NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1956 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Dan Hodge, Oklahoma.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Dan HodgeOU
  2. 2Roy MinterMinnesota-Mankato
  3. 3Gary KurdelmeierIOWA
  4. 4Edward ZabryckiNAVY

Championship

Round of 32 · 1 bout

  1. Ron Flemming, Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Harold Brownstein, Illinois — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill Smoot, Oklahoma State over Don Huff (6), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  2. Dan Hodge (1), Oklahoma over Jerry Onan, Cornell College (IA) — Fall 1:15 · View bout
  3. Dick Bonacci (5), Toledo (OH) over Dick Formanek, Northern Iowa — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  4. Gary Haller, Kansas State over Joe Krufka (3), Penn State — Dec 4–4 · View bout
  5. Gary Kurdelmeier (4), Iowa over Gene Frank, Iowa State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  6. Gilbert Mesec, Purdue (IN) over Ralph Staley, Lewis & Clark (OR) — Dec 9–8 · View bout
  7. Ron Flemming, Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Ken Jones, Texas A&M — Fall 2:31 · View bout
  8. Roy Minter (2), Minnesota-Mankato over Edward Zabrycki, Navy (MD) — Dec 9–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Smoot, Oklahoma State over Gary Haller, Kansas State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Dan Hodge (1), Oklahoma over Ron Flemming, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Fall 4:05 · View bout
  3. Gary Kurdelmeier (4), Iowa over Dick Bonacci (5), Toledo (OH) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  4. Roy Minter (2), Minnesota-Mankato over Gilbert Mesec, Purdue (IN) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dan Hodge (1), Oklahoma over Gary Kurdelmeier (4), Iowa — Fall 4:35 · View bout
  2. Roy Minter (2), Minnesota-Mankato over Bill Smoot, Oklahoma State — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Dan Hodge (1), Oklahoma over Roy Minter (2), Minnesota-Mankato — Fall 1:37 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Edward Zabrycki, Navy (MD) over Gilbert Mesec, Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Ron Flemming, Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Jerry Onan, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Edward Zabrycki, Navy (MD) over Bill Smoot, Oklahoma State — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  2. Gary Kurdelmeier (4), Iowa over Ron Flemming, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec 2–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Gary Kurdelmeier (4), Iowa over Edward Zabrycki, Navy (MD) — Dec 6–1 · View bout

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