NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1954 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Ned Blass, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Ned BlassOKST
  2. 2Royal SmithColorado
  3. 3Joe KrufkaPSU
  4. 4Ted WeaverKansas State

Championship

Round of 32 · 1 bout

  1. Ned Blass (1), Oklahoma State over Dick Bonacci, Toledo (OH) — Dec 11–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Ahmet Senol, Purdue (IN) over Bob Marshall, Colorado State — Fall 3:49 · View bout
  2. Gene White, Oklahoma over Dan Segura, Cornell College (IA) — Fall 1:24 · View bout
  3. George Beresford (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over John Nickens, Middle Tennessee — Fall 1:28 · View bout
  4. Joe Krufka (4), Penn State over Fred Draayer, Utah — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  5. Ned Blass (1), Oklahoma State over Con Gerdes, Iowa State — Fall 5:10 · View bout
  6. Richard Anthony, Indiana (IN) over Tony Soscia, West Chester (PA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  7. Royal Smith, Colorado over Dave Gallaher, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  8. Ted Weaver (3), Kansas State over Jule Moravec, South Dakota State — Fall 8:50 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Joe Krufka (4), Penn State over Gene White, Oklahoma — Dflt · View bout
  2. Ned Blass (1), Oklahoma State over Richard Anthony, Indiana (IN) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  3. Royal Smith, Colorado over George Beresford (2), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  4. Ted Weaver (3), Kansas State over Ahmet Senol, Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ned Blass (1), Oklahoma State over Joe Krufka (4), Penn State — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  2. Royal Smith, Colorado over Ted Weaver (3), Kansas State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Ned Blass (1), Oklahoma State over Royal Smith, Colorado — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

  1. Dick Bonacci, Toledo (OH) over Con Gerdes, Iowa State — Fall 1:40 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. George Beresford (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Dave Gallaher, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 1–1 · View bout
  2. Richard Anthony, Indiana (IN) over Dick Bonacci, Toledo (OH) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Joe Krufka (4), Penn State over Richard Anthony, Indiana (IN) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Ted Weaver (3), Kansas State over George Beresford (2), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Joe Krufka (4), Penn State over Ted Weaver (3), Kansas State — Fall 5:40 · View bout

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