NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1954 NCAA Championships

130 lb

Champion Norvard 'Snip' Nalan, Michigan.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Norvard 'Snip' NalanMICH
  2. 2Jim Howard Sr.Ithaca (NY)
  3. 3Jim SinadinosMSU
  4. 4Bill KozyPITT

Championship

Round of 32 · 3 bouts

  1. Don Hart, Oklahoma over Hugh Linn, Iowa State — Dec 11–3 · View bout
  2. Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre (2), Penn State over Bill Hunt, Minnesota — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  3. Norvard 'Snip' Nalan (1), Michigan over David Simmons, Oklahoma State — Fall 7:25 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Don Hart, Oklahoma over William 'Parker' Mangus, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 10–2 · View bout
  2. Jim Howard Sr. (3), Ithaca (NY) over Bill Kozy, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 1–0 · View bout
  3. Jim Sinadinos (4), Michigan State over J 'Reed' Weight, Brigham Young (UT) — Fall 4:18 · View bout
  4. Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre (2), Penn State over Bob Mancuso Sr., Kansas State — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  5. Norvard 'Snip' Nalan (1), Michigan over Bob Beattie, Texas A&M — Fall 1:50 · View bout
  6. Richard Hockley, Wyoming over Gerald Koch, Northern Iowa — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  7. Ron Day, Colorado State over Mark Murray, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  8. Vernon 'Hap' Whitney, Purdue (IN) over David Kikuchi, California-Berkeley — Dec 10–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Jim Howard Sr. (3), Ithaca (NY) over Vernon 'Hap' Whitney, Purdue (IN) — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  2. Jim Sinadinos (4), Michigan State over Ron Day, Colorado State — Dec 5–5 · View bout
  3. Norvard 'Snip' Nalan (1), Michigan over Don Hart, Oklahoma — Fall 5:18 · View bout
  4. Richard Hockley, Wyoming over Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre (2), Penn State — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jim Howard Sr. (3), Ithaca (NY) over Richard Hockley, Wyoming — Dec · View bout
  2. Norvard 'Snip' Nalan (1), Michigan over Jim Sinadinos (4), Michigan State — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Norvard 'Snip' Nalan (1), Michigan over Jim Howard Sr. (3), Ithaca (NY) — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

  1. David Simmons, Oklahoma State over Bob Beattie, Texas A&M — Fall 2:49 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Kozy, Pittsburgh (PA) over Vernon 'Hap' Whitney, Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–4 · View bout
  2. Don Hart, Oklahoma over David Simmons, Oklahoma State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Kozy, Pittsburgh (PA) over Richard Hockley, Wyoming — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  2. Jim Sinadinos (4), Michigan State over Don Hart, Oklahoma — Fall 5:33 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Jim Sinadinos (4), Michigan State over Bill Kozy, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout

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