NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1957 NCAA Championships

137 lb

Champion Joe Gratto, Lehigh (PA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Joe GrattoLEH
  2. 2John PepePSU
  3. 3Ralph RieksIOWA
  4. 4Paul AubreyOU

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

20 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 4 bouts

    12 byes into the round of 16

    1. John Pepe (1), Penn State over Tom Nevits, Ohio — Dec 1–0 · View bout
    2. Lyle Neville, Colorado over Don Kovalchik, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
    3. Paul Aubrey, Oklahoma over Don Morrison, Indiana (IN) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
    4. Ted Bienkowski, Pittsburgh (PA) over Perrin Henderson, North Carolina — Dec 4–0 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Bill Muther (6), Illinois over Don Dravis, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 10–2 · View bout
    2. Joe Gratto (2), Lehigh (PA) over John Vovos, Northern Iowa — Fall 2:59 · View bout
    3. John Pepe (1), Penn State over Lyle Neville, Colorado — Dec 11–3 · View bout
    4. Lee Grubbs (5), Southern Illinois Carbondale over Armand Taylor, Virginia Tech — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    5. Paul Aubrey, Oklahoma over Ted Bienkowski, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    6. Ralph Rieks (4), Iowa over John Owings, Oregon State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    7. Rod Norris, Maryland over Norman Gill, Michigan State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    8. Stan Wintermore (3), Wyoming over Joe Yeats, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec 10–3 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bill Muther (6), Illinois over Stan Wintermore (3), Wyoming — Dec 13–12 · View bout
    2. Joe Gratto (2), Lehigh (PA) over Paul Aubrey, Oklahoma — Dec 9–3 · View bout
    3. John Pepe (1), Penn State over Rod Norris, Maryland — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    4. Ralph Rieks (4), Iowa over Lee Grubbs (5), Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 4–1 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Joe Gratto (2), Lehigh (PA) over Bill Muther (6), Illinois — Dec 7–6 · View bout
    2. John Pepe (1), Penn State over Ralph Rieks (4), Iowa — Dec · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Joe Gratto (2), Lehigh (PA) over John Pepe (1), Penn State — Dec 9–8 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

    1. Tom Nevits, Ohio over Lyle Neville, Colorado — Dec 1–0 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Paul Aubrey, Oklahoma over John Vovos, Northern Iowa — Dec 10–4 · View bout
    2. Tom Nevits, Ohio over Rod Norris, Maryland — Dec 4–0 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Paul Aubrey, Oklahoma over Bill Muther (6), Illinois — Dec 3–0 · View bout
    2. Ralph Rieks (4), Iowa over Tom Nevits, Ohio — Dec 3–1 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Ralph Rieks (4), Iowa over Paul Aubrey, Oklahoma — Dec 1–0 · View bout