NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1950 NCAA Championships

165 lb

Champion Bill Smith, Northern Iowa.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Bill SmithUNI
  2. 2James LaRockIthaca (NY)
  3. 3Gene GibbonsMSU
  4. 4Bill NardiniCornell College (IA)

Championship

Round of 16 · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Nardini, Cornell College (IA) over Bob Lessl, Wisconsin — Dec 8–5 · View bout
  2. Bill Smith (1), Northern Iowa over Oscar Gupton, North Carolina — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  3. James LaRock (3), Ithaca (NY) over Bill Mosby, Oregon State — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  4. Mel Spence, Northern Colorado over Gilbert Gaumer (4), Illinois — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Nardini, Cornell College (IA) over Joe Butler (2), Oklahoma — Dec 6–6 · View bout
  2. Bill Smith (1), Northern Iowa over Gene Gibbons, Michigan State — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  3. James LaRock (3), Ithaca (NY) over Charles Mancuso, Nebraska Omaha — Fall 1:38 · View bout
  4. Mel Spence, Northern Colorado over Dale Federer, Wyoming — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Smith (1), Northern Iowa over Mel Spence, Northern Colorado — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  2. James LaRock (3), Ithaca (NY) over Bill Nardini, Cornell College (IA) — Fall 6:57 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Bill Smith (1), Northern Iowa over James LaRock (3), Ithaca (NY) — Dec 10–7 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Mosby, Oregon State over Charles Mancuso, Nebraska Omaha — Dec 0–0 · View bout
  2. Gene Gibbons, Michigan State over Oscar Gupton, North Carolina — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Nardini, Cornell College (IA) over Bill Mosby, Oregon State — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  2. Gene Gibbons, Michigan State over Mel Spence, Northern Colorado — Dec 11–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Gene Gibbons, Michigan State over Bill Nardini, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

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