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42nd Annual Big Ten Conference Wrestling Championships
March 2, 1956 - March 3, 1956 @ McGraw Hall (Evanston, Illinois)
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'M' Grapplers Star in Big Ten Finals
SOURCE: The Michigan Daily, March 8, 1956. Click for larger image.





Varsity

Team Final

University of Michigan [MI] 63, University of Iowa [IA] 59, Michigan State University [MI] 40, Purdue University [IN] 40, Indiana University, Bloomington [IN] 34, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities [MN] 33, University of Wisconsin-Madison [WI] 26, University of Illinois, Champaign [IL] 22, Northwestern University [IL] 10, Ohio State University [OH] 10

Championship Final (1st)

115  Terry McCann (UI) > Manuel Pihakis (IUB) default
123  Don Stroud (MSU) > Ed Anderson (UMTC) judge's decision 3-3
130  Vernon Whitney (PU) > Earle Edwards (UWM) decision 5-3
137  Jim Sinadinos (MSU) > Frank Hirt (UM) decision 2-0
147  Drayton Praed (PU) > Bob DeFelice (OSU) judge's decision 1-1
157  Mike Rodriguez (UM) > Larry TenPas (UIC) fall 4:46
167  Harlan Jenkinson (UI) > John McMahon (UM) decision 9-8
177  Jack Manchelio (UM) > Gary Kurdelmeier (UI) decision 4-2
191  Ken Leuer (UI) > Richard Anthony (IUB) decision 3-1
HWT  Bob Konovsky (UWM) > Dave Herbold (UMTC) decision 4-1

Consolation Final (3rd)

115  Charles Prunty (UMTC) > Dave Moore (UIC) decision 5-2
123  Daniel Deppe (UM) > Steve Cole (UWM) fall 1:58
130  Jerry Hoke (MSU) > Charles Anderson (UM) decision 3-2
137  Simon Roberts (UI) > Bill Muther (UIC) decision 6-0
147  Don Meyers (UMTC) > Don Haney (UM) decision 8-3
157  James James Bose (IUB) > John Winder (UI) decision 7-5
167  Ken Kraft (NU) > Jim Ellis (IUB) fall 3:27
177  Ahmet Senol (PU) > Harold Brownstein (UIC) decision 6-0
191  Gil Mesic (PU) > Ken Maidlow (MSU) judge's decision 2-2
HWT  Denny Krick (IUB) > Joe Suminski (PU) decision 4-1


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