NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1947 NCAA Championships

121 lb

Champion Dick Hauser, Cornell College (IA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Dick HauserCornell College (IA)
  2. 2Bill JerniganOKST
  3. 3Garth LappinMINN
  4. 4Ray GibbsOU

Championship

Round of 16 · 7 bouts

  1. Arnold Plaza (3), Purdue (IN) over Ray Murdock, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Bill Jernigan (1), Oklahoma State over William Mann, Illinois — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  3. Bob Dieli Sr., Ohio State over Guerino Petti, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  4. Dick Hauser (2), Cornell College (IA) over Garth Lappin, Minnesota — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  5. Harold Mott (4), Northern Iowa over Harlan Swanson, Colorado State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  6. Pilgrim McRaven, Lehigh (PA) over Bob Bruner, Indiana (IN) — Dec 12–8 · View bout
  7. Ray Gibbs, Oklahoma over Frederick Moyer, Virginia Military — Fall 6:35 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Arnold Plaza (3), Purdue (IN) over Pilgrim McRaven, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 10–9 · View bout
  2. Bill Jernigan (1), Oklahoma State over Ray Gibbs, Oklahoma — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  3. Dick Hauser (2), Cornell College (IA) over Daniel Jencson, Appalachian State (NC) — Fall 3:25 · View bout
  4. Harold Mott (4), Northern Iowa over Bob Dieli Sr., Ohio State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Jernigan (1), Oklahoma State over Harold Mott (4), Northern Iowa — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Dick Hauser (2), Cornell College (IA) over Arnold Plaza (3), Purdue (IN) — Fall 3:50 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Dick Hauser (2), Cornell College (IA) over Bill Jernigan (1), Oklahoma State — Fall 3:34 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Garth Lappin, Minnesota over Daniel Jencson, Appalachian State (NC) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  2. Ray Gibbs, Oklahoma over William Mann, Illinois — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Garth Lappin, Minnesota over Arnold Plaza (3), Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Ray Gibbs, Oklahoma over Harold Mott (4), Northern Iowa — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Garth Lappin, Minnesota over Ray Gibbs, Oklahoma — Dec 5–1 · View bout

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