NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1956 NCAA Championships

147 lb

Champion Eddie Eichelberger, Lehigh (PA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Eddie EichelbergerLEH
  2. 2Dave AdamsPSU
  3. 3Dick HeatonUNI
  4. 4Paul WeinholdColorado State

Championship

Round of 32 · 8 bouts

  1. Bob DeFelice, Ohio State over Forbes Anderson, San Diego State (CA) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  2. Claudell Wright (6), Oklahoma State over Marvin Ansley, Texas A&M — Fall 1:35 · View bout
  3. Don Studebaker, Oklahoma over Jack Anderson, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 11–8 · View bout
  4. Eddie Eichelberger (1), Lehigh (PA) over Stuart Jones Jr., Virginia Military — Fall 2:36 · View bout
  5. John Sforzo, Ohio over Gary Mayer, Iowa — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  6. Lloyd Corwin (2), Cornell College (IA) over Dick Gunner, Michigan State — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  7. Roland Alexander (5), Kansas State over Bob Bormuth, Wyoming — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  8. Wilbur Derby, Colorado over Ralph Hutchison, Lafayette (PA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Claudell Wright (6), Oklahoma State over Paul Tapia, New Mexico — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  2. Dave Adams (3), Penn State over John Sforzo, Ohio — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  3. Dick Heaton, Northern Iowa over Bob DeFelice, Ohio State — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  4. Eddie Eichelberger (1), Lehigh (PA) over Bob Richardson, Pittsburgh (PA) — Fall 7:56 · View bout
  5. Lloyd Corwin (2), Cornell College (IA) over Larry Marr, Navy (MD) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  6. Paul Weinhold, Colorado State over Don Studebaker, Oklahoma — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  7. Roland Alexander (5), Kansas State over Dale Ketelsen, Iowa State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  8. Wilbur Derby, Colorado over Sherman 'Marvin' Vandevender (4), Virginia Tech — Dec 7–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dave Adams (3), Penn State over Claudell Wright (6), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Eddie Eichelberger (1), Lehigh (PA) over Dick Heaton, Northern Iowa — Fall 2:29 · View bout
  3. Paul Weinhold, Colorado State over Lloyd Corwin (2), Cornell College (IA) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  4. Wilbur Derby, Colorado over Roland Alexander (5), Kansas State — Dec 9–5 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dave Adams (3), Penn State over Paul Weinhold, Colorado State — Fall 5:30 · View bout
  2. Eddie Eichelberger (1), Lehigh (PA) over Wilbur Derby, Colorado — Dec 9–5 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Eddie Eichelberger (1), Lehigh (PA) over Dave Adams (3), Penn State — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

  1. Stuart Jones Jr., Virginia Military over Bob Richardson, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Dick Heaton, Northern Iowa over Stuart Jones Jr., Virginia Military — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  2. John Sforzo, Ohio over Claudell Wright (6), Oklahoma State — MFF · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dick Heaton, Northern Iowa over Wilbur Derby, Colorado — Fall 5:01 · View bout
  2. Paul Weinhold, Colorado State over John Sforzo, Ohio — Dec 9–5 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Dick Heaton, Northern Iowa over Paul Weinhold, Colorado State — Dec 9–4 · View bout

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