NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1955 NCAA Championships

130 lb

Champion Myron Roderick, Oklahoma State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Myron RoderickOKST
  2. 2Bobby LyonsOU
  3. 3Linn LongCOLO
  4. 4Ron DayCOST

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

20 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 4 bouts

    12 byes into the round of 16

    1. Bobby Lyons (3), Oklahoma over Rex Boda, Cornell (NY) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    2. Don Hall, Iowa State over Bob Theriault, Yale (CT) — Dec 12–2 · View bout
    3. Jim Janes, Knox (IL) over George Mills, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 10–9 · View bout
    4. Max Pearson (2), Michigan over Roy Fowley, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 12–6 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Bobby Lyons (3), Oklahoma over Rich Padula, Ursinus (PA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    2. John Ontiveros, Illinois over Hugh Cowan, North Carolina — Dec 5–0 · View bout
    3. Linn Long, Colorado over Charles Goldthorpe, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    4. Mark Murray, Cornell College (IA) over Bob Homan, Penn State — Dec 9–6 · View bout
    5. Max Pearson (2), Michigan over Orin 'Clet' Blegen, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 11–5 · View bout
    6. Myron Roderick (1), Oklahoma State over Jim Janes, Knox (IL) — Fall 4:15 · View bout
    7. Ron Day (4), Colorado State over Don Hall, Iowa State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    8. Tom Nevits, Ohio over Deane Oliver Jr., Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 4–3 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bobby Lyons (3), Oklahoma over John Ontiveros, Illinois — Dec · View bout
    2. Linn Long, Colorado over Max Pearson (2), Michigan — Dec 9–4 · View bout
    3. Myron Roderick (1), Oklahoma State over Tom Nevits, Ohio — Dec 8–0 · View bout
    4. Ron Day (4), Colorado State over Mark Murray, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bobby Lyons (3), Oklahoma over Linn Long, Colorado — Dec · View bout
    2. Myron Roderick (1), Oklahoma State over Ron Day (4), Colorado State — Dec 6–0 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Myron Roderick (1), Oklahoma State over Bobby Lyons (3), Oklahoma — Dec 13–2 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

    1. Rex Boda, Cornell (NY) over Rich Padula, Ursinus (PA) — MFF · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Jim Janes, Knox (IL) over Tom Nevits, Ohio — Dec · View bout
    2. John Ontiveros, Illinois over Rex Boda, Cornell (NY) — Dec 5–0 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Linn Long, Colorado over John Ontiveros, Illinois — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    2. Ron Day (4), Colorado State over Jim Janes, Knox (IL) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Linn Long, Colorado over Ron Day (4), Colorado State — Dec 3–0 · View bout