1956 NCAA Championships

NCAA D1

Individual champions, team standings, and every recorded bout by weight. Placements are shown only where the record supports them.

10weights

10individual champions

219recorded matches

Individual champions

1956 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
115	Terry McCann	Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
123	Ed Peery	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
130	Myron Roderick	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
137	Jim Sinadinos	Michigan State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
147	Eddie Eichelberger	Lehigh (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
157	Larry TenPas	Illinois all-time	Source final	Recorded final
167	Ed DeWitt	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
177	Dan Hodge	Oklahoma all-time	Source final	Recorded final
191	Ken Leuer	Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
Unlimited	Gordon Roesler	Oklahoma all-time	Source final	Recorded final

Places and points as published by the NCAA.

1956 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Oklahoma State all-time	65
2	Oklahoma all-time	62
3	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	51
4	Iowa all-time	43
5	Penn State all-time	27
6	Lehigh (PA) all-time	25
7	Colorado State all-time	24
T8	Illinois all-time	20
T8	Michigan State all-time	20
10	Purdue (IN) all-time	13
11	Wisconsin all-time	12
12	Michigan all-time	11
T13	Minnesota-Mankato all-time	10
T13	Northern Iowa all-time	10
15	Indiana (IN) all-time	8
16	Wyoming all-time	7
T17	Lafayette (PA) all-time	6
T17	Maryland all-time	6
T19	Kansas State all-time	5
T19	Virginia Tech all-time	5
T21	Franklin & Marshall (PA) all-time	4
T21	Iowa State all-time	4
T21	Minnesota all-time	4
T21	Navy (MD) all-time	4
T25	Colorado all-time	3
T25	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	3
T25	Ohio all-time	3
T25	Springfield (MA) all-time	3
T29	Coast Guard (CT) all-time	2
T29	Cornell College (IA) all-time	2
T29	Kent State (OH) all-time	2
T29	Oregon all-time	2
T33	Ohio State all-time	1
T33	San Diego State (CA) all-time	1
T33	Toledo (OH) all-time	1
T33	Virginia Military all-time	1
Not in the published standings
32*	Oregon State all-time	1*
38*	City College (NY) all-time	0*
38*	Cortland (NY) all-time	0*
38*	Grinnell (IA) all-time	0*
38*	Hofstra (NY) all-time	0*
38*	Lewis & Clark (OR) all-time	0*
38*	Luther (IA) all-time	0*
38*	New Mexico all-time	0*
38*	North Carolina all-time	0*
38*	Northern Colorado all-time	0*
38*	Sewanee: of the South (TN) all-time	0*
38*	Southern Illinois Carbondale all-time	0*
38*	Syracuse (NY) all-time	0*
38*	Texas A&M all-time	0*

* Reconstructed from the recorded matches under the 1956 scoring rules. The NCAA’s published standings do not list this program.