NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1956 NCAA Championships

115 lb

Champion Terry McCann, Iowa.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Terry McCannIOWA
  2. 2Bill HulingsPITT
  3. 3Dick DelgadoOU
  4. 4Dave BowlinOKST

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

16 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Bill Hulings (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over Dave Wall, North Carolina — Fall 1:30 · View bout
    2. Chuck Prunty, Minnesota over Alvaro Clachar, Texas A&M — Fall 5:24 · View bout
    3. Dave Bowlin (2), Oklahoma State over John Lanning, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
    4. Dave Moore, Illinois over Manny Pihakis (6), Indiana (IN) — Fall 1:51 · View bout
    5. Dick Delgado (5), Oklahoma over Ray 'Buzz' Bergfield, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 8–1 · View bout
    6. Edward Amerantes (4), Springfield (MA) over Phil Martinez, Colorado State — Fall 2:30 · View bout
    7. John McHugh, Maryland over Bob Downey, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    8. Terry McCann (1), Iowa over Roy Schlesser, Oregon — Dec 6–0 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bill Hulings (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over Dave Moore, Illinois — Dec 4–1 · View bout
    2. Dave Bowlin (2), Oklahoma State over John McHugh, Maryland — Dec 2–1 · View bout
    3. Dick Delgado (5), Oklahoma over Edward Amerantes (4), Springfield (MA) — Fall 4:45 · View bout
    4. Terry McCann (1), Iowa over Chuck Prunty, Minnesota — Dec 6–0 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bill Hulings (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over Dave Bowlin (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    2. Terry McCann (1), Iowa over Dick Delgado (5), Oklahoma — Dec 6–1 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Terry McCann (1), Iowa over Bill Hulings (3), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Dave Moore, Illinois over Dave Wall, North Carolina — Fall 2:34 · View bout
      2. Roy Schlesser, Oregon over Chuck Prunty, Minnesota — Dec 1–1 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Dave Bowlin (2), Oklahoma State over Dave Moore, Illinois — Dec 4–1 · View bout
      2. Dick Delgado (5), Oklahoma over Roy Schlesser, Oregon — Dec 10–6 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Dick Delgado (5), Oklahoma over Dave Bowlin (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 7–2 · View bout