NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1958 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Duane Murty, Oklahoma State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Duane MurtyOKST
  2. 2Dick BallingerWYO
  3. 3Jim FergusonMSU
  4. 4Roy MinterMANK

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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. Dick Swerdfeger, Colorado Mines over Bernard Sullivan (4), Oklahoma — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Duane Murty (3), Oklahoma State over Gary Burdick, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    3. Fred Pitzner, Dartmouth (NH) over Gerry Gienger, Northern Iowa — Dec 8–2 · View bout
    4. Ray McGuire, Northern Colorado over Ken Spagnola, San Jose State (CA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Bill Wright, Minnesota over Fred Pitzner, Dartmouth (NH) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    2. Dick Ballinger (1), Wyoming over Alex Skirpan, Pittsburgh (PA) — Fall 4:09 · View bout
    3. Dick Swerdfeger, Colorado Mines over Bob Foster, Harvard (MA) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
    4. Duane Murty (3), Oklahoma State over George Krupicka, Oregon — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    5. Ellie Watkins, Iowa State over Ray McGuire, Northern Colorado — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    6. Jim Ferguson, Michigan State over Ken Koenig (5), Kent State (OH) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    7. Ralph DiMuccio (6), Springfield (MA) over Fred Ford, California-Poly — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    8. Roy Minter (2), Minnesota-Mankato over Bob Riehm, Iowa — Dec 4–3 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Dick Ballinger (1), Wyoming over Bill Wright, Minnesota — Dec 8–2 · View bout
    2. Duane Murty (3), Oklahoma State over Ralph DiMuccio (6), Springfield (MA) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
    3. Jim Ferguson, Michigan State over Dick Swerdfeger, Colorado Mines — Dec 3–0 · View bout
    4. Roy Minter (2), Minnesota-Mankato over Ellie Watkins, Iowa State — Dec 2–2 (tiebreaker) · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Dick Ballinger (1), Wyoming over Jim Ferguson, Michigan State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
    2. Duane Murty (3), Oklahoma State over Roy Minter (2), Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 4–3 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Duane Murty (3), Oklahoma State over Dick Ballinger (1), Wyoming — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

    1. George Krupicka, Oregon over Gary Burdick, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 6–3 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Bill Wright, Minnesota over Alex Skirpan, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 9–6 · View bout
    2. George Krupicka, Oregon over Ralph DiMuccio (6), Springfield (MA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Jim Ferguson, Michigan State over Bill Wright, Minnesota — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    2. Roy Minter (2), Minnesota-Mankato over George Krupicka, Oregon — Dec 1–0 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Jim Ferguson, Michigan State over Roy Minter (2), Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 4–2 · View bout