NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1959 NCAA Championships

137 lb

Champion Larry Hayes, Iowa State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Larry HayesISU
  2. 2Shelby WilsonOKST
  3. 3Paul AubreyOU
  4. 4Charles CoffeeMINN

Championship

Round of 32 · 11 bouts

  1. Charles Coffee, Minnesota over Bill Corn, Western Colorado — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  2. Dick Santoro (3), Lehigh (PA) over Ron Youngbauer, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  3. Dick Zboray, Indiana (IN) over Carl Scott (6), Wyoming — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  4. Don Woehrle, Northwestern (IL) over Lance Masters, DePauw (IN) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  5. Gene Luttrell (4), Iowa over Harry Romig Jr., Lycoming (PA) — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  6. Larry Hayes (5), Iowa State over Wilbur Bauer, Portland State (OR) — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  7. Lyle Neville, Colorado over Tom Hall, California-Poly — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  8. Paul Aubrey (1), Oklahoma over Dick McCory, Purdue (IN) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  9. Paul Pinnt, Colorado Mines over Joe Heller, Virginia Tech — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  10. Perrin Henderson, North Carolina over John Rollins, Central Michigan — Dec 12–8 · View bout
  11. Shelby Wilson (2), Oklahoma State over Dick Rimple, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 11–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Charles Coffee, Minnesota over Pat Semary, Kent State (OH) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  2. Dick Santoro (3), Lehigh (PA) over Henry Shaw, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  3. Dick Zboray, Indiana (IN) over Larry Word, Kansas State — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  4. Don Woehrle, Northwestern (IL) over Lyle Neville, Colorado — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  5. Larry Hayes (5), Iowa State over Perrin Henderson, North Carolina — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  6. Paul Aubrey (1), Oklahoma over Dick Frankenberger, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  7. Ramon West, Rochester Tech (NY) over Gene Luttrell (4), Iowa — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  8. Shelby Wilson (2), Oklahoma State over Paul Pinnt, Colorado Mines — Dec 16–5 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dick Zboray, Indiana (IN) over Dick Santoro (3), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Larry Hayes (5), Iowa State over Ramon West, Rochester Tech (NY) — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  3. Paul Aubrey (1), Oklahoma over Don Woehrle, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  4. Shelby Wilson (2), Oklahoma State over Charles Coffee, Minnesota — Dec 8–4 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Larry Hayes (5), Iowa State over Paul Aubrey (1), Oklahoma — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Shelby Wilson (2), Oklahoma State over Dick Zboray, Indiana (IN) — Dec 16–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Larry Hayes (5), Iowa State over Shelby Wilson (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 10–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Paul Pinnt, Colorado Mines over Dick Rimple, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Wilbur Bauer, Portland State (OR) over Perrin Henderson, North Carolina — Dec 9–0 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Charles Coffee, Minnesota over Paul Pinnt, Colorado Mines — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  2. Wilbur Bauer, Portland State (OR) over Ramon West, Rochester Tech (NY) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Charles Coffee, Minnesota over Dick Zboray, Indiana (IN) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Paul Aubrey (1), Oklahoma over Wilbur Bauer, Portland State (OR) — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Paul Aubrey (1), Oklahoma over Charles Coffee, Minnesota — Dec 6–3 · View bout

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