NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1948 NCAA Championships

191 lb

Champion Verne Gagne, Minnesota.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Verne GagneMINN

Rounds

Round 1 · 5 bouts

  1. Bob Geigel, Iowa over Daniel Goldsmith, Michigan State — Fall 8:36 · View bout
  2. Charles Gottfried, Illinois over William Faherty, Rutgers (NJ) — Fall 2:13 · View bout
  3. Leroy Alitz, Northern Iowa over George 'Gus' LaSasso, Lehigh (PA) — Dec · View bout
  4. Peter Fuller, Harvard (MA) over Grover Rains, Oklahoma State — Dec · View bout
  5. Verne Gagne, Minnesota over Edgar 'Newbold' Smith, Navy (MD) — Fall 4:40 · View bout

Round 2 · 5 bouts

  1. Charles Gottfried, Illinois over Edgar 'Newbold' Smith, Navy (MD) — Fall 2:46 · View bout
  2. George 'Gus' LaSasso, Lehigh (PA) over George Fuller, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec · View bout
  3. Grover Rains, Oklahoma State over Daniel Goldsmith, Michigan State — Fall 4:28 · View bout
  4. Leroy Alitz, Northern Iowa over William Faherty, Rutgers (NJ) — Fall 5:37 · View bout
  5. Verne Gagne, Minnesota over Bob Geigel, Iowa — Fall 2:35 · View bout

Round 3 · 3 bouts

  1. Bob Geigel, Iowa over Peter Fuller, Harvard (MA) — MFF · View bout
  2. George 'Gus' LaSasso, Lehigh (PA) over Grover Rains, Oklahoma State — Fall 6:40 · View bout
  3. Verne Gagne, Minnesota over Charles Gottfried, Illinois — Fall 4:15 · View bout

Round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Geigel, Iowa over Leroy Alitz, Northern Iowa — Dec · View bout
  2. Verne Gagne, Minnesota over George 'Gus' LaSasso, Lehigh (PA) — Fall 5:45 · View bout

Round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Charles Gottfried, Illinois over Bob Geigel, Iowa — Dec · View bout
  2. Verne Gagne, Minnesota over Leroy Alitz, Northern Iowa — Fall 5:58 · View bout

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