NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1955 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Fred Davis, Oklahoma State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Fred DavisOKST
  2. 2Larry TenPasILL
  3. 3Joe GattusoNAVY
  4. 4Joe SolomanPITT

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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. Charles Bryant, Nebraska over Dick Rohrer, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    2. Dick Formanek, Northern Iowa over Tony Tsocanos, Colgate (NY) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    3. Harlan Jenkinson, Iowa over Bob Smith, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    4. Henry Goldman, Wyoming over Bob Reif, Wisconsin — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    5. Jim Sanders, Auburn (AL) over John McMahon, Michigan — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    6. Joe Gattuso (2), Navy (MD) over Harold Broughton, Colorado State — Fall 7:10 · View bout
    7. Joe Soloman (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Robert Roper, Northern Colorado — Fall 2:42 · View bout
    8. Larry TenPas (4), Illinois over John Ellwood, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Charles Bryant, Nebraska over Dick Whited, Lehigh (PA) — Fall 7:22 · View bout
    2. Del McGhee, Washington State over Dick Formanek, Northern Iowa — Dec 8–4 · View bout
    3. Fred Davis (3), Oklahoma State over Henry Goldman, Wyoming — Dec 8–2 · View bout
    4. Harlan Jenkinson, Iowa over Dick Bonacci, Toledo (OH) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    5. Joe Gattuso (2), Navy (MD) over Bernard Schwab III, Virginia — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    6. Joe Soloman (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Rex Edgar, Oklahoma — Dec 10–6 · View bout
    7. Larry TenPas (4), Illinois over Gerald Tebben, Army (NY) — Dec 12–5 · View bout
    8. Otis Keller, Cornell (NY) over Jim Sanders, Auburn (AL) — Fall 2:22 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Fred Davis (3), Oklahoma State over Del McGhee, Washington State — Dec 14–8 · View bout
    2. Joe Gattuso (2), Navy (MD) over Otis Keller, Cornell (NY) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    3. Joe Soloman (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Harlan Jenkinson, Iowa — Dec (no score) · View bout
    4. Larry TenPas (4), Illinois over Charles Bryant, Nebraska — Fall 6:09 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Fred Davis (3), Oklahoma State over Joe Gattuso (2), Navy (MD) — Dec 9–7 · View bout
    2. Larry TenPas (4), Illinois over Joe Soloman (1), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 8–1 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Fred Davis (3), Oklahoma State over Larry TenPas (4), Illinois — Dec 9–2 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

    1. Gerald Tebben, Army (NY) over John Ellwood, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Del McGhee, Washington State over Henry Goldman, Wyoming — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    2. Gerald Tebben, Army (NY) over Charles Bryant, Nebraska — Dec 8–4 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Joe Gattuso (2), Navy (MD) over Del McGhee, Washington State — Dec 8–4 · View bout
    2. Joe Soloman (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Gerald Tebben, Army (NY) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Joe Gattuso (2), Navy (MD) over Joe Soloman (1), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout