NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1950 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. 3Byron ToddOKST
  4. 4Bob MasonWYO

Championship

Round of 32 · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Nelson (1), Northern Iowa over Phil Kemp, North Carolina — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  2. Ken Hunte (2), Syracuse (NY) over John Cepuran, Springfield (MA) — Dec 9–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill Nelson (1), Northern Iowa over Byron Todd, Oklahoma State — Fall 5:13 · View bout
  2. Bob Dwyer, Illinois over Howard Wolfgram, Wartburg (IA) — Fall 8:32 · View bout
  3. Don Govoni, Northern Colorado over Harold Taussig, Wheaton (IL) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  4. Don Ryan (4), Wisconsin over Tom Lewis, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  5. George Bender, Michigan State over Leonard Marcotte (3), Oklahoma — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  6. George Tesla, Iowa over George Miller, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  7. Ken Hunte (2), Syracuse (NY) over Bob Mason, Wyoming — Fall 5:34 · View bout
  8. Kent Lange, Cornell College (IA) over Fred McLean, Ohio State — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Nelson (1), Northern Iowa over Kent Lange, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  2. Bob Dwyer, Illinois over Don Ryan (4), Wisconsin — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  3. George Bender, Michigan State over George Tesla, Iowa — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  4. Ken Hunte (2), Syracuse (NY) over Don Govoni, Northern Colorado — Dec 8–4 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Nelson (1), Northern Iowa over Bob Dwyer, Illinois — Dec 10–0 · View bout
  2. Ken Hunte (2), Syracuse (NY) over George Bender, Michigan State — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Bill Nelson (1), Northern Iowa over Ken Hunte (2), Syracuse (NY) — Dec 8–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Mason, Wyoming over John Cepuran, Springfield (MA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Byron Todd, Oklahoma State over Phil Kemp, North Carolina — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Mason, Wyoming over Don Govoni, Northern Colorado — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  2. Byron Todd, Oklahoma State over Kent Lange, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Mason, Wyoming over George Bender, Michigan State — Dec 1–1 · View bout
  2. Byron Todd, Oklahoma State over Bob Dwyer, Illinois — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Byron Todd, Oklahoma State over Bob Mason, Wyoming — Dec 7–2 · View bout

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