The 1955 NCAA Wrestling Championships were the 25th NCAA Wrestling Championships to be held. Cornell University in Ithaca, New York hosted the tournament at Barton Hall.
Oklahoma A&M took home the team championship with 40 points and having two individual champions.
Eddie Eichelberger of Lehigh was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler.
Team results Rank School Points 1Oklahoma A&M40 2Penn State31 3Pittsburgh28 4Oklahoma26 5Lehigh25 6Iowa24 7Michigan23 8Navy21 9Illinois19 10Colorado15Reference:
Individual finals Weight class Championship match (champion in boldface) 115 lbs Terry McCann, Iowa WBF Dave Bowlin, Oklahoma A&M, 7:06 123 lbs Ed Peery, Pittsburgh WBF Lewis Guidi, West Virginia, 8:30 130 lbs Myron Roderick, Oklahoma A&M MAJOR Bobby Lyons, Oklahoma, 13–2 137 lbs Larry Fornicola, Penn State DEC Andrew Kaul, Michigan, 6–0 147 lbs Eddie Eichelberger, Lehigh WBF Lloyd Corwin, Cornell College, 6:43 157 lbs Bill Weick, Northern Iowa DEC Mike Rodriguez, Michigan, 6–4 167 lbs Fred Davis, Oklahoma A&M DEC Larry TenPas, Illinois, 9–2177 lbsDan Hodge, Oklahoma WBF Joe Krufka, Penn State, 4:23191 lbsPeter Blair, Navy WBF Ken Leuer, Iowa, 5:01UNLBill Oberly, Penn State DEC Werner Seel, Lehigh, 5–3Reference:
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