NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1954 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Joe Solomon, Pittsburgh (PA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Joe SolomonPITT
  2. 2Ernie FischerMD
  3. 3Joe GattusoNAVY
  4. 4Fred DavisOKST

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

18 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 2 bouts

    14 byes into the round of 16

    1. Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State over John Cederberg, Kansas State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    2. Joe Gattuso (2), Navy (MD) over Al Rial, Texas A&M — Fall 1:48 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Del McGhee, Washington State over Frank Rosenmayr, Colorado — Dec 10–8 · View bout
    2. Ernie Fischer, Maryland over Don Wem (4), Toledo (OH) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    3. Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State over Elmer May, Iowa State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    4. Harold Broughton, Colorado State over John 'Tom' Hankins, Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
    5. Joe Gattuso (2), Navy (MD) over Vito Perrone, Michigan State — Dec 10–5 · View bout
    6. Joe Solomon, Pittsburgh (PA) over Miles Gregory, North Carolina — Fall 3:59 · View bout
    7. John Cunningham, Oklahoma over John Winder (3), Iowa — Dec 9–6 · View bout
    8. Robert Hockley, Wyoming over Jim Miller, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 6–1 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Ernie Fischer, Maryland over Harold Broughton, Colorado State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    2. Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State over Robert Hockley, Wyoming — Dec 8–6 · View bout
    3. Joe Gattuso (2), Navy (MD) over Del McGhee, Washington State — Dec 4–4 · View bout
    4. Joe Solomon, Pittsburgh (PA) over John Cunningham, Oklahoma — Dec 13–8 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Ernie Fischer, Maryland over Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    2. Joe Solomon, Pittsburgh (PA) over Joe Gattuso (2), Navy (MD) — Dec 5–2 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Joe Solomon, Pittsburgh (PA) over Ernie Fischer, Maryland — Dec 6–2 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Harold Broughton, Colorado State over Don Wem (4), Toledo (OH) — Dec 3–3 · View bout
      2. John Cunningham, Oklahoma over Miles Gregory, North Carolina — Dec 8–1 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State over Harold Broughton, Colorado State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
      2. Joe Gattuso (2), Navy (MD) over John Cunningham, Oklahoma — Fall 2:54 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Joe Gattuso (2), Navy (MD) over Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 3–1 · View bout