NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1949 NCAA Championships

175 lb

Champion Jim Gregson, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Jim GregsonOKST
  2. 2Joe ScarpelloIOWA
  3. 3Herb ReeseNEB
  4. 4Waldemar Van Cott IIPUR

Championship

Round of 32 · 2 bouts

  1. Jim Gregson (2), Oklahoma State over Fred Dexter, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. Joe Scarpello (1), Iowa over Joe Manchak, Wyoming — Fall 6:49 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bob Siddens, Northern Iowa over Marion Tree, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  2. GJ Roush, Amherst (MA) over William Clary, Kansas State — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  3. Herb Reese (3), Nebraska over Robert Dierdorff, San Diego State (CA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  4. Jim Gregson (2), Oklahoma State over William Vohaska, Illinois — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  5. Joe Scarpello (1), Iowa over Herman Schillereff, Northern Colorado — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  6. Mark Bunge, California-Berkeley over Rex Sheppard, Colorado — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  7. Robert Klune, Denver (CO) over Gene Gibbons, Michigan State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  8. Waldemar Van Cott II (4), Purdue (IN) over Glen Anderson, Colorado State — Fall 1:23 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Herb Reese (3), Nebraska over Mark Bunge, California-Berkeley — Dflt · View bout
  2. Jim Gregson (2), Oklahoma State over GJ Roush, Amherst (MA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. Joe Scarpello (1), Iowa over Bob Siddens, Northern Iowa — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  4. Waldemar Van Cott II (4), Purdue (IN) over Robert Klune, Denver (CO) — Fall 2:25 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jim Gregson (2), Oklahoma State over Herb Reese (3), Nebraska — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  2. Joe Scarpello (1), Iowa over Waldemar Van Cott II (4), Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Jim Gregson (2), Oklahoma State over Joe Scarpello (1), Iowa — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Fred Dexter, Cornell College (IA) over William Vohaska, Illinois — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Herman Schillereff, Northern Colorado over Joe Manchak, Wyoming — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Fred Dexter, Cornell College (IA) over GJ Roush, Amherst (MA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Herman Schillereff, Northern Colorado over Bob Siddens, Northern Iowa — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Herb Reese (3), Nebraska over Fred Dexter, Cornell College (IA) — Fall 1:34 · View bout
  2. Waldemar Van Cott II (4), Purdue (IN) over Herman Schillereff, Northern Colorado — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Herb Reese (3), Nebraska over Waldemar Van Cott II (4), Purdue (IN) — Dec 6–5 · View bout

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