NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1949 NCAA Championships

165 lb

Champion Bill Smith, Northern Iowa.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Bill SmithUNI
  2. 2Melbourne FlesnerOKST
  3. 3Gilbert GaumerILL
  4. 4Charles LyonsKansas State

Championship

Round of 16 · 6 bouts

  1. Al Partin, Cornell College (IA) over Pascal Perri (4), Syracuse (NY) — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  2. Bill Smith (1), Northern Iowa over Richard Arnold, Colorado Mines — Dec 8–0 · View bout
  3. Charles Lyons, Kansas State over Carl Cox, Colorado State — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  4. Don Thomas, Iowa State over Harry McCarthy, Utah State — Fall 1:30 · View bout
  5. Gilbert Gaumer (2), Illinois over Rigo Rodriguez, San Diego State (CA) — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  6. Melbourne Flesner (3), Oklahoma State over William Arnold, Colorado — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Smith (1), Northern Iowa over Mel Spence, Northern Colorado — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  2. Charles Lyons, Kansas State over Al Partin, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  3. Gilbert Gaumer (2), Illinois over Don Thomas, Iowa State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  4. Melbourne Flesner (3), Oklahoma State over Bob Mason, Wyoming — Dec 15–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Smith (1), Northern Iowa over Charles Lyons, Kansas State — Dec 10–1 · View bout
  2. Melbourne Flesner (3), Oklahoma State over Gilbert Gaumer (2), Illinois — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Bill Smith (1), Northern Iowa over Melbourne Flesner (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Mel Spence, Northern Colorado over William Arnold, Colorado — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. William Arnold, Colorado over Bob Mason, Wyoming — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Charles Lyons, Kansas State over Mel Spence, Northern Colorado — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  2. Gilbert Gaumer (2), Illinois over William Arnold, Colorado — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Gilbert Gaumer (2), Illinois over Charles Lyons, Kansas State — MDflt · View bout

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