NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1959 NCAA Championships

191 lb

Champion Art Baker, Syracuse (NY).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Art BakerSyracuse (NY)
  2. 2George 'Tim' WoodinMSU
  3. 3Gordon TrappIOWA
  4. 4Adnan Al-KaissyOKST

Championship

Round of 32 · 1 bout

  1. George 'Tim' Woodin (1), Michigan State over David Campbell, Oklahoma — Fall 2:58 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Adnan Al-Kaissy (4), Oklahoma State over John Matney, North Carolina — Dec 13–4 · View bout
  2. Art Baker (2), Syracuse (NY) over Roger Pohlman, Iowa State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  3. Dave Dunlop (5), Cornell (NY) over LaVerne Dykema, Minnesota — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  4. Dick Sherrill, Yale (CT) over Mike Pacilio, Gettysburg (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  5. George 'Tim' Woodin (1), Michigan State over Charles Peterson, Pacific (OR) — Fall 4:26 · View bout
  6. Gordon Trapp (3), Iowa over Benedict Motis, South Dakota State — Dec 15–0 · View bout
  7. Harold Brownstein (6), Illinois over Owen 'Howard' Colling, Wyoming — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  8. Marion Rushing, Southern Illinois Carbondale over Tony Stevens, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 10–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Adnan Al-Kaissy (4), Oklahoma State over Dave Dunlop (5), Cornell (NY) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Art Baker (2), Syracuse (NY) over Marion Rushing, Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  3. George 'Tim' Woodin (1), Michigan State over Dick Sherrill, Yale (CT) — Fall 7:09 · View bout
  4. Gordon Trapp (3), Iowa over Harold Brownstein (6), Illinois — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Art Baker (2), Syracuse (NY) over Gordon Trapp (3), Iowa — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  2. George 'Tim' Woodin (1), Michigan State over Adnan Al-Kaissy (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Art Baker (2), Syracuse (NY) over George 'Tim' Woodin (1), Michigan State — Dec 9–5 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

  1. David Campbell, Oklahoma over Charles Peterson, Pacific (OR) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. David Campbell, Oklahoma over Dick Sherrill, Yale (CT) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Roger Pohlman, Iowa State over Marion Rushing, Southern Illinois Carbondale — MFF · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Adnan Al-Kaissy (4), Oklahoma State over David Campbell, Oklahoma — Dec 5–5 · View bout
  2. Gordon Trapp (3), Iowa over Roger Pohlman, Iowa State — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Gordon Trapp (3), Iowa over Adnan Al-Kaissy (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–2 · View bout

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