NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1959 NCAA Championships

157 lb

Champion Dick Beattie, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Dick BeattieOKST
  2. 2Sid TerryOU
  3. 3Ellie WatkinsISU
  4. 4Art KraftNW

Championship

Round of 32 · 11 bouts

  1. Al Gibbons, Carleton (MN) over Brad Tate, Adams State (CO) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. Art Kraft, Northwestern (IL) over Frank Hankin, Utah — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  3. Bob Rohm, Bloomsburg (PA) over Ron Fretheim, Luther (IA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  4. Dick Beattie (1), Oklahoma State over Jim Gass, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  5. Ellie Watkins (3), Iowa State over John Kreamer, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  6. Fritz Fivian (5), Oregon State over Gerald Ray, Northern Iowa — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  7. Harry Schlieff, Minnesota over Dave Abraham, Colorado — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  8. Herman Ayres, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Francis Flesner, South Dakota State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  9. Sid Terry (2), Oklahoma over Bob Gaskill, Colorado State — Fall 5:11 · View bout
  10. Tom Gabbard, Illinois over Buddy Snyder, Wyoming — Dec 12–2 · View bout
  11. Tom Robinson, Purdue (IN) over Dick Besnier, Maryland — Dec 7–6 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Art Kraft, Northwestern (IL) over Steve Friedman (4), Cornell (NY) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  2. Bob Rohm, Bloomsburg (PA) over Burt Burger, Springfield (MA) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  3. Braden 'Thad' Turner (6), Lehigh (PA) over Herman Ayres, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  4. Dick Beattie (1), Oklahoma State over Tom Robinson, Purdue (IN) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  5. Ellie Watkins (3), Iowa State over John Mullins, Iowa — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  6. Fritz Fivian (5), Oregon State over Al Gibbons, Carleton (MN) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  7. Harry Schlieff, Minnesota over Tom Gabbard, Illinois — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  8. Sid Terry (2), Oklahoma over Bob Oury, Wheaton (IL) — Dec 7–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Art Kraft, Northwestern (IL) over Fritz Fivian (5), Oregon State — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Dick Beattie (1), Oklahoma State over Bob Rohm, Bloomsburg (PA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  3. Ellie Watkins (3), Iowa State over Braden 'Thad' Turner (6), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 2–2 · View bout
  4. Sid Terry (2), Oklahoma over Harry Schlieff, Minnesota — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dick Beattie (1), Oklahoma State over Art Kraft, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Sid Terry (2), Oklahoma over Ellie Watkins (3), Iowa State — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Dick Beattie (1), Oklahoma State over Sid Terry (2), Oklahoma — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Gaskill, Colorado State over Bob Oury, Wheaton (IL) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. Jim Gass, Cornell College (IA) over Tom Robinson, Purdue (IN) — Dec · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Gaskill, Colorado State over Harry Schlieff, Minnesota — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Jim Gass, Cornell College (IA) over Bob Rohm, Bloomsburg (PA) — Fall 5:46 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Art Kraft, Northwestern (IL) over Jim Gass, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  2. Ellie Watkins (3), Iowa State over Bob Gaskill, Colorado State — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ellie Watkins (3), Iowa State over Art Kraft, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

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