NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1957 NCAA Championships

137 lb

Champion Joe Gratto, Lehigh (PA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Joe GrattoLEH
  2. 2John PepePSU
  3. 3Ralph RieksIOWA
  4. 4Paul AubreyOU

Championship

Round of 32 · 4 bouts

  1. John Pepe (1), Penn State over Tom Nevits, Ohio — Dec 1–0 · View bout
  2. Lyle Neville, Colorado over Don Kovalchik, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  3. Paul Aubrey, Oklahoma over Don Morrison, Indiana (IN) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  4. Ted Bienkowski, Pittsburgh (PA) over Perrin Henderson, North Carolina — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill Muther (6), Illinois over Don Dravis, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 10–2 · View bout
  2. Joe Gratto (2), Lehigh (PA) over John Vovos, Northern Iowa — Fall 2:59 · View bout
  3. John Pepe (1), Penn State over Lyle Neville, Colorado — Dec 11–3 · View bout
  4. Lee Grubbs (5), Southern Illinois Carbondale over Armand Taylor, Virginia Tech — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  5. Paul Aubrey, Oklahoma over Ted Bienkowski, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  6. Ralph Rieks (4), Iowa over John Owings, Oregon State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  7. Rod Norris, Maryland over Norman Gill, Michigan State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  8. Stan Wintermore (3), Wyoming over Joe Yeats, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec 10–3 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Muther (6), Illinois over Stan Wintermore (3), Wyoming — Dec 13–12 · View bout
  2. Joe Gratto (2), Lehigh (PA) over Paul Aubrey, Oklahoma — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  3. John Pepe (1), Penn State over Rod Norris, Maryland — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  4. Ralph Rieks (4), Iowa over Lee Grubbs (5), Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Joe Gratto (2), Lehigh (PA) over Bill Muther (6), Illinois — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  2. John Pepe (1), Penn State over Ralph Rieks (4), Iowa — Dec · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Joe Gratto (2), Lehigh (PA) over John Pepe (1), Penn State — Dec 9–8 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

  1. Tom Nevits, Ohio over Lyle Neville, Colorado — Dec 1–0 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Paul Aubrey, Oklahoma over John Vovos, Northern Iowa — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  2. Tom Nevits, Ohio over Rod Norris, Maryland — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Paul Aubrey, Oklahoma over Bill Muther (6), Illinois — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. Ralph Rieks (4), Iowa over Tom Nevits, Ohio — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ralph Rieks (4), Iowa over Paul Aubrey, Oklahoma — Dec 1–0 · View bout

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