NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1949 NCAA Championships

121 lb

Champion Arnold Plaza, Purdue (IN).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Arnold PlazaPUR
  2. 2Grady PeningerOKST
  3. 3Dick HauserCornell College (IA)
  4. 4Garth LappinMINN

Championship

Round of 16 · 5 bouts

  1. Arnold Plaza (1), Purdue (IN) over Ben Knaub, Northern Colorado — Dec 13–11 · View bout
  2. Dick Hauser (4), Cornell College (IA) over Harlan Swanson, Colorado State — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  3. Garth Lappin (3), Minnesota over Robert Flynn, San Diego State (CA) — Dec 14–2 · View bout
  4. Grady Peninger (2), Oklahoma State over Bob Yambor, Nebraska — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  5. Richard Picard, Illinois over Jim Fogarty, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 8–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Arnold Plaza (1), Purdue (IN) over Richard Picard, Illinois — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  2. Dick Hauser (4), Cornell College (IA) over Hisashi Watanabe, Washington State — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  3. Garth Lappin (3), Minnesota over John Harrison, Northern Iowa — Dec 4–4 · View bout
  4. Grady Peninger (2), Oklahoma State over Sam Hirasawa, Wyoming — Fall 6:22 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Arnold Plaza (1), Purdue (IN) over Dick Hauser (4), Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Grady Peninger (2), Oklahoma State over Garth Lappin (3), Minnesota — Fall 6:07 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Arnold Plaza (1), Purdue (IN) over Grady Peninger (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Ben Knaub, Northern Colorado over Richard Picard, Illinois — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Bob Yambor, Nebraska over Sam Hirasawa, Wyoming — Fall 2:28 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dick Hauser (4), Cornell College (IA) over Ben Knaub, Northern Colorado — Dec 11–1 · View bout
  2. Garth Lappin (3), Minnesota over Bob Yambor, Nebraska — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Dick Hauser (4), Cornell College (IA) over Garth Lappin (3), Minnesota — Fall 6:40 · View bout

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