NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1955 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. 2Ken LeuerIOWA
  3. 3Richard AnthonyIND
  4. 4Gus GattoUNI

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

12 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 4 bouts

    4 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Ken Culbert, Harvard (MA) over Elwood Reese, Lock Haven (PA) — Fall 2:21 · View bout
    2. Ken Leuer (2), Iowa over Dave Gallaher, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
    3. Peter Blair (1), Navy (MD) over Abe Cohen, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Fall 5:24 · View bout
    4. Richard 'Jim' Macaleer, Princeton (NJ) over Ben Egerton, Cornell (NY) — Dec 4–0 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Gus Gatto (3), Northern Iowa over Richard 'Jim' Macaleer, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    2. Ken Leuer (2), Iowa over Ron Schirf, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    3. Peter Blair (1), Navy (MD) over Jim Coln, Oklahoma — Fall 7:50 · View bout
    4. Richard Anthony (4), Indiana (IN) over Ken Culbert, Harvard (MA) — Dec 9–0 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Ken Leuer (2), Iowa over Gus Gatto (3), Northern Iowa — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Peter Blair (1), Navy (MD) over Richard Anthony (4), Indiana (IN) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Peter Blair (1), Navy (MD) over Ken Leuer (2), Iowa — Fall 5:01 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Dave Gallaher, Lehigh (PA) over Ron Schirf, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
      2. Jim Coln, Oklahoma over Abe Cohen, Tennessee-Chattanooga — Dec 3–1 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Gus Gatto (3), Northern Iowa over Dave Gallaher, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
      2. Richard Anthony (4), Indiana (IN) over Jim Coln, Oklahoma — Dec 3–1 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Richard Anthony (4), Indiana (IN) over Gus Gatto (3), Northern Iowa — Dec 2–2 (tiebreaker) · View bout