NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1954 NCAA Championships

115 lb

Champion Hugh Peery, Pittsburgh (PA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Hugh PeeryPITT
  2. 2Chas OfsthunMINN
  3. 3Terry McCannIOWA
  4. 4Jack LoveKENT

Championship

Round of 16 · 3 bouts

  1. Bert 'Junior' Corr Jr., Oklahoma over Robert Whelan, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  2. Dave Bowlin, Oklahoma State over Manny Pihakis, Indiana (IN) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. Hugh Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Joe Landholm, Kansas State — Fall 3:55 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Chas Ofsthun, Minnesota over Jack Love (3), Kent State (OH) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  2. Hugh Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Robert David, Auburn (AL) — Fall 4:00 · View bout
  3. Terry McCann (4), Iowa over Dave Bowlin, Oklahoma State — Dec 13–4 · View bout
  4. Tom Torgerson (2), Colorado over Bert 'Junior' Corr Jr., Oklahoma — Dec 11–6 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Chas Ofsthun, Minnesota over Tom Torgerson (2), Colorado — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  2. Hugh Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Terry McCann (4), Iowa — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Hugh Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Chas Ofsthun, Minnesota — Dec 9–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

  1. Joe Landholm, Kansas State over Robert David, Auburn (AL) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jack Love (3), Kent State (OH) over Tom Torgerson (2), Colorado — Fall 5:32 · View bout
  2. Terry McCann (4), Iowa over Joe Landholm, Kansas State — Fall 3:51 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Terry McCann (4), Iowa over Jack Love (3), Kent State (OH) — Fall 1:38 · View bout

Bouts as the source workbook records them, in round order. No bracket positions or byes are inferred.