NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1958 NCAA Championships

123 lb

Champion Paul Powell, Pittsburgh (PA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Paul PowellPITT
  2. 2Bob HeraldOKST
  3. 3John JohnstonPSU
  4. 4Don BernardISU

Connected 1958 123-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

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. Ray Haney, Maryland over George Munnich, Merchant Marine Academy (NY) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Bob Herald (4), Oklahoma State over Alvin Christie, Portland State (OR) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
    2. Don Bernard, Iowa State over Dick Mueller (2), Minnesota — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    3. Frank Jordan, Northern Colorado over Dave Auble (3), Cornell (NY) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
    4. Joel Neuschwander (6), Oregon State over Leonard Shelton, Oklahoma — Dec 7–4 · View bout
    5. John Johnston (1), Penn State over Jim Miller, Kansas State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    6. Larry Moser (5), Iowa over Sal Archuleta, Colorado — FF · View bout
    7. Paul Powell, Pittsburgh (PA) over Harold Simonek, California-Poly — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    8. Ray Haney, Maryland over John Wager, Toledo (OH) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bob Herald (4), Oklahoma State over Larry Moser (5), Iowa — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    2. Joel Neuschwander (6), Oregon State over Frank Jordan, Northern Colorado — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    3. John Johnston (1), Penn State over Ray Haney, Maryland — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    4. Paul Powell, Pittsburgh (PA) over Don Bernard, Iowa State — Dec 7–4 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bob Herald (4), Oklahoma State over John Johnston (1), Penn State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    2. Paul Powell, Pittsburgh (PA) over Joel Neuschwander (6), Oregon State — Dec 9–4 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Paul Powell, Pittsburgh (PA) over Bob Herald (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 11–4 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Don Bernard, Iowa State over Harold Simonek, California-Poly — Fall 9:56 · View bout
      2. Larry Moser (5), Iowa over Alvin Christie, Portland State (OR) — Dec 5–1 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Don Bernard, Iowa State over Joel Neuschwander (6), Oregon State — Dec 5–0 · View bout
      2. John Johnston (1), Penn State over Larry Moser (5), Iowa — Dec 2–0 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. John Johnston (1), Penn State over Don Bernard, Iowa State — Dec 3–0 · View bout