NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1949 NCAA Championships

155 lb

Champion Bill Nelson, Northern Iowa.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Bill NelsonUNI
  2. 2Ken HunteSyracuse (NY)
  3. 3Don MullisonColorado State
  4. 4Rodger SnookCornell College (IA)

Championship

Round of 32 · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Nelson (1), Northern Iowa over William Cowling Jr., San Diego State (CA) — Fall 5:47 · View bout
  2. Leon Tedder, Oklahoma State over Jack Labonde, Northern Colorado — Fall 7:40 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill Nelson (1), Northern Iowa over Dale Federer, Wyoming — Fall 4:28 · View bout
  2. Don Mullison (4), Colorado State over Bob Dwyer, Illinois — Fall 4:00 · View bout
  3. James LaRock, Ithaca (NY) over Jim Dowe, California-Poly — Fall 2:13 · View bout
  4. Ken Hunte (3), Syracuse (NY) over Hugh Evans, Colorado Mines — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  5. Pat Sullivan, Michigan State over Charles Mancuso, Nebraska Omaha — Fall 4:01 · View bout
  6. Peter Willson, Wheaton (IL) over Charles Mott, Colorado — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  7. Phil Smith, Auburn (AL) over Leon Tedder, Oklahoma State — Dec 10–6 · View bout
  8. Rodger Snook (2), Cornell College (IA) over Glenn McCarthy, Utah State — Fall 4:42 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Nelson (1), Northern Iowa over Peter Willson, Wheaton (IL) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Don Mullison (4), Colorado State over James LaRock, Ithaca (NY) — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  3. Ken Hunte (3), Syracuse (NY) over Pat Sullivan, Michigan State — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  4. Rodger Snook (2), Cornell College (IA) over Phil Smith, Auburn (AL) — Fall 8:18 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Nelson (1), Northern Iowa over Don Mullison (4), Colorado State — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. Ken Hunte (3), Syracuse (NY) over Rodger Snook (2), Cornell College (IA) — Dec 8–1 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Bill Nelson (1), Northern Iowa over Ken Hunte (3), Syracuse (NY) — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Pat Sullivan, Michigan State over Hugh Evans, Colorado Mines — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Peter Willson, Wheaton (IL) over Dale Federer, Wyoming — Fall · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Don Mullison (4), Colorado State over Peter Willson, Wheaton (IL) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Rodger Snook (2), Cornell College (IA) over Pat Sullivan, Michigan State — Dec 8–4 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Don Mullison (4), Colorado State over Rodger Snook (2), Cornell College (IA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout

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