NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1959 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Ed Hamer, Lehigh (PA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Ed HamerLEH
  2. 2Tom AlbertsPITT
  3. 3Duane MurtyOKST
  4. 4Dick BallingerWYO

Championship

Round of 32 · 5 bouts

  1. Bob Foster, Harvard (MA) over Bill Koehnen, Minnesota — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Jerry Allen, Kansas State over Norm Hoffman, California-Berkeley — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Jim Ferguson (5), Michigan State over George Gray, Penn State — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  4. Lowell Glynn, Minnesota-Mankato over Ken Koenig, Kent State (OH) — Dec 11–6 · View bout
  5. Tom Alberts (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over Fred Redeker, Indiana (IN) — Fall 2:58 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Dick Ballinger (2), Wyoming over Jerry Allen, Kansas State — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  2. Dick Dean (6), Maryland over Tom Miller, Yale (CT) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  3. Don Conway, Oregon State over Vince Gonino, Ohio State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  4. Duane Murty (1), Oklahoma State over Bob Foster, Harvard (MA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  5. Ed Hamer (4), Lehigh (PA) over Tom Green, Iowa State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  6. Jim Ferguson (5), Michigan State over Verl Castro, Utah — Dec 10–9 · View bout
  7. Lowell Glynn, Minnesota-Mankato over Joseph 'Dennis' Fitzgerald, Michigan — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  8. Tom Alberts (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over Robert Godwin, DePauw (IN) — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dick Ballinger (2), Wyoming over Don Conway, Oregon State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Duane Murty (1), Oklahoma State over Lowell Glynn, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 13–3 · View bout
  3. Ed Hamer (4), Lehigh (PA) over Jim Ferguson (5), Michigan State — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  4. Tom Alberts (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over Dick Dean (6), Maryland — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ed Hamer (4), Lehigh (PA) over Duane Murty (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Tom Alberts (3), Pittsburgh (PA) over Dick Ballinger (2), Wyoming — Dec 7–5 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Ed Hamer (4), Lehigh (PA) over Tom Alberts (3), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

  1. Fred Redeker, Indiana (IN) over Robert Godwin, DePauw (IN) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Dick Dean (6), Maryland over Fred Redeker, Indiana (IN) — Fall 5:40 · View bout
  2. Jim Ferguson (5), Michigan State over Tom Green, Iowa State — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dick Ballinger (2), Wyoming over Dick Dean (6), Maryland — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Duane Murty (1), Oklahoma State over Jim Ferguson (5), Michigan State — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Duane Murty (1), Oklahoma State over Dick Ballinger (2), Wyoming — Dec 4–3 · View bout

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