1959 NCAA Championships

NCAA D1

Individual champions, team standings, and every recorded bout by weight. Placements are shown only where the record supports them.

10weights

10individual champions

269recorded matches

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Individual champions

verified bracket 115 lb, 123 lb, 130 lb, 137 lb, 147 lb, 157 lb, 167 lb, 177 lb, 191 lb, Unlimited lb.

1959 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
115	Andy Fitch	Yale (CT) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
123	Dave Auble	Cornell (NY) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
130	Stan Abel	Oklahoma all-time	Source final	Recorded final
137	Larry Hayes	Iowa State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
147	Ron Gray	Iowa State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
157	Dick Beattie	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
167	Ed Hamer	Lehigh (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
177	Jim Craig	Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
191	Art Baker	Syracuse (NY) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
Unlimited	Ted Ellis	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final

Team standings

Places and points as published by the NCAA.

1959 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Oklahoma State all-time	73
2	Iowa State all-time	51
3	Oklahoma all-time	41
4	Iowa all-time	33
5	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	30
6	Wyoming all-time	25
7	Minnesota-Mankato all-time	21
8	Lehigh (PA) all-time	20
T9	Michigan State all-time	17
T9	Minnesota all-time	17
11	Yale (CT) all-time	16
12	Cornell (NY) all-time	14
13	Syracuse (NY) all-time	13
14	Toledo (OH) all-time	12
15	Northern Colorado all-time	11
16	Ithaca (NY) all-time	10
17	Colorado State all-time	9
18	Northwestern (IL) all-time	8
T19	Kansas State all-time	7
T19	Kent State (OH) all-time	7
T19	Virginia Tech all-time	7
T22	Cornell College (IA) all-time	5
T22	Maryland all-time	5
T22	Oregon State all-time	5
T25	Illinois all-time	4
T25	Indiana (IN) all-time	4
T25	Penn State all-time	4
T25	Western Colorado all-time	4
T29	Colorado Mines all-time	3
T29	Portland State (OR) all-time	3
T29	Utah all-time	3
T29	Washington State all-time	3
T33	Bloomsburg (PA) all-time	2
T33	Harvard (MA) all-time	2
T33	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	2
T33	Northern Illinois all-time	2
T33	Ohio State all-time	2
T33	Southern Illinois Carbondale all-time	2
T39	Bowling Green (OH) all-time	1
T39	Bradley (IL) all-time	1
T39	Carleton (MN) all-time	1
T39	Colorado all-time	1
T39	Nebraska all-time	1
T39	North Carolina all-time	1
T39	Northwest Missouri State all-time	1
T39	Purdue (IN) all-time	1
T39	Rochester Tech (NY) all-time	1
Not in the published standings
48*	Adams State (CO) all-time	0*
48*	Akron (OH) all-time	0*
48*	California-Berkeley all-time	0*
48*	California-Poly all-time	0*
48*	Central Michigan all-time	0*
48*	DePauw (IN) all-time	0*
48*	Franklin & Marshall (PA) all-time	0*
48*	Gettysburg (PA) all-time	0*
48*	Luther (IA) all-time	0*
48*	Lycoming (PA) all-time	0*
48*	Michigan all-time	0*
48*	Nebraska Omaha all-time	0*
48*	Northern Iowa all-time	0*
48*	Pacific (OR) all-time	0*
48*	San Jose State (CA) all-time	0*
48*	South Dakota State all-time	0*
48*	Springfield (MA) all-time	0*
48*	Washington (WA) all-time	0*
48*	Wheaton (IL) all-time	0*
48*	Wisconsin all-time	0*

* Reconstructed from the recorded matches under the 1959 scoring rules. The NCAA’s published standings do not list this program.

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