NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1955 NCAA Championships

123 lb

Champion Ed Peery, Pittsburgh (PA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Ed PeeryPITT
  2. 2Lewis GuidiWVU
  3. 3Richard MeeksILL
  4. 4Daniel DeppeMICH

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

24 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 8 bouts

    8 byes into the round of 16

    1. Dick Gappen, Knox (IL) over Gordon Brockmueller, South Dakota State — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    2. Dick Gibson, Washington State over Vernon 'Hap' Whitney, Purdue (IN) — Dec · View bout
    3. Dick Govig (1), Iowa over Donald Stubblebine, Springfield (MA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
    4. Ed Corr, Oklahoma over Tom Musser, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
    5. Harmon Leslie, Oklahoma State over Kent Townley (3), Iowa State — Dec 14–13 · View bout
    6. Lewis Guidi, West Virginia over Ed Dawkins, Ursinus (PA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
    7. Robert DeGroff, Hofstra (NY) over Mel Lehman, Oregon State — Dec 8–7 · View bout
    8. Sam Cario, Cortland (NY) over Robert Royce, Wyoming — Fall 1:20 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Dick Govig (1), Iowa over Bill Jemison, Cornell (NY) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    2. Ed Peery (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Robert DeGroff, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    3. Gene D'Alessandro (4), Rutgers (NJ) over Dick Gappen, Knox (IL) — Fall 6:40 · View bout
    4. Harmon Leslie, Oklahoma State over Tom Deppe, Lehigh (PA) — Fall 7:40 · View bout
    5. Lewis Guidi, West Virginia over Daniel Deppe, Michigan — Fall 7:09 · View bout
    6. Richard Meeks, Illinois over Ed Corr, Oklahoma — Dec 14–7 · View bout
    7. Robert Gunner, Michigan State over Dick Gibson, Washington State — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    8. Sam Cario, Cortland (NY) over Sid Nodland, Penn State — Dec 8–3 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Ed Peery (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Richard Meeks, Illinois — Dec 10–6 · View bout
    2. Lewis Guidi, West Virginia over Gene D'Alessandro (4), Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
    3. Robert Gunner, Michigan State over Harmon Leslie, Oklahoma State — Dec 9–4 · View bout
    4. Sam Cario, Cortland (NY) over Dick Govig (1), Iowa — Dec · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Ed Peery (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Robert Gunner, Michigan State — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    2. Lewis Guidi, West Virginia over Sam Cario, Cortland (NY) — Dec 12–11 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Ed Peery (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Lewis Guidi, West Virginia — Fall 8:30 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

    1. Daniel Deppe, Michigan over Ed Dawkins, Ursinus (PA) — MFF · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Daniel Deppe, Michigan over Gene D'Alessandro (4), Rutgers (NJ) — MFF · View bout
    2. Richard Meeks, Illinois over Robert DeGroff, Hofstra (NY) — Fall 3:47 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Daniel Deppe, Michigan over Sam Cario, Cortland (NY) — Dec 13–2 · View bout
    2. Richard Meeks, Illinois over Robert Gunner, Michigan State — Dec 9–3 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Richard Meeks, Illinois over Daniel Deppe, Michigan — Dec 3–1 · View bout