NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1948 NCAA Championships

147 lb

Champion Bill Koll, Northern Iowa.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Bill KollUNI

Rounds

Round 1 · 8 bouts

  1. Andy Puchany, Indiana (IN) over Bob Wendell, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Fall 7:00 · View bout
  2. Bill Koll, Northern Iowa over Frank Stray, Wyoming — Fall 2:59 · View bout
  3. Don Anderson, Michigan State over Cartwright Ashcom, City College (NY) — Fall 0:55 · View bout
  4. John Fletcher II, Navy (MD) over Warren Flynn, Brooklyn Polytechnic (NY) — Fall 1:29 · View bout
  5. Ken Hunte, Syracuse (NY) over Walter Shallcross, Rutgers (NJ) — Fall 5:21 · View bout
  6. Leon Tedder, Oklahoma State over Kenneth Marlin, Illinois — Dec · View bout
  7. Newton Copple, Nebraska over Jim Maurey, Penn State — Fall 1:41 · View bout
  8. Stan Fansher, Kansas State over Russ Riegel, Gettysburg (PA) — Dec · View bout

Round 2 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill Koll, Northern Iowa over Andy Puchany, Indiana (IN) — Fall 5:20 · View bout
  2. Bob Wendell, Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Frank Stray, Wyoming — Dec · View bout
  3. Don Anderson, Michigan State over Russ Riegel, Gettysburg (PA) — MFF · View bout
  4. John Fletcher II, Navy (MD) over Kenneth Marlin, Illinois — Fall 3:23 · View bout
  5. Ken Hunte, Syracuse (NY) over Jim Maurey, Penn State — Dec · View bout
  6. Leon Tedder, Oklahoma State over Warren Flynn, Brooklyn Polytechnic (NY) — Fall 1:36 · View bout
  7. Newton Copple, Nebraska over Walter Shallcross, Rutgers (NJ) — Fall 5:24 · View bout
  8. Stan Fansher, Kansas State over Cartwright Ashcom, City College (NY) — Fall 3:21 · View bout

Round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Koll, Northern Iowa over Bob Wendell, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Fall 5:00 · View bout
  2. Don Anderson, Michigan State over Stan Fansher, Kansas State — Dec · View bout
  3. John Fletcher II, Navy (MD) over Leon Tedder, Oklahoma State — Fall 5:37 · View bout
  4. Newton Copple, Nebraska over Andy Puchany, Indiana (IN) — Fall 3:46 · View bout

Round 4 · 3 bouts

  1. Bill Koll, Northern Iowa over John Fletcher II, Navy (MD) — Fall 1:42 · View bout
  2. Don Anderson, Michigan State over Ken Hunte, Syracuse (NY) — Fall 4:20 · View bout
  3. Leon Tedder, Oklahoma State over Stan Fansher, Kansas State — Dec · View bout

Round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. John Fletcher II, Navy (MD) over Don Anderson, Michigan State — Fall 11:25 · View bout
  2. Newton Copple, Nebraska over Ken Hunte, Syracuse (NY) — Dec · View bout

Round 6 · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Koll, Northern Iowa over Don Anderson, Michigan State — Fall 4:16 · View bout
  2. John Fletcher II, Navy (MD) over Newton Copple, Nebraska — Fall 12:19 · View bout

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