NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1956 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Ed DeWitt, Pittsburgh (PA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Ed DeWittPITT
  2. 2Fred DavisOKST
  3. 3Harlan JenkinsonIOWA
  4. 4Jim EllisIND

Championship

Round of 32 · 1 bout

  1. Jim Ellis, Indiana (IN) over Frank Powell, Iowa State — Dec 7–1 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Ed DeWitt (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Ken Salyer, Northern Iowa — Dec 11–5 · View bout
  2. Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State over John Anderson, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  3. Harlan Jenkinson (3), Iowa over Phil Skattum, Luther (IA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  4. Jack Gaskill, Colorado State over Bill White (5), Syracuse (NY) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  5. Jesse Stokes, Wyoming over Richard Lee, Cortland (NY) — Fall 7:44 · View bout
  6. Jim Ellis, Indiana (IN) over John Wright, Virginia Tech — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  7. John 'Jack' Marchello (4), Michigan over Art Tranakos, Sewanee: of the South (TN) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  8. Rex Edgar, Oklahoma over Peter Damone (6), Hofstra (NY) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Ed DeWitt (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Jesse Stokes, Wyoming — Dec 13–2 · View bout
  2. Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State over Jim Ellis, Indiana (IN) — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  3. Harlan Jenkinson (3), Iowa over Rex Edgar, Oklahoma — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  4. John 'Jack' Marchello (4), Michigan over Jack Gaskill, Colorado State — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ed DeWitt (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Harlan Jenkinson (3), Iowa — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  2. Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State over John 'Jack' Marchello (4), Michigan — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Ed DeWitt (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Fred Davis (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Jim Ellis, Indiana (IN) over John Anderson, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Ken Salyer, Northern Iowa over Jesse Stokes, Wyoming — Fall 3:41 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Harlan Jenkinson (3), Iowa over Ken Salyer, Northern Iowa — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Jim Ellis, Indiana (IN) over John 'Jack' Marchello (4), Michigan — Dec 7–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Harlan Jenkinson (3), Iowa over Jim Ellis, Indiana (IN) — Dec 5–0 · View bout

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