NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1954 NCAA Championships

130 lb

Champion Norvard 'Snip' Nalan, Michigan.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Norvard 'Snip' NalanMICH
  2. 2Jim Howard Sr.ITHA
  3. 3Jim SinadinosMSU
  4. 4Bill KozyPITT

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

19 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 3 bouts

    13 byes into the round of 16

    1. Don Hart, Oklahoma over Hugh Linn, Iowa State — Dec 11–3 · View bout
    2. Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre (2), Penn State over Bill Hunt, Minnesota — Dec 7–5 · View bout
    3. Norvard 'Snip' Nalan (1), Michigan over David Simmons, Oklahoma State — Fall 7:25 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Don Hart, Oklahoma over William 'Parker' Mangus, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 10–2 · View bout
    2. Jim Howard Sr. (3), Ithaca (NY) over Bill Kozy, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 1–0 · View bout
    3. Jim Sinadinos (4), Michigan State over J 'Reed' Weight, Brigham Young (UT) — Fall 4:18 · View bout
    4. Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre (2), Penn State over Bob Mancuso Sr., Kansas State — Dec 8–6 · View bout
    5. Norvard 'Snip' Nalan (1), Michigan over Bob Beattie, Texas A&M — Fall 1:50 · View bout
    6. Richard Hockley, Wyoming over Gerald Koch, Northern Iowa — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    7. Ron Day, Colorado State over Mark Murray, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
    8. Vernon 'Hap' Whitney, Purdue (IN) over David Kikuchi, California-Berkeley — Dec 10–4 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Jim Howard Sr. (3), Ithaca (NY) over Vernon 'Hap' Whitney, Purdue (IN) — Dec 8–5 · View bout
    2. Jim Sinadinos (4), Michigan State over Ron Day, Colorado State — Dec 5–5 · View bout
    3. Norvard 'Snip' Nalan (1), Michigan over Don Hart, Oklahoma — Fall 5:18 · View bout
    4. Richard Hockley, Wyoming over Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre (2), Penn State — Dec 2–1 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Jim Howard Sr. (3), Ithaca (NY) over Richard Hockley, Wyoming — Dec · View bout
    2. Norvard 'Snip' Nalan (1), Michigan over Jim Sinadinos (4), Michigan State — Dec 4–1 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Norvard 'Snip' Nalan (1), Michigan over Jim Howard Sr. (3), Ithaca (NY) — Dec 6–1 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

    1. David Simmons, Oklahoma State over Bob Beattie, Texas A&M — Fall 2:49 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Bill Kozy, Pittsburgh (PA) over Vernon 'Hap' Whitney, Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–4 · View bout
    2. Don Hart, Oklahoma over David Simmons, Oklahoma State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bill Kozy, Pittsburgh (PA) over Richard Hockley, Wyoming — Dec 7–6 · View bout
    2. Jim Sinadinos (4), Michigan State over Don Hart, Oklahoma — Fall 5:33 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Jim Sinadinos (4), Michigan State over Bill Kozy, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout