NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1950 NCAA Championships

121 lb

Champion Tony Gizoni, Waynesburg (PA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Tony GizoniWaynesburg (PA)
  2. 2Arnold PlazaPUR
  3. 3Frank AltmanUNI
  4. 4Bill BordersOU

Championship

Round of 16 · 4 bouts

  1. Arnold Plaza (1), Purdue (IN) over Bob Worster, Colorado — Dec 11–1 · View bout
  2. Bill Borders (4), Oklahoma over Bob Mendenhall, West Virginia — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  3. Frank Altman (3), Northern Iowa over George Kelly, Wyoming — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  4. Grady Peninger (2), Oklahoma State over Michael Tatone, Minnesota — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Arnold Plaza (1), Purdue (IN) over Bill Donecho, Springfield (MA) — Fall 8:56 · View bout
  2. Bill Borders (4), Oklahoma over Bob Gerbino, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  3. Frank Altman (3), Northern Iowa over Bob Carlin, Indiana (IN) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  4. Tony Gizoni, Waynesburg (PA) over Grady Peninger (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Arnold Plaza (1), Purdue (IN) over Bill Borders (4), Oklahoma — Dec 4–4 · View bout
  2. Tony Gizoni, Waynesburg (PA) over Frank Altman (3), Northern Iowa — Dec 7–6 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Tony Gizoni, Waynesburg (PA) over Arnold Plaza (1), Purdue (IN) — Dec 7–6 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

  1. Bob Worster, Colorado over Bill Donecho, Springfield (MA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Borders (4), Oklahoma over Bob Worster, Colorado — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  2. Frank Altman (3), Northern Iowa over Grady Peninger (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Frank Altman (3), Northern Iowa over Bill Borders (4), Oklahoma — Dec 4–2 · View bout

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