NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1954 NCAA Championships

191 lb

Champion Peter Blair, Navy (MD).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Peter BlairNAVY
  2. 2Joe Comly IIILEH
  3. 3Bill OberlyPSU
  4. 4Streeter ShiningIOWA

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Championship

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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. Alan Evans, South Dakota State over James Miller, Oklahoma State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    2. Bill Oberly, Penn State over Darlon 'Doc' Hearon, Oklahoma — Fall 7:35 · View bout
    3. Denny Krick, Indiana (IN) over Vaughan Hitchcock (3), Washington State — Dec 10–4 · View bout
    4. Peter Blair (1), Navy (MD) over John Robinson, Brigham Young (UT) — Fall 1:49 · View bout
    5. Streeter Shining (2), Iowa over Loren Reid, Colorado State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Alex Sotir, Springfield (MA) over Denny Krick, Indiana (IN) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    2. Gus Gatto (4), Northern Iowa over Alan Evans, South Dakota State — Dec 1–1 · View bout
    3. Joe Comly III, Lehigh (PA) over Streeter Shining (2), Iowa — Dec 4–1 · View bout
    4. Peter Blair (1), Navy (MD) over Bill Oberly, Penn State — Fall 3:39 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Joe Comly III, Lehigh (PA) over Alex Sotir, Springfield (MA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    2. Peter Blair (1), Navy (MD) over Gus Gatto (4), Northern Iowa — Dec 9–1 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Peter Blair (1), Navy (MD) over Joe Comly III, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 10–5 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

      1 byes into the consolation semifinal

      1. Bill Oberly, Penn State over John Robinson, Brigham Young (UT) — Fall 3:36 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Bill Oberly, Penn State over Gus Gatto (4), Northern Iowa — Dec · View bout
      2. Streeter Shining (2), Iowa over Alex Sotir, Springfield (MA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Bill Oberly, Penn State over Streeter Shining (2), Iowa — Dec 6–1 · View bout