NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1959 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Ed Hamer, Lehigh (PA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Ed HamerLEH
  2. 2Tom AlbertsPITT
  3. 3Duane MurtyOKST
  4. 4Dick BallingerWYO

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

21 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 5 bouts

    11 byes into the round of 16

    1. Bob Foster, Harvard (MA) over Bill Koehnen, Minnesota — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    2. Jerry Allen, Kansas State over Norm Hoffman, California-Berkeley — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    3. Jim Ferguson (5), Michigan State over George Gray, Penn State — Dec 8–2 · View bout
    4. Lowell Glynn, Minnesota-Mankato over Ken Koenig, Kent State (OH) — Dec 11–6 · View bout
    5. Tom Alberts (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over Fred Redeker, Indiana (IN) — Fall 2:58 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Dick Ballinger (2), Wyoming over Jerry Allen, Kansas State — Dec 8–1 · View bout
    2. Dick Dean (6), Maryland over Tom Miller, Yale (CT) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
    3. Don Conway, Oregon State over Vince Gonino, Ohio State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    4. Duane Murty (1), Oklahoma State over Bob Foster, Harvard (MA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    5. Ed Hamer (4), Lehigh (PA) over Tom Green, Iowa State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    6. Jim Ferguson (5), Michigan State over Verl Castro, Utah — Dec 10–9 · View bout
    7. Lowell Glynn, Minnesota-Mankato over Joseph 'Dennis' Fitzgerald, Michigan — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    8. Tom Alberts (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over Robert Godwin, DePauw (IN) — Dec 6–0 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Dick Ballinger (2), Wyoming over Don Conway, Oregon State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
    2. Duane Murty (1), Oklahoma State over Lowell Glynn, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 13–3 · View bout
    3. Ed Hamer (4), Lehigh (PA) over Jim Ferguson (5), Michigan State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
    4. Tom Alberts (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over Dick Dean (6), Maryland — Dec 2–1 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Ed Hamer (4), Lehigh (PA) over Duane Murty (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    2. Tom Alberts (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over Dick Ballinger (2), Wyoming — Dec 7–5 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Ed Hamer (4), Lehigh (PA) over Tom Alberts (3), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

    1. Fred Redeker, Indiana (IN) over Robert Godwin, DePauw (IN) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Dick Dean (6), Maryland over Fred Redeker, Indiana (IN) — Fall 5:40 · View bout
    2. Jim Ferguson (5), Michigan State over Tom Green, Iowa State — Dec 3–0 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Dick Ballinger (2), Wyoming over Dick Dean (6), Maryland — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    2. Duane Murty (1), Oklahoma State over Jim Ferguson (5), Michigan State — Dec 3–1 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

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