NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1956 NCAA Championships

115 lb

Champion Terry McCann, Iowa.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Terry McCannIOWA
  2. 2Bill HulingsPITT
  3. 3Dick DelgadoOU
  4. 4Dave BowlinOKST

Championship

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill Hulings (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over Dave Wall, North Carolina — Fall 1:30 · View bout
  2. Chuck Prunty, Minnesota over Alvaro Clachar, Texas A&M — Fall 5:24 · View bout
  3. Dave Bowlin (2), Oklahoma State over John Lanning, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  4. Dave Moore, Illinois over Manny Pihakis (6), Indiana (IN) — Fall 1:51 · View bout
  5. Dick Delgado (5), Oklahoma over Ray 'Buzz' Bergfield, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  6. Edward Amerantes (4), Springfield (MA) over Phil Martinez, Colorado State — Fall 2:30 · View bout
  7. John McHugh, Maryland over Bob Downey, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  8. Terry McCann (1), Iowa over Roy Schlesser, Oregon — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Hulings (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over Dave Moore, Illinois — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Dave Bowlin (2), Oklahoma State over John McHugh, Maryland — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  3. Dick Delgado (5), Oklahoma over Edward Amerantes (4), Springfield (MA) — Fall 4:45 · View bout
  4. Terry McCann (1), Iowa over Chuck Prunty, Minnesota — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Hulings (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over Dave Bowlin (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Terry McCann (1), Iowa over Dick Delgado (5), Oklahoma — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Terry McCann (1), Iowa over Bill Hulings (3), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Dave Moore, Illinois over Dave Wall, North Carolina — Fall 2:34 · View bout
  2. Roy Schlesser, Oregon over Chuck Prunty, Minnesota — Dec 1–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dave Bowlin (2), Oklahoma State over Dave Moore, Illinois — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Dick Delgado (5), Oklahoma over Roy Schlesser, Oregon — Dec 10–6 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Dick Delgado (5), Oklahoma over Dave Bowlin (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 7–2 · View bout

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