NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1957 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Tom Alberts, Pittsburgh (PA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Tom AlbertsPITT
  2. 2Ralph SchneiderWaynesburg (PA)
  3. 3Rex EdgarOU
  4. 4Roy MinterMinnesota-Mankato

Championship

Round of 32 · 12 bouts

  1. Duane Murty, Oklahoma State over Bob Koehnen, Minnesota — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  2. Ed Rath, Colorado State over Bernard Stolls, City College (NY) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  3. Jim Craig, Iowa over John Wright, Virginia Tech — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  4. Jim Ferguson, Michigan State over George Gray, Penn State — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  5. John 'Jack' Marchello (4), Michigan over Walter Kohler, Hiram (OH) — Fall 5:20 · View bout
  6. Ken Koenig, Kent State (OH) over John Anderson, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  7. Ken Kraft (2), Northwestern (IL) over Steve Smethurst, Cornell (NY) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  8. Neal Lesher, Rutgers (NJ) over Tom Murphy, Northern Iowa — Fall 5:43 · View bout
  9. Ralph Schneider, Waynesburg (PA) over Bob Foster, Harvard (MA) — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  10. Ray McGuire, Northern Colorado over John Ellwood, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  11. Rex Edgar (3), Oklahoma over Harold Brownstein, Illinois — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  12. Roy Minter (1), Minnesota-Mankato over Dick Dean, Maryland — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Frank Powell (5), Iowa State over Dave Atkinson, North Carolina — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  2. John 'Jack' Marchello (4), Michigan over Ken Koenig, Kent State (OH) — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  3. Ken Kraft (2), Northwestern (IL) over Neal Lesher, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  4. Ralph Schneider, Waynesburg (PA) over Jim Craig, Iowa — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  5. Ray McGuire, Northern Colorado over Duane Murty, Oklahoma State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  6. Rex Edgar (3), Oklahoma over Ed Rath, Colorado State — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  7. Roy Minter (1), Minnesota-Mankato over Jim Ferguson, Michigan State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  8. Tom Alberts (6), Pittsburgh (PA) over Frank Gutierrez, Muhlenberg (PA) — Fall 4:22 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Frank Powell (5), Iowa State over John 'Jack' Marchello (4), Michigan — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Ken Kraft (2), Northwestern (IL) over Ray McGuire, Northern Colorado — Dec · View bout
  3. Ralph Schneider, Waynesburg (PA) over Roy Minter (1), Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  4. Tom Alberts (6), Pittsburgh (PA) over Rex Edgar (3), Oklahoma — Dec 8–6 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ralph Schneider, Waynesburg (PA) over Frank Powell (5), Iowa State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  2. Tom Alberts (6), Pittsburgh (PA) over Ken Kraft (2), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Tom Alberts (6), Pittsburgh (PA) over Ralph Schneider, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Rex Edgar (3), Oklahoma over Frank Gutierrez, Muhlenberg (PA) — n/r · View bout
  2. Roy Minter (1), Minnesota-Mankato over Bob Foster, Harvard (MA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Rex Edgar (3), Oklahoma over Ken Kraft (2), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Roy Minter (1), Minnesota-Mankato over Frank Powell (5), Iowa State — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Rex Edgar (3), Oklahoma over Roy Minter (1), Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 4–1 · View bout

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