NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1955 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Dan Hodge, Oklahoma.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Dan HodgeOU
  2. 2Joe KrufkaPSU
  3. 3Frank RosenmayrCOLO
  4. 4Don WemTOL

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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. Dan Hodge (1), Oklahoma over Ed Mathews, Wisconsin — Fall 2:45 · View bout
    2. Don Wem (4), Toledo (OH) over Jerry Budzik, Oklahoma State — Dec 3–0 · View bout
    3. Frank Rosenmayr (2), Colorado over Don Kincaid, Iowa — Dec 5–0 · View bout
    4. Joe Krufka (3), Penn State over Fred Braun Jr., Lafayette (PA) — Fall 4:14 · View bout
    5. Ray Carlson, Waynesburg (PA) over Bob Lynch, Cornell (NY) — Dec 10–2 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Dan Hodge (1), Oklahoma over Ray Carlson, Waynesburg (PA) — Fall 1:05 · View bout
    2. Don Wem (4), Toledo (OH) over Frank Craze, West Virginia — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    3. Frank Rosenmayr (2), Colorado over Ron Flemming, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec · View bout
    4. Joe Krufka (3), Penn State over Dick Francis, San Jose State (CA) — Dec 7–6 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Dan Hodge (1), Oklahoma over Don Wem (4), Toledo (OH) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    2. Joe Krufka (3), Penn State over Frank Rosenmayr (2), Colorado — Dec 9–6 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Dan Hodge (1), Oklahoma over Joe Krufka (3), Penn State — Fall 4:23 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Dick Francis, San Jose State (CA) over Fred Braun Jr., Lafayette (PA) — Dec 11–2 · View bout
      2. Ray Carlson, Waynesburg (PA) over Ed Mathews, Wisconsin — Dec 6–4 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Don Wem (4), Toledo (OH) over Ray Carlson, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
      2. Frank Rosenmayr (2), Colorado over Dick Francis, San Jose State (CA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Frank Rosenmayr (2), Colorado over Don Wem (4), Toledo (OH) — MFF · View bout