NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1947 NCAA Championships

165 lb

Champion Bill Nelson, Northern Iowa.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Bill NelsonUNI
  2. 2Jim Eagleton Sr.OU
  3. 3Fred DexterCornell College (IA)
  4. 4David ShapiroILL

Championship

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Nelson (4), Northern Iowa over James Clagett, Iowa State — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  2. David Shapiro (1), Illinois over Leon Tedder, Oklahoma State — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  3. Fred Dexter (3), Cornell College (IA) over James Conklin, Indiana (IN) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  4. Jim Eagleton Sr. (2), Oklahoma over Bob Wisherd, Navy (MD) — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Nelson (4), Northern Iowa over David Shapiro (1), Illinois — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  2. Jim Eagleton Sr. (2), Oklahoma over Fred Dexter (3), Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Bill Nelson (4), Northern Iowa over Jim Eagleton Sr. (2), Oklahoma — Fall 7:36 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. David Shapiro (1), Illinois over James Clagett, Iowa State — Dec 10–1 · View bout
  2. Fred Dexter (3), Cornell College (IA) over Bob Wisherd, Navy (MD) — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Fred Dexter (3), Cornell College (IA) over David Shapiro (1), Illinois — Dec 8–6 · View bout

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