NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1949 NCAA Championships

128 lb

Champion Charles Hetrick, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Charles HetrickOKST
  2. 2Leo ThomsenCornell College (IA)
  3. 3Russ BushUNI
  4. 4Alan RiceMINN

Championship

Round of 16 · 5 bouts

  1. Alan Rice (4), Minnesota over George Kelly, Wyoming — Fall 0:38 · View bout
  2. Charles Hetrick (3), Oklahoma State over Irvin Perry, Virginia Military — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  3. Joe Patacsil, Purdue (IN) over Ivan Gilbaugh Jr., Northern Colorado — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  4. Leo Thomsen (1), Cornell College (IA) over Mickey Sparano Sr., Nebraska — Dec 8–0 · View bout
  5. Russ Bush (2), Northern Iowa over Robert Brabender, Indiana (IN) — Fall 4:27 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Alan Rice (4), Minnesota over Dale Nelson, Illinois — Fall 1:37 · View bout
  2. Charles Hetrick (3), Oklahoma State over James Karbatsch, Colorado — Fall 5:40 · View bout
  3. Leo Thomsen (1), Cornell College (IA) over Joe Patacsil, Purdue (IN) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  4. Russ Bush (2), Northern Iowa over Willard Walker, Colorado State — Fall 5:36 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Charles Hetrick (3), Oklahoma State over Russ Bush (2), Northern Iowa — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Leo Thomsen (1), Cornell College (IA) over Alan Rice (4), Minnesota — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Charles Hetrick (3), Oklahoma State over Leo Thomsen (1), Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Irvin Perry, Virginia Military over James Karbatsch, Colorado — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. Joe Patacsil, Purdue (IN) over Mickey Sparano Sr., Nebraska — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Alan Rice (4), Minnesota over Joe Patacsil, Purdue (IN) — Dec 6–6 · View bout
  2. Russ Bush (2), Northern Iowa over Irvin Perry, Virginia Military — Fall 2:57 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Russ Bush (2), Northern Iowa over Alan Rice (4), Minnesota — Dec 9–4 · View bout

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