NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1956 NCAA Championships

167 lb

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

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Ed DeWittPITT
  2. 2Fred DavisOKST
  3. 3Harlan JenkinsonIOWA
  4. 4Jim EllisIND

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

17 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 1 bout

    15 byes into the round of 16

    1. Jim Ellis, Indiana (IN) over Frank Powell, Iowa State — Dec 7–1 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Ed DeWitt (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Ken Salyer, Northern Iowa — Dec 11–5 · View bout
    2. Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State over John Anderson, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
    3. Harlan Jenkinson (3), Iowa over Phil Skattum, Luther (IA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
    4. Jack Gaskill, Colorado State over Bill White (5), Syracuse (NY) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    5. Jesse Stokes, Wyoming over Richard Lee, Cortland (NY) — Fall 7:44 · View bout
    6. Jim Ellis, Indiana (IN) over John Wright, Virginia Tech — Dec 8–2 · View bout
    7. John 'Jack' Marchello (4), Michigan over Art Tranakos, Sewanee: of the South (TN) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
    8. Rex Edgar, Oklahoma over Peter Damone (6), Hofstra (NY) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Ed DeWitt (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Jesse Stokes, Wyoming — Dec 13–2 · View bout
    2. Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State over Jim Ellis, Indiana (IN) — Dec 9–6 · View bout
    3. Harlan Jenkinson (3), Iowa over Rex Edgar, Oklahoma — Dec 8–4 · View bout
    4. John 'Jack' Marchello (4), Michigan over Jack Gaskill, Colorado State — Dec 2–0 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Ed DeWitt (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Harlan Jenkinson (3), Iowa — Dec 5–0 · View bout
    2. Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State over John 'Jack' Marchello (4), Michigan — Dec 8–5 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Ed DeWitt (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–4 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Jim Ellis, Indiana (IN) over John Anderson, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
      2. Ken Salyer, Northern Iowa over Jesse Stokes, Wyoming — Fall 3:41 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Harlan Jenkinson (3), Iowa over Ken Salyer, Northern Iowa — Dec 6–2 · View bout
      2. Jim Ellis, Indiana (IN) over John 'Jack' Marchello (4), Michigan — Dec 7–0 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Harlan Jenkinson (3), Iowa over Jim Ellis, Indiana (IN) — Dec 5–0 · View bout