NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1956 NCAA Championships

147 lb

Champion Eddie Eichelberger, Lehigh (PA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Eddie EichelbergerLEH
  2. 2Dave AdamsPSU
  3. 3Dick HeatonUNI
  4. 4Paul WeinholdCOST

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

24 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 8 bouts

    8 byes into the round of 16

    1. Bob DeFelice, Ohio State over Forbes Anderson, San Diego State (CA) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
    2. Claudell Wright (6), Oklahoma State over Marvin Ansley, Texas A&M — Fall 1:35 · View bout
    3. Don Studebaker, Oklahoma over Jack Anderson, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 11–8 · View bout
    4. Eddie Eichelberger (1), Lehigh (PA) over Stuart Jones Jr., Virginia Military — Fall 2:36 · View bout
    5. John Sforzo, Ohio over Gary Mayer, Iowa — Dec 8–2 · View bout
    6. Lloyd Corwin (2), Cornell College (IA) over Dick Gunner, Michigan State — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    7. Roland Alexander (5), Kansas State over Bob Bormuth, Wyoming — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    8. Wilbur Derby, Colorado over Ralph Hutchison, Lafayette (PA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Claudell Wright (6), Oklahoma State over Paul Tapia, New Mexico — Dec 9–5 · View bout
    2. Dave Adams (3), Penn State over John Sforzo, Ohio — Dec 7–4 · View bout
    3. Dick Heaton, Northern Iowa over Bob DeFelice, Ohio State — Dec 7–4 · View bout
    4. Eddie Eichelberger (1), Lehigh (PA) over Bob Richardson, Pittsburgh (PA) — Fall 7:56 · View bout
    5. Lloyd Corwin (2), Cornell College (IA) over Larry Marr, Navy (MD) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    6. Paul Weinhold, Colorado State over Don Studebaker, Oklahoma — Dec 6–4 · View bout
    7. Roland Alexander (5), Kansas State over Dale Ketelsen, Iowa State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    8. Wilbur Derby, Colorado over Sherman 'Marvin' Vandevender (4), Virginia Tech — Dec 7–4 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Dave Adams (3), Penn State over Claudell Wright (6), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    2. Eddie Eichelberger (1), Lehigh (PA) over Dick Heaton, Northern Iowa — Fall 2:29 · View bout
    3. Paul Weinhold, Colorado State over Lloyd Corwin (2), Cornell College (IA) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
    4. Wilbur Derby, Colorado over Roland Alexander (5), Kansas State — Dec 9–5 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Dave Adams (3), Penn State over Paul Weinhold, Colorado State — Fall 5:30 · View bout
    2. Eddie Eichelberger (1), Lehigh (PA) over Wilbur Derby, Colorado — Dec 9–5 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Eddie Eichelberger (1), Lehigh (PA) over Dave Adams (3), Penn State — Dec 6–2 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

    1. Stuart Jones Jr., Virginia Military over Bob Richardson, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Dick Heaton, Northern Iowa over Stuart Jones Jr., Virginia Military — Dec 6–0 · View bout
    2. John Sforzo, Ohio over Claudell Wright (6), Oklahoma State — MFF · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Dick Heaton, Northern Iowa over Wilbur Derby, Colorado — Fall 5:01 · View bout
    2. Paul Weinhold, Colorado State over John Sforzo, Ohio — Dec 9–5 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Dick Heaton, Northern Iowa over Paul Weinhold, Colorado State — Dec 9–4 · View bout