NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1949 NCAA Championships

136 lb

Champion Lowell Lange, Cornell College (IA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Lowell LangeCornell College (IA)
  2. 2Dick DickensonMSU
  3. 3LuVerne KlarUNI
  4. 4Don MeekerOKST

Championship

Round of 16 · 4 bouts

  1. Dick Dickenson (2), Michigan State over Ben Coleman, Denver (CO) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Don Meeker (4), Oklahoma State over Clark Allen, Wyoming — Dec 8–0 · View bout
  3. Lowell Lange (1), Cornell College (IA) over Archie Vernon, Kansas State — Fall 5:24 · View bout
  4. Simon 'Hawdy' Prizant (3), Indiana (IN) over Eugene Daise, Colorado State — Fall 4:01 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dick Dickenson (2), Michigan State over LuVerne Klar, Northern Iowa — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  2. Don Meeker (4), Oklahoma State over Harold Henson, San Diego State (CA) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  3. Lowell Lange (1), Cornell College (IA) over Joe Arnold, Northern Colorado — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  4. Simon 'Hawdy' Prizant (3), Indiana (IN) over Robert Strange, Illinois — Dec 9–6 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dick Dickenson (2), Michigan State over Simon 'Hawdy' Prizant (3), Indiana (IN) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  2. Lowell Lange (1), Cornell College (IA) over Don Meeker (4), Oklahoma State — Fall 7:20 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Lowell Lange (1), Cornell College (IA) over Dick Dickenson (2), Michigan State — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Archie Vernon, Kansas State over Joe Arnold, Northern Colorado — Dec · View bout
  2. LuVerne Klar, Northern Iowa over Ben Coleman, Denver (CO) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Don Meeker (4), Oklahoma State over Archie Vernon, Kansas State — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  2. LuVerne Klar, Northern Iowa over Simon 'Hawdy' Prizant (3), Indiana (IN) — Dec 2–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. LuVerne Klar, Northern Iowa over Don Meeker (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–5 · View bout

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