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1st Annual Western New York Invitational Wrestling Tournament
December 8, 1956 @ First Street YMCA (Niagara Falls, New York)
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YMCA Wrestling Tourney May Become Annual Event
 The Central YMCA, First Street, is planning to make its invitational amateur wrestling tournament an annual event following the successful grapple tourney staged there in which 70 wrestlers competed in eight weight classes. SOURCE: Niagara Falls Gazette, December 12, 1956. Click for larger image.




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Teams

Central YMCA of Rochester, JCC Buffalo, Niagara Falls YMCA, Rochester Institute of Technology, St. Catherines YMCA [ON], University at Buffalo

Outstanding Wrestler Award - Jerry Huffman (RIT)

Championship Final (1st)

123  Dale Roy (CYMCAR) > Bob Harwood (SCYMCA)
130  Jim Dollar (RIT) > Moses Gilbert (CYMCAR)
137  Jerry Huffman (RIT) > Joe Falardeau (CYMCAR)
147  George Bellocci (CYMCAR) > Gene Hiller (JCCB)
157  Bill Smith (JCCB) > Tom Fetzko (RIT)
167  Bill Thomas (NFYMCA) > Les Meduisky (SCYMCA)
177  Ed Erikson (JCCB) > Bill Leahy (UB)
HWT  Ed Grain (CYMCAR) = Clint Blume (JCCB) draw


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