NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1956 NCAA Championships

123 lb

Champion Ed Peery, Pittsburgh (PA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Ed PeeryPITT
  2. 2Harmon LeslieOKST
  3. 3Vernon 'Hap' WhitneyPUR
  4. 4Don StroudMSU

Championship

Round of 16 · 6 bouts

  1. Dick Govig (5), Iowa over Ed Corr, Oklahoma — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Ed Anderson, Minnesota over George Mandel, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 11–9 · View bout
  3. Ed Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Bob Kennedy, Oregon State — Dec 9–0 · View bout
  4. Robert Royce, Wyoming over Daniel Deppe, Michigan — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  5. Sid Nodland (2), Penn State over Bill Hayden, Colorado — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  6. Vernon 'Hap' Whitney (3), Purdue (IN) over Bob Thornton, North Carolina — Fall 2:07 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Don Stroud (4), Michigan State over Dick Govig (5), Iowa — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Ed Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Ed Anderson, Minnesota — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Harmon Leslie (6), Oklahoma State over Vernon 'Hap' Whitney (3), Purdue (IN) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  4. Robert Royce, Wyoming over Sid Nodland (2), Penn State — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ed Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Don Stroud (4), Michigan State — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Harmon Leslie (6), Oklahoma State over Robert Royce, Wyoming — Dec 10–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Ed Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Harmon Leslie (6), Oklahoma State — Dec 7–5 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

  1. Ed Anderson, Minnesota over Bob Kennedy, Oregon State — Dec 8–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Don Stroud (4), Michigan State over Ed Anderson, Minnesota — Dec 5–5 · View bout
  2. Vernon 'Hap' Whitney (3), Purdue (IN) over Robert Royce, Wyoming — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Vernon 'Hap' Whitney (3), Purdue (IN) over Don Stroud (4), Michigan State — Dec 1–0 · View bout

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