NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1950 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. 2Floyd OglesbyUNI
  3. 3Leon 'L Wayne' SmithNAVY
  4. 4Charles FarinaPUR

Championship

Round of 16 · 5 bouts

  1. Alan Rice (4), Minnesota over Kenneth Watson, Oklahoma — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Charles Farina (3), Purdue (IN) over Richard Holst, Nebraska Omaha — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  3. Don Meeker (2), Oklahoma State over Richard Lyon, Indiana (IN) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  4. Floyd Oglesby, Northern Iowa over Peter Polachek, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  5. Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Navy (MD) over Robert 'Paul' Riggins, Illinois — Dec 18–10 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Charles Farina (3), Purdue (IN) over Bob Wilson, Iowa State — Dec 1–1 · View bout
  2. Floyd Oglesby, Northern Iowa over Don Meeker (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–6 · View bout
  3. Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Navy (MD) over Alan Rice (4), Minnesota — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  4. Lowell Lange (1), Cornell College (IA) over Joe McKIm, California-Berkeley — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Floyd Oglesby, Northern Iowa over Charles Farina (3), Purdue (IN) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Lowell Lange (1), Cornell College (IA) over Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Navy (MD) — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Lowell Lange (1), Cornell College (IA) over Floyd Oglesby, Northern Iowa — Dec · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

  1. Don Meeker (2), Oklahoma State over Peter Polachek, Waynesburg (PA) — MFF · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Charles Farina (3), Purdue (IN) over Don Meeker (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Navy (MD) over Joe McKIm, California-Berkeley — Dec 10–8 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Navy (MD) over Charles Farina (3), Purdue (IN) — Dflt · View bout

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