NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1955 NCAA Championships

130 lb

Champion Myron Roderick, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Myron RoderickOKST
  2. 2Bobby LyonsOU
  3. 3Linn LongColorado
  4. 4Ron DayColorado State

Championship

Round of 32 · 4 bouts

  1. Bobby Lyons (3), Oklahoma over Rex Boda, Cornell (NY) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Don Hall, Iowa State over Bob Theriault, Yale (CT) — Dec 12–2 · View bout
  3. Jim Janes, Knox (IL) over George Mills, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 10–9 · View bout
  4. Max Pearson (2), Michigan over Roy Fowley, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 12–6 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bobby Lyons (3), Oklahoma over Rich Padula, Ursinus (PA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  2. John Ontiveros, Illinois over Hugh Cowan, North Carolina — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  3. Linn Long, Colorado over Charles Goldthorpe, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  4. Mark Murray, Cornell College (IA) over Bob Homan, Penn State — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  5. Max Pearson (2), Michigan over Orin 'Clet' Blegen, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  6. Myron Roderick (1), Oklahoma State over Jim Janes, Knox (IL) — Fall 4:15 · View bout
  7. Ron Day (4), Colorado State over Don Hall, Iowa State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  8. Tom Nevits, Ohio over Deane Oliver Jr., Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bobby Lyons (3), Oklahoma over John Ontiveros, Illinois — Dec · View bout
  2. Linn Long, Colorado over Max Pearson (2), Michigan — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  3. Myron Roderick (1), Oklahoma State over Tom Nevits, Ohio — Dec 8–0 · View bout
  4. Ron Day (4), Colorado State over Mark Murray, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bobby Lyons (3), Oklahoma over Linn Long, Colorado — Dec · View bout
  2. Myron Roderick (1), Oklahoma State over Ron Day (4), Colorado State — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Myron Roderick (1), Oklahoma State over Bobby Lyons (3), Oklahoma — Dec 13–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

  1. Rex Boda, Cornell (NY) over Rich Padula, Ursinus (PA) — MFF · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Jim Janes, Knox (IL) over Tom Nevits, Ohio — Dec · View bout
  2. John Ontiveros, Illinois over Rex Boda, Cornell (NY) — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Linn Long, Colorado over John Ontiveros, Illinois — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Ron Day (4), Colorado State over Jim Janes, Knox (IL) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Linn Long, Colorado over Ron Day (4), Colorado State — Dec 3–0 · View bout

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