NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1959 NCAA Championships

123 lb

Champion Dave Auble, Cornell (NY).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Dave AubleCOR
  2. 2Larry LauchlePITT
  3. 3Vince GarciaIOWA
  4. 4Herb KarcherWYO

Championship

Round of 32 · 7 bouts

  1. Doug Bingham, Utah over Jim Bledsoe, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  2. DuWayne Miller (1), Oklahoma over Ed Fletcher, Oregon State — Dec 11–4 · View bout
  3. Jim Stagg, Bowling Green (OH) over Loren Wiesner, South Dakota State — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  4. Larry Lauchle (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Max Hawkins, Oklahoma State — Dec 11–6 · View bout
  5. Ron Andrews, Minnesota over Bob Bowman, Virginia Tech — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  6. Vince Garcia (5), Iowa over Cleon Cassell, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  7. Walt Martinez, Western Colorado over Russ McClatchey, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Dave Auble (4), Cornell (NY) over Jim Stagg, Bowling Green (OH) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Dick Van Auken (3), Maryland over Dennis Friedericks, Iowa State — Fall 7:03 · View bout
  3. Doug Bingham, Utah over Jim Garman, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  4. DuWayne Miller (1), Oklahoma over Maynard Nelson, Minnesota-Mankato — Fall 5:44 · View bout
  5. Gary Hoagland, Portland State (OR) over Ron Andrews, Minnesota — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  6. Herb Karcher (6), Wyoming over Walt Martinez, Western Colorado — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  7. Larry Lauchle (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Stan Henderson, Purdue (IN) — Fall 8:21 · View bout
  8. Vince Garcia (5), Iowa over Frank Jordan, Northern Colorado — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dave Auble (4), Cornell (NY) over Vince Garcia (5), Iowa — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  2. Doug Bingham, Utah over DuWayne Miller (1), Oklahoma — Dec 9–8 · View bout
  3. Herb Karcher (6), Wyoming over Dick Van Auken (3), Maryland — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  4. Larry Lauchle (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Gary Hoagland, Portland State (OR) — Dec 10–3 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dave Auble (4), Cornell (NY) over Doug Bingham, Utah — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  2. Larry Lauchle (2), Pittsburgh (PA) over Herb Karcher (6), Wyoming — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Dave Auble (4), Cornell (NY) over Larry Lauchle (2), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 10–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

  1. Max Hawkins, Oklahoma State over Stan Henderson, Purdue (IN) — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Max Hawkins, Oklahoma State over Gary Hoagland, Portland State (OR) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Vince Garcia (5), Iowa over Jim Stagg, Bowling Green (OH) — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Herb Karcher (6), Wyoming over Max Hawkins, Oklahoma State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Vince Garcia (5), Iowa over Doug Bingham, Utah — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Vince Garcia (5), Iowa over Herb Karcher (6), Wyoming — Dec 6–6 · View bout

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