NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1947 NCAA Championships

145 lb

Champion Bill Koll, Northern Iowa.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Bill KollUNI
  2. 2Rodger SnookCornell College (IA)
  3. 3John Fletcher IINAVY
  4. 4Don AndersonMSU

Championship

Round of 16 · 7 bouts

  1. Bill Koll (1), Northern Iowa over Ed Barnes, Merchant Marine Academy (NY) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  2. Don Anderson, Michigan State over Cecil 'Max' Sparks, Appalachian State (NC) — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  3. Joe Garcia, Illinois over Dick Ditsworth, Iowa State — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  4. John Fletcher II (3), Navy (MD) over Elias George Jr., Oklahoma State — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  5. Rodger Snook (2), Cornell College (IA) over Ernest Closser Jr., Penn State — Fall 8:53 · View bout
  6. Stan Fansher, Kansas State over Jim Maurey, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 13–5 · View bout
  7. Tony Yamasaki (4), Northern Colorado over Robert Sherrard, Virginia Military — Dec 9–6 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Koll (1), Northern Iowa over Stan Fansher, Kansas State — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  2. Don Anderson, Michigan State over Tony Yamasaki (4), Northern Colorado — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  3. John Fletcher II (3), Navy (MD) over Joe Garcia, Illinois — Dec 12–3 · View bout
  4. Rodger Snook (2), Cornell College (IA) over Peter Willson, Wheaton (IL) — Fall 6:49 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Koll (1), Northern Iowa over Don Anderson, Michigan State — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  2. Rodger Snook (2), Cornell College (IA) over John Fletcher II (3), Navy (MD) — Fall 7:49 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Bill Koll (1), Northern Iowa over Rodger Snook (2), Cornell College (IA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Ernest Closser Jr., Penn State over Peter Willson, Wheaton (IL) — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Stan Fansher, Kansas State over Ed Barnes, Merchant Marine Academy (NY) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Don Anderson, Michigan State over Stan Fansher, Kansas State — Dec · View bout
  2. John Fletcher II (3), Navy (MD) over Ernest Closser Jr., Penn State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. John Fletcher II (3), Navy (MD) over Don Anderson, Michigan State — Dec 6–5 · View bout

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