NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1947 NCAA Championships

155 lb

Champion Gale Mikles, Michigan State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Gale MiklesMSU
  2. 2Bill CourtrightMICH
  3. 3Leger SteckerOU
  4. 4Kenneth MarlinILL

Championship

Round of 16 · 7 bouts

  1. Bill Courtright (1), Michigan over Emil Tomick, Appalachian State (NC) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  2. Don Mullison (2), Colorado State over Delbert Bush, Iowa State — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  3. Gale Mikles, Michigan State over Virgil Counsell, Iowa — Fall 5:30 · View bout
  4. James Wilkinson, Indiana (IN) over Grant Dixon, Penn State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  5. Kenneth Marlin, Illinois over John St. Clair (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  6. Leger Stecker, Oklahoma over Kent Lange, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  7. Lester Davidson (4), Northern Colorado over Wendell Harris, Wheaton (IL) — Fall 5:53 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Courtright (1), Michigan over Leger Stecker, Oklahoma — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  2. Don Mullison (2), Colorado State over Dick Black, Northern Iowa — Dflt · View bout
  3. Gale Mikles, Michigan State over Kenneth Marlin, Illinois — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  4. James Wilkinson, Indiana (IN) over Lester Davidson (4), Northern Colorado — Dec 17–11 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Courtright (1), Michigan over James Wilkinson, Indiana (IN) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Gale Mikles, Michigan State over Don Mullison (2), Colorado State — Fall 7:43 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Gale Mikles, Michigan State over Bill Courtright (1), Michigan — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Kenneth Marlin, Illinois over Virgil Counsell, Iowa — Fall 5:21 · View bout
  2. Leger Stecker, Oklahoma over Emil Tomick, Appalachian State (NC) — Dec 7–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Kenneth Marlin, Illinois over Don Mullison (2), Colorado State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Leger Stecker, Oklahoma over James Wilkinson, Indiana (IN) — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Leger Stecker, Oklahoma over Kenneth Marlin, Illinois — Dec 8–3 · View bout

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