NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1947 NCAA Championships

128 lb

Champion Russ Bush, Northern Iowa.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Russ BushUNI
  2. 2Lou KachiroubasILL
  3. 3Leo ThomsenCornell College (IA)
  4. 4Paul McDanielOKST

Championship

Round of 16 · 1 bout

  1. Lou Kachiroubas (1), Illinois over Orville Wise, Oklahoma — Fall 4:26 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dick Dickenson (4), Michigan State over Charles 'Irving' Adams, Springfield (MA) — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  2. Lou Kachiroubas (1), Illinois over Leo Thomsen, Cornell College (IA) — Dec · View bout
  3. Paul McDaniel (3), Oklahoma State over Jack Botts, Kent State (OH) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  4. Russ Bush (2), Northern Iowa over Joe Patacsil, Purdue (IN) — Dec 12–6 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Lou Kachiroubas (1), Illinois over Dick Dickenson (4), Michigan State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Russ Bush (2), Northern Iowa over Paul McDaniel (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Russ Bush (2), Northern Iowa over Lou Kachiroubas (1), Illinois — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

  1. Leo Thomsen, Cornell College (IA) over Orville Wise, Oklahoma — Dec 7–6 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Leo Thomsen, Cornell College (IA) over Dick Dickenson (4), Michigan State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Paul McDaniel (3), Oklahoma State over Joe Patacsil, Purdue (IN) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Leo Thomsen, Cornell College (IA) over Paul McDaniel (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 2–1 · View bout

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