NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1954 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Ned Blass, Oklahoma State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Ned BlassOKST
  2. 2Royal SmithCOLO
  3. 3Joe KrufkaPSU
  4. 4Ted WeaverKSU

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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. Ned Blass (1), Oklahoma State over Dick Bonacci, Toledo (OH) — Dec 11–2 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Ahmet Senol, Purdue (IN) over Bob Marshall, Colorado State — Fall 3:49 · View bout
    2. Gene White, Oklahoma over Dan Segura, Cornell College (IA) — Fall 1:24 · View bout
    3. George Beresford (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over John Nickens, Middle Tennessee — Fall 1:28 · View bout
    4. Joe Krufka (4), Penn State over Fred Draayer, Utah — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    5. Ned Blass (1), Oklahoma State over Con Gerdes, Iowa State — Fall 5:10 · View bout
    6. Richard Anthony, Indiana (IN) over Tony Soscia, West Chester (PA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
    7. Royal Smith, Colorado over Dave Gallaher, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
    8. Ted Weaver (3), Kansas State over Jule Moravec, South Dakota State — Fall 8:50 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Joe Krufka (4), Penn State over Gene White, Oklahoma — Dflt · View bout
    2. Ned Blass (1), Oklahoma State over Richard Anthony, Indiana (IN) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    3. Royal Smith, Colorado over George Beresford (2), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    4. Ted Weaver (3), Kansas State over Ahmet Senol, Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Ned Blass (1), Oklahoma State over Joe Krufka (4), Penn State — Dec 8–2 · View bout
    2. Royal Smith, Colorado over Ted Weaver (3), Kansas State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Ned Blass (1), Oklahoma State over Royal Smith, Colorado — Dec 5–4 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

    1. Dick Bonacci, Toledo (OH) over Con Gerdes, Iowa State — Fall 1:40 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. George Beresford (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Dave Gallaher, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 1–1 · View bout
    2. Richard Anthony, Indiana (IN) over Dick Bonacci, Toledo (OH) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Joe Krufka (4), Penn State over Richard Anthony, Indiana (IN) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    2. Ted Weaver (3), Kansas State over George Beresford (2), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Joe Krufka (4), Penn State over Ted Weaver (3), Kansas State — Fall 5:40 · View bout