NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1957 NCAA Championships

Unlimited lb

Champion Bob Norman, Illinois.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Bob NormanILL
  2. 2Henry JordanUVA
  3. 3Gordon RoeslerOU
  4. 4Mike SanduskyMD

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

13 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 5 bouts

    3 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Bob Norman (2), Illinois over Les Nader, Kent State (OH) — Dec 9–0 · View bout
    2. Earl Lynn, Oklahoma State over Charles Pfrommer, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
    3. Fred Ulmer, Drexel (PA) over Dave Herbold, Minnesota — Fall 7:24 · View bout
    4. Gordon Roesler (1), Oklahoma over Dick 'Bruno' Brunemann, Miami (OH) — Fall 7:30 · View bout
    5. Henry Jordan (4), Virginia over Bob Marshall, Colorado State — Fall 5:04 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bob Norman (2), Illinois over Earl Lynn, Oklahoma State — Dec 8–4 · View bout
    2. Gordon Roesler (1), Oklahoma over Fred Ulmer, Drexel (PA) — Dec 8–0 · View bout
    3. Henry Jordan (4), Virginia over Ed Hayes (5), Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dflt · View bout
    4. Mike Sandusky (3), Maryland over Dick Kubes (6), Minnesota-Mankato — Dec · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bob Norman (2), Illinois over Mike Sandusky (3), Maryland — Dec 6–4 · View bout
    2. Henry Jordan (4), Virginia over Gordon Roesler (1), Oklahoma — Dec 5–4 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Bob Norman (2), Illinois over Henry Jordan (4), Virginia — Dec 6–1 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Bob Marshall, Colorado State over Ed Hayes (5), Southern Illinois Carbondale — MFF · View bout
      2. Les Nader, Kent State (OH) over Earl Lynn, Oklahoma State — Dec · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Gordon Roesler (1), Oklahoma over Bob Marshall, Colorado State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
      2. Mike Sandusky (3), Maryland over Les Nader, Kent State (OH) — Dflt · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Gordon Roesler (1), Oklahoma over Mike Sandusky (3), Maryland — Dec 3–2 · View bout