NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1956 NCAA Championships

123 lb

Champion Ed Peery, Pittsburgh (PA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Ed PeeryPITT
  2. 2Harmon LeslieOKST
  3. 3Vernon 'Hap' WhitneyPUR
  4. 4Don StroudMSU

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

14 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 6 bouts

    2 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Dick Govig (5), Iowa over Ed Corr, Oklahoma — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    2. Ed Anderson, Minnesota over George Mandel, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 11–9 · View bout
    3. Ed Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Bob Kennedy, Oregon State — Dec 9–0 · View bout
    4. Robert Royce, Wyoming over Daniel Deppe, Michigan — Dec 7–5 · View bout
    5. Sid Nodland (2), Penn State over Bill Hayden, Colorado — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    6. Vernon 'Hap' Whitney (3), Purdue (IN) over Bob Thornton, North Carolina — Fall 2:07 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Don Stroud (4), Michigan State over Dick Govig (5), Iowa — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    2. Ed Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Ed Anderson, Minnesota — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    3. Harmon Leslie (6), Oklahoma State over Vernon 'Hap' Whitney (3), Purdue (IN) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
    4. Robert Royce, Wyoming over Sid Nodland (2), Penn State — Dec 6–1 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Ed Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Don Stroud (4), Michigan State — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    2. Harmon Leslie (6), Oklahoma State over Robert Royce, Wyoming — Dec 10–4 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Ed Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Harmon Leslie (6), Oklahoma State — Dec 7–5 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

      1 byes into the consolation semifinal

      1. Ed Anderson, Minnesota over Bob Kennedy, Oregon State — Dec 8–0 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Don Stroud (4), Michigan State over Ed Anderson, Minnesota — Dec 5–5 · View bout
      2. Vernon 'Hap' Whitney (3), Purdue (IN) over Robert Royce, Wyoming — Dec 5–0 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Vernon 'Hap' Whitney (3), Purdue (IN) over Don Stroud (4), Michigan State — Dec 1–0 · View bout