NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1954 NCAA Championships

123 lb

Champion Dick Govig, Iowa.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Dick GovigIOWA
  2. 2Joe LobaughOKST
  3. 3Al VegaPUR
  4. 4Ed AndersonMINN

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

13 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 5 bouts

    3 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Al Vega (1), Purdue (IN) over Harry Pawlik, North Carolina — FF · View bout
    2. Bob McCreary (3), Temple (PA) over Ed Blubaugh, Oklahoma — Dec 4–1 · View bout
    3. Dick Govig (4), Iowa over Steve Levin, City College (NY) — Dec 9–0 · View bout
    4. Joe Lobaugh, Oklahoma State over Donald Stubblebine (2), Springfield (MA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    5. Ted Bredehoft, Cornell College (IA) over Robert Royce, Wyoming — Dec 6–5 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Al Vega (1), Purdue (IN) over Ted Bredehoft, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    2. Dick Govig (4), Iowa over Bill Allen, Texas A&M — Fall 4:31 · View bout
    3. Joe Lobaugh, Oklahoma State over Ed Anderson, Minnesota — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    4. John Ontiveros, Illinois over Bob McCreary (3), Temple (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Dick Govig (4), Iowa over Al Vega (1), Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    2. Joe Lobaugh, Oklahoma State over John Ontiveros, Illinois — Dec · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Dick Govig (4), Iowa over Joe Lobaugh, Oklahoma State — Dec 5–1 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Bill Allen, Texas A&M over Steve Levin, City College (NY) — Fall · View bout
      2. Ed Anderson, Minnesota over Donald Stubblebine (2), Springfield (MA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Al Vega (1), Purdue (IN) over Bill Allen, Texas A&M — Fall 3:28 · View bout
      2. Ed Anderson, Minnesota over John Ontiveros, Illinois — n/r · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Al Vega (1), Purdue (IN) over Ed Anderson, Minnesota — Dec 9–5 · View bout