NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1947 NCAA Championships

136 lb

Champion Lowell Lange, Cornell College (IA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Lowell LangeCornell College (IA)
  2. 2Nathan Bauer Sr.OKST
  3. 3Don JohnsonMSU
  4. 4Kenneth WatsonOU

Championship

Round of 16 · 7 bouts

  1. Alan Rice, Minnesota over Bill Hinton, Illinois — Dec 12–8 · View bout
  2. Don Johnson, Michigan State over Jack Sullivan, Pennsylvania — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Kenneth Watson (4), Oklahoma over Ivan Gilbaugh Jr., Northern Colorado — Dec 12–7 · View bout
  4. Leon 'L Wayne' Smith (2), Navy (MD) over Bill Bayles, Purdue (IN) — Dec 12–9 · View bout
  5. Lowell Lange (1), Cornell College (IA) over Charles Calderaro, Rutgers (NJ) — Fall 4:21 · View bout
  6. Nathan Bauer Sr. (3), Oklahoma State over Jim Mohney, Penn State — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  7. Ralph Fuller, Waynesburg (PA) over Duane Hanson, Iowa — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Kenneth Watson (4), Oklahoma over Alan Rice, Minnesota — Fall 7:23 · View bout
  2. Leon 'L Wayne' Smith (2), Navy (MD) over Tony Verga, Lock Haven (PA) — Fall 5:58 · View bout
  3. Lowell Lange (1), Cornell College (IA) over Ralph Fuller, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 8–0 · View bout
  4. Nathan Bauer Sr. (3), Oklahoma State over Don Johnson, Michigan State — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Lowell Lange (1), Cornell College (IA) over Kenneth Watson (4), Oklahoma — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  2. Nathan Bauer Sr. (3), Oklahoma State over Leon 'L Wayne' Smith (2), Navy (MD) — Dec 7–3 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Lowell Lange (1), Cornell College (IA) over Nathan Bauer Sr. (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Don Johnson, Michigan State over Jim Mohney, Penn State — Dec 11–3 · View bout
  2. Ralph Fuller, Waynesburg (PA) over Charles Calderaro, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 7–3 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Don Johnson, Michigan State over Leon 'L Wayne' Smith (2), Navy (MD) — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  2. Kenneth Watson (4), Oklahoma over Ralph Fuller, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Don Johnson, Michigan State over Kenneth Watson (4), Oklahoma — Dec 7–5 · View bout

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