NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1957 NCAA Championships

147 lb

Champion Simon Roberts, Iowa.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Simon RobertsIOWA
  2. 2Ron GrayISU
  3. 3Werner HolzerILL
  4. 4Jack AndersonMANK

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

27 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 11 bouts

    5 byes into the round of 16

    1. Claudell Wright, Oklahoma State over Jim Heald, Swarthmore (PA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    2. Dave Adams (1), Penn State over Bernard Wood, City College (NY) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    3. Dick Heaton (2), Northern Iowa over W. Lee Young, Oklahoma — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    4. Dick Santoro, Lehigh (PA) over John Sforzo, Ohio — Dec 7–6 · View bout
    5. John Heintz, Carleton (MN) over Pete Jones, Wyoming — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    6. Nick Petronka, Indiana (IN) over Jim Roberts, Kansas State — Dec 8–3 · View bout
    7. Paul Weinhold (3), Colorado State over Don Simpson, Muhlenberg (PA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    8. Peter Roche, Brown (RI) over Charles Goldthorpe, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    9. Steve Propeck, Northwestern (IL) over Nick Biondi, Maryland — Dec · View bout
    10. Werner Holzer (5), Illinois over Bob Bubb, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
    11. Wilbur Derby, Colorado over Don Meyers, Minnesota — Dec 7–2 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Claudell Wright, Oklahoma State over John Heintz, Carleton (MN) — Dec 12–4 · View bout
    2. Dave Adams (1), Penn State over Wilbur Derby, Colorado — Dflt · View bout
    3. Dick Heaton (2), Northern Iowa over Steve Propeck, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    4. Dick Santoro, Lehigh (PA) over Nick Petronka, Indiana (IN) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
    5. Jack Anderson, Minnesota-Mankato over Paul Weinhold (3), Colorado State — Dec 7–6 · View bout
    6. Ron Gray (4), Iowa State over John Noble III, Harvard (MA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
    7. Simon Roberts (6), Iowa over Larry Wright, Oregon State — Dec 8–3 · View bout
    8. Werner Holzer (5), Illinois over Peter Roche, Brown (RI) — Dec 2–0 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Dave Adams (1), Penn State over Claudell Wright, Oklahoma State — Dflt · View bout
    2. Dick Heaton (2), Northern Iowa over Dick Santoro, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    3. Ron Gray (4), Iowa State over Werner Holzer (5), Illinois — Dec 10–8 · View bout
    4. Simon Roberts (6), Iowa over Jack Anderson, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 5–3 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Ron Gray (4), Iowa State over Dave Adams (1), Penn State — Dec 3–0 · View bout
    2. Simon Roberts (6), Iowa over Dick Heaton (2), Northern Iowa — Dec 3–2 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Simon Roberts (6), Iowa over Ron Gray (4), Iowa State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Jack Anderson, Minnesota-Mankato over Larry Wright, Oregon State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
      2. Werner Holzer (5), Illinois over John Noble III, Harvard (MA) — Dec 5–1 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Jack Anderson, Minnesota-Mankato over Dick Heaton (2), Northern Iowa — Fall 5:20 · View bout
      2. Werner Holzer (5), Illinois over Dave Adams (1), Penn State — Dec 5–0 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Werner Holzer (5), Illinois over Jack Anderson, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 4–1 · View bout