NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1957 NCAA Championships

147 lb

Champion Simon Roberts, Iowa.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Simon RobertsIOWA
  2. 2Ron GrayISU
  3. 3Werner HolzerILL
  4. 4Jack AndersonMinnesota-Mankato

Championship

Round of 32 · 11 bouts

  1. Claudell Wright, Oklahoma State over Jim Heald, Swarthmore (PA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  2. Dave Adams (1), Penn State over Bernard Wood, City College (NY) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  3. Dick Heaton (2), Northern Iowa over W. Lee Young, Oklahoma — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  4. Dick Santoro, Lehigh (PA) over John Sforzo, Ohio — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  5. John Heintz, Carleton (MN) over Pete Jones, Wyoming — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  6. Nick Petronka, Indiana (IN) over Jim Roberts, Kansas State — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  7. Paul Weinhold (3), Colorado State over Don Simpson, Muhlenberg (PA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  8. Peter Roche, Brown (RI) over Charles Goldthorpe, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  9. Steve Propeck, Northwestern (IL) over Nick Biondi, Maryland — Dec · View bout
  10. Werner Holzer (5), Illinois over Bob Bubb, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  11. Wilbur Derby, Colorado over Don Meyers, Minnesota — Dec 7–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Claudell Wright, Oklahoma State over John Heintz, Carleton (MN) — Dec 12–4 · View bout
  2. Dave Adams (1), Penn State over Wilbur Derby, Colorado — Dflt · View bout
  3. Dick Heaton (2), Northern Iowa over Steve Propeck, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  4. Dick Santoro, Lehigh (PA) over Nick Petronka, Indiana (IN) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  5. Jack Anderson, Minnesota-Mankato over Paul Weinhold (3), Colorado State — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  6. Ron Gray (4), Iowa State over John Noble III, Harvard (MA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  7. Simon Roberts (6), Iowa over Larry Wright, Oregon State — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  8. Werner Holzer (5), Illinois over Peter Roche, Brown (RI) — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dave Adams (1), Penn State over Claudell Wright, Oklahoma State — Dflt · View bout
  2. Dick Heaton (2), Northern Iowa over Dick Santoro, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  3. Ron Gray (4), Iowa State over Werner Holzer (5), Illinois — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  4. Simon Roberts (6), Iowa over Jack Anderson, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ron Gray (4), Iowa State over Dave Adams (1), Penn State — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. Simon Roberts (6), Iowa over Dick Heaton (2), Northern Iowa — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Simon Roberts (6), Iowa over Ron Gray (4), Iowa State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Jack Anderson, Minnesota-Mankato over Larry Wright, Oregon State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  2. Werner Holzer (5), Illinois over John Noble III, Harvard (MA) — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jack Anderson, Minnesota-Mankato over Dick Heaton (2), Northern Iowa — Fall 5:20 · View bout
  2. Werner Holzer (5), Illinois over Dave Adams (1), Penn State — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Werner Holzer (5), Illinois over Jack Anderson, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 4–1 · View bout

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