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51st Annual EIWA Championships
March 11, 1955 @ Rec Hall (State College, Pennsylvania)
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Eastern Champs
All eight of the individual winners in the recent tournament of the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association at University Park, Pa. SOURCE: The Ithaca Journal, March 25, 1955. Click for larger image.





Varsity

Team Final

University of Pittsburgh [PA] 51, Pennsylvania State University [PA] 50, Lehigh University [PA] 38, U.S. Naval Academy [MD] 37, Rutgers University [NJ] 26, U.S. Military Academy 16, Syracuse University 12, Brown University [RI] 9, Harvard University [MA] 9, Temple University [PA] 9, Cornell University 8, Franklin & Marshall College [PA] 5, Princeton University [NJ] 5, Yale University [CT] 4, University of Pennsylvania [PA] 2, Columbia University 1

Outstanding Wrestler Award - Eddie Eichelberger (LU)

Championship Final (1st)

123  Bill Hulings (UP) > Eugene D'Alessandro (RU) decision 2-1
130  Ed Peery (UP) > Robert Homan (PSU) decision 2-0
137  Larry Fornicola (PSU) > William Simmons (TU) decision 1-0 (2OT)
147  Eddie Eichelberger (LU) > Joseph Muse (BU) fall 5:12
157  Ed Rooney (SU) > Dale Ward (USMA) decision 9-8
167  Joe Gattuso (USNA) > Ed DeWitt (UP) decision 6-2
177  Joe Solomon (UP) > Joe Krufka (PSU) decision 8-4
HWT  Pete Blair (USMA) > Werner Seel (LU) decision 5-3

Consolation Final (3rd)

123  Sidney Nodland (PSU) > Tom Deppe (LU) decision 7-0
130  Dean Oliver (RU) > Parker Mangus (LU) forfeit
137  Fred Futchko (RU) > Ken Faust (LU) decision 3-0
147  Richard Simmons (TU) > Dave Adams (PSU) default
157  Lawrence Marr (USNA) > Don Huff (UP) decision 6-5
167  Gerry Tebben (USMA) > John Kousi (YU) forfeit
177  Ken Culbert (HU) > Edward Zabrycki (USNA) fall 1:01
HWT  Bill Oberly (PSU) > Jim Macaleer (PU) fall 4:41


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