NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1954 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Joe Solomon, Pittsburgh (PA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Joe SolomonPITT
  2. 2Ernie FischerMD
  3. 3Joe GattusoNAVY
  4. 4Fred DavisOKST

Championship

Round of 32 · 2 bouts

  1. Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State over John Cederberg, Kansas State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Joe Gattuso (2), Navy (MD) over Al Rial, Texas A&M — Fall 1:48 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Del McGhee, Washington State over Frank Rosenmayr, Colorado — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  2. Ernie Fischer, Maryland over Don Wem (4), Toledo (OH) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State over Elmer May, Iowa State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  4. Harold Broughton, Colorado State over John 'Tom' Hankins, Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  5. Joe Gattuso (2), Navy (MD) over Vito Perrone, Michigan State — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  6. Joe Solomon, Pittsburgh (PA) over Miles Gregory, North Carolina — Fall 3:59 · View bout
  7. John Cunningham, Oklahoma over John Winder (3), Iowa — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  8. Robert Hockley, Wyoming over Jim Miller, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Ernie Fischer, Maryland over Harold Broughton, Colorado State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State over Robert Hockley, Wyoming — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  3. Joe Gattuso (2), Navy (MD) over Del McGhee, Washington State — Dec 4–4 · View bout
  4. Joe Solomon, Pittsburgh (PA) over John Cunningham, Oklahoma — Dec 13–8 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ernie Fischer, Maryland over Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Joe Solomon, Pittsburgh (PA) over Joe Gattuso (2), Navy (MD) — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Joe Solomon, Pittsburgh (PA) over Ernie Fischer, Maryland — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Harold Broughton, Colorado State over Don Wem (4), Toledo (OH) — Dec 3–3 · View bout
  2. John Cunningham, Oklahoma over Miles Gregory, North Carolina — Dec 8–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State over Harold Broughton, Colorado State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  2. Joe Gattuso (2), Navy (MD) over John Cunningham, Oklahoma — Fall 2:54 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Joe Gattuso (2), Navy (MD) over Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 3–1 · View bout

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