NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1958 NCAA Championships

123 lb

Champion Paul Powell, Pittsburgh (PA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Paul PowellPITT
  2. 2Bob HeraldOKST
  3. 3John JohnstonPSU
  4. 4Don BernardISU

Championship

Round of 32 · 1 bout

  1. Ray Haney, Maryland over George Munnich, Merchant Marine Academy (NY) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bob Herald (4), Oklahoma State over Alvin Christie, Portland State (OR) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  2. Don Bernard, Iowa State over Dick Mueller (2), Minnesota — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  3. Frank Jordan, Northern Colorado over Dave Auble (3), Cornell (NY) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  4. Joel Neuschwander (6), Oregon State over Leonard Shelton, Oklahoma — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  5. John Johnston (1), Penn State over Jim Miller, Kansas State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  6. Larry Moser (5), Iowa over Sal Archuleta, Colorado — FF · View bout
  7. Paul Powell, Pittsburgh (PA) over Harold Simonek, California-Poly — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  8. Ray Haney, Maryland over John Wager, Toledo (OH) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bob Herald (4), Oklahoma State over Larry Moser (5), Iowa — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Joel Neuschwander (6), Oregon State over Frank Jordan, Northern Colorado — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  3. John Johnston (1), Penn State over Ray Haney, Maryland — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  4. Paul Powell, Pittsburgh (PA) over Don Bernard, Iowa State — Dec 7–4 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Herald (4), Oklahoma State over John Johnston (1), Penn State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Paul Powell, Pittsburgh (PA) over Joel Neuschwander (6), Oregon State — Dec 9–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Paul Powell, Pittsburgh (PA) over Bob Herald (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 11–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Don Bernard, Iowa State over Harold Simonek, California-Poly — Fall 9:56 · View bout
  2. Larry Moser (5), Iowa over Alvin Christie, Portland State (OR) — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Don Bernard, Iowa State over Joel Neuschwander (6), Oregon State — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  2. John Johnston (1), Penn State over Larry Moser (5), Iowa — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. John Johnston (1), Penn State over Don Bernard, Iowa State — Dec 3–0 · View bout

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