NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1955 NCAA Championships

Unlimited lb

Champion Bill Oberly, Penn State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Bill OberlyPSU
  2. 2Werner SeelLEH
  3. 3Bob KonovskyWIS
  4. 4Willis HollandColorado State

Championship

Round of 16 · 1 bout

  1. Ken Ellis, Kansas State over Mike Clock, Lewis & Clark (OR) — Dec 7–3 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Oberly (4), Penn State over Sam Salerno, Colorado — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Bob Konovsky (1), Wisconsin over Ken Ellis, Kansas State — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  3. Werner Seel (3), Lehigh (PA) over Denny Krick, Indiana (IN) — Dec 12–2 · View bout
  4. Willis Holland (2), Colorado State over Don Sayenga, Lafayette (PA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Oberly (4), Penn State over Bob Konovsky (1), Wisconsin — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  2. Werner Seel (3), Lehigh (PA) over Willis Holland (2), Colorado State — Fall 5:23 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Bill Oberly (4), Penn State over Werner Seel (3), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Konovsky (1), Wisconsin over Sam Salerno, Colorado — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Willis Holland (2), Colorado State over Denny Krick, Indiana (IN) — Dec 10–7 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Bob Konovsky (1), Wisconsin over Willis Holland (2), Colorado State — Dec 2–0 · View bout

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