NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1957 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. 3Dick MuellerMINN
  4. 4Leonard SheltonOU

Championship

Round of 32 · 2 bouts

  1. Dick Mueller (2), Minnesota over Joel Ornowski, Ohio — Fall 5:00 · View bout
  2. Ray Haney, Maryland over George Munnich, Merchant Marine Academy (NY) — Dec 8–0 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Dick Mueller (2), Minnesota over Don Corrigan, Northern Iowa — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  2. Don Stroud (4), Michigan State over Jim Miller, Kansas State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Ed Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Ray Haney, Maryland — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  4. Harmon Leslie (3), Oklahoma State over Chuck Green, Cornell College (IA) — Fall 7:48 · View bout
  5. Herb Karcher (5), Wyoming over Joel Neuschwander, Oregon State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  6. Larry Moser, Iowa over George Creason, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  7. Leonard Shelton, Oklahoma over Tom Westfall, West Virginia — Fall 8:14 · View bout
  8. Sid Nodland (6), Penn State over Dave Harty, Iowa State — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dick Mueller (2), Minnesota over Larry Moser, Iowa — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. Don Stroud (4), Michigan State over Herb Karcher (5), Wyoming — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  3. Ed Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Leonard Shelton, Oklahoma — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  4. Harmon Leslie (3), Oklahoma State over Sid Nodland (6), Penn State — Dec 8–7 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ed Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Don Stroud (4), Michigan State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  2. Harmon Leslie (3), Oklahoma State over Dick Mueller (2), Minnesota — Dec 7–5 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Ed Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Harmon Leslie (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 9–9 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Leonard Shelton, Oklahoma over Ray Haney, Maryland — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Sid Nodland (6), Penn State over Chuck Green, Cornell College (IA) — n/r · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dick Mueller (2), Minnesota over Sid Nodland (6), Penn State — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Leonard Shelton, Oklahoma over Don Stroud (4), Michigan State — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Dick Mueller (2), Minnesota over Leonard Shelton, Oklahoma — Dec 3–0 · View bout

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