5 Carl Scott, Wyoming [6] Dick Zboray 8-4 Larry Word, Kansas State Larry Word Bye Ron Youngbauer, Minnesota State-Mankato Dick Zboray 2-0 Dick Santoro 6-3 Dick Santoro, Lehigh [3] Bye Dick Santoro 5-4 Henry Shaw Henry Shaw, Lock Haven Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 8 of 20 3/26/1959 to 3/28/1959 at Iowa 137 Consolation Bracket Henderson, North Carolina Bauer 9-0 Bauer, Portland State Bauer 6-3 West, RIT Aubrey 6-0 Aubrey, Oklahoma Rimple, Bloomsburg Pinnt 4-1 Pinnt, Colorado Mines Coffee 6-5 Coffee, Minnesota Coffee 2-0 Zboray, Indiana Third Place: Paul Aubrey, Oklahoma 6-3 Fourth Place: Charles Coffee, Minnesota Compiled by wrestlingstats.com 1959 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 9 of 20 3/26/1959 to 3/28/1959 at Iowa Barney Bales, Colorado Barney Bales Bye Bill Berry DFT Bob Tallman, Nebraska-Omaha 147 Weight Class Bill Berry 8-5 Bill Berry, Washington State [4] Bob Bubb 10-8 Bye Bob Pac Bob Pac, Lycoming [5] Bob Bubb 6-3 Bob Bubb, Pittsburgh Bob Bubb 2-0 Jerry Huffman, RIT Ron Gray 8-1 Bye Werner Holzer Werner Holzer, Illinois Werner Holzer 4-3 John Noble, Harvard John Noble 5-1 Brian Kenyon, Iowa Bye Ron Gray 8-3 Neil DeLozier Neil DeLozier, Franklin & Marshall Ron Gray, Iowa State [1] Ron Gray 4-0 Ron Gray 4-2 Ralph Clark, Lock Haven Ron Gray 9-3 Charles Patten, Northern Iowa Bob Wilson 7-4 Bob Wilson, Oklahoma State [2] Bob Wilson 4-2 John Driscoll, Lehigh John Driscoll Bye Bob Wilson 6-3