NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1954 NCAA Championships

147 lb

Champion Jay 'Tommy' Evans, Oklahoma.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Jay 'Tommy' EvansOU
  2. 2Donald ThompsonOKST
  3. 3Lloyd CorwinCornell College (IA)
  4. 4Ben BronsteinUNCO

Championship

Round of 32 · 1 bout

  1. Doug Frey, Penn State over Jarold 'Art' Keith, Oregon State — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Ben Bronstein (4), Northern Colorado over Clayton Carothers, Lincoln (PA) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  2. Bill Bock, Springfield (MA) over Ian MacEwan (3), Kent State (OH) — Fall 5:11 · View bout
  3. Delbert Lockwood, Colorado State over Bill Tambo, Michigan State — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  4. Don Ellingson, Iowa State over Charles 'Chully' Uram (2), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 4–4 · View bout
  5. Donald Thompson, Oklahoma State over Lloyd Corwin, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 5–5 · View bout
  6. Doug Frey, Penn State over John 'Rudy' Henson, Texas A&M — Fall 1:36 · View bout
  7. Jay 'Tommy' Evans (1), Oklahoma over Clyde 'Red' Witman, West Chester (PA) — Dec 16–8 · View bout
  8. Ken Spicher, Kansas State over George McGee, North Carolina — Dec 8–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Ben Bronstein (4), Northern Colorado over Ken Spicher, Kansas State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Delbert Lockwood, Colorado State over Don Ellingson, Iowa State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. Donald Thompson, Oklahoma State over Bill Bock, Springfield (MA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  4. Jay 'Tommy' Evans (1), Oklahoma over Doug Frey, Penn State — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Donald Thompson, Oklahoma State over Delbert Lockwood, Colorado State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Jay 'Tommy' Evans (1), Oklahoma over Ben Bronstein (4), Northern Colorado — Fall 7:34 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Jay 'Tommy' Evans (1), Oklahoma over Donald Thompson, Oklahoma State — Fall 4:15 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Doug Frey, Penn State over Clyde 'Red' Witman, West Chester (PA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Lloyd Corwin, Cornell College (IA) over Bill Bock, Springfield (MA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ben Bronstein (4), Northern Colorado over Doug Frey, Penn State — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Lloyd Corwin, Cornell College (IA) over Delbert Lockwood, Colorado State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Lloyd Corwin, Cornell College (IA) over Ben Bronstein (4), Northern Colorado — Dec 5–1 · View bout

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