NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1958 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. 2Gordon RoeslerOU
  3. 3Earl LynnOKST
  4. 4Dan BrandNEB

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

14 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 6 bouts

    2 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Bob Norman (1), Illinois over Bob Steinke, Utah State — Fall 7:36 · View bout
    2. Dan Brand (3), Nebraska over Marvin Kay, Colorado Mines — Fall 6:53 · View bout
    3. Earl Lynn, Oklahoma State over Herm Sieck, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    4. Gordon Roesler (2), Oklahoma over Barron Bremner, Iowa — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    5. John Baum, Michigan State over William 'Pat' Lovell (4), California-Poly — Dec 2–2 (tiebreaker) · View bout
    6. Walter Goltl, Northern Colorado over Joe Dougherty, Maryland — Fall 5:55 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bob Norman (1), Illinois over Earl Lynn, Oklahoma State — Dec 8–3 · View bout
    2. Dan Brand (3), Nebraska over Les Nader (6), Kent State (OH) — Fall 7:19 · View bout
    3. Dave Hanks (5), Brigham Young (UT) over John Baum, Michigan State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    4. Gordon Roesler (2), Oklahoma over Walter Goltl, Northern Colorado — Dec 4–0 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bob Norman (1), Illinois over Dave Hanks (5), Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    2. Gordon Roesler (2), Oklahoma over Dan Brand (3), Nebraska — Dec 2–0 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Bob Norman (1), Illinois over Gordon Roesler (2), Oklahoma — Dec 5–3 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Earl Lynn, Oklahoma State over Bob Steinke, Utah State — Fall 5:46 · View bout
      2. Walter Goltl, Northern Colorado over Barron Bremner, Iowa — Dec 3–0 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Dan Brand (3), Nebraska over Walter Goltl, Northern Colorado — Dec 5–3 · View bout
      2. Earl Lynn, Oklahoma State over Dave Hanks (5), Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 7–3 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Earl Lynn, Oklahoma State over Dan Brand (3), Nebraska — Dec 3–2 · View bout