NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1954 NCAA Championships

147 lb

Champion Jay 'Tommy' Evans, Oklahoma.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Jay 'Tommy' EvansOU
  2. 2Donald ThompsonOKST
  3. 3Lloyd CorwinCORNC
  4. 4Ben BronsteinUNCO

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

17 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 1 bout

    15 byes into the round of 16

    1. Doug Frey, Penn State over Jarold 'Art' Keith, Oregon State — Dec 5–4 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Ben Bronstein (4), Northern Colorado over Clayton Carothers, Lincoln (PA) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
    2. Bill Bock, Springfield (MA) over Ian MacEwan (3), Kent State (OH) — Fall 5:11 · View bout
    3. Delbert Lockwood, Colorado State over Bill Tambo, Michigan State — Dec 6–0 · View bout
    4. Don Ellingson, Iowa State over Charles 'Chully' Uram (2), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 4–4 · View bout
    5. Donald Thompson, Oklahoma State over Lloyd Corwin, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 5–5 · View bout
    6. Doug Frey, Penn State over John 'Rudy' Henson, Texas A&M — Fall 1:36 · View bout
    7. Jay 'Tommy' Evans (1), Oklahoma over Clyde 'Red' Witman, West Chester (PA) — Dec 16–8 · View bout
    8. Ken Spicher, Kansas State over George McGee, North Carolina — Dec 8–0 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Ben Bronstein (4), Northern Colorado over Ken Spicher, Kansas State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    2. Delbert Lockwood, Colorado State over Don Ellingson, Iowa State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    3. Donald Thompson, Oklahoma State over Bill Bock, Springfield (MA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
    4. Jay 'Tommy' Evans (1), Oklahoma over Doug Frey, Penn State — Dec 8–3 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Donald Thompson, Oklahoma State over Delbert Lockwood, Colorado State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    2. Jay 'Tommy' Evans (1), Oklahoma over Ben Bronstein (4), Northern Colorado — Fall 7:34 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Jay 'Tommy' Evans (1), Oklahoma over Donald Thompson, Oklahoma State — Fall 4:15 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Doug Frey, Penn State over Clyde 'Red' Witman, West Chester (PA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
      2. Lloyd Corwin, Cornell College (IA) over Bill Bock, Springfield (MA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Ben Bronstein (4), Northern Colorado over Doug Frey, Penn State — Dec 4–1 · View bout
      2. Lloyd Corwin, Cornell College (IA) over Delbert Lockwood, Colorado State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Lloyd Corwin, Cornell College (IA) over Ben Bronstein (4), Northern Colorado — Dec 5–1 · View bout