NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1954 NCAA Championships

115 lb

Champion Hugh Peery, Pittsburgh (PA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Hugh PeeryPITT
  2. 2Chas OfsthunMINN
  3. 3Terry McCannIOWA
  4. 4Jack LoveKENT

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

11 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 3 bouts

    5 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Bert 'Junior' Corr Jr., Oklahoma over Robert Whelan, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 9–6 · View bout
    2. Dave Bowlin, Oklahoma State over Manny Pihakis, Indiana (IN) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    3. Hugh Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Joe Landholm, Kansas State — Fall 3:55 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Chas Ofsthun, Minnesota over Jack Love (3), Kent State (OH) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
    2. Hugh Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Robert David, Auburn (AL) — Fall 4:00 · View bout
    3. Terry McCann (4), Iowa over Dave Bowlin, Oklahoma State — Dec 13–4 · View bout
    4. Tom Torgerson (2), Colorado over Bert 'Junior' Corr Jr., Oklahoma — Dec 11–6 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Chas Ofsthun, Minnesota over Tom Torgerson (2), Colorado — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    2. Hugh Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Terry McCann (4), Iowa — Dec 6–5 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Hugh Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Chas Ofsthun, Minnesota — Dec 9–2 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

      1 byes into the consolation semifinal

      1. Joe Landholm, Kansas State over Robert David, Auburn (AL) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Jack Love (3), Kent State (OH) over Tom Torgerson (2), Colorado — Fall 5:32 · View bout
      2. Terry McCann (4), Iowa over Joe Landholm, Kansas State — Fall 3:51 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Terry McCann (4), Iowa over Jack Love (3), Kent State (OH) — Fall 1:38 · View bout