NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1951 NCAA Championships

123 lb

Champion Tony Gizoni, Waynesburg (PA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Tony GizoniWaynesburg (PA)
  2. 2Bill BordersOU
  3. 3Tommy KeysOKST
  4. 4Tony 'Sonny' DragoinAuburn (AL)

Championship

Round of 32 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill Borders (2), Oklahoma over Jim Fogarty, Hofstra (NY) — Fall 6:29 · View bout
  2. George Kelly, Wyoming over Sam Cario, Cortland (NY) — Dec 12–5 · View bout
  3. Joe Kimura, San Francisco State (CA) over Bill Buckingham, Michigan State — Fall 8:19 · View bout
  4. John Harrison, Northern Iowa over Harold Klepfer, Carleton (MN) — Fall 3:33 · View bout
  5. Mike Filipos (3), Lehigh (PA) over Thomas Woods, City College (NY) — Dec 11–0 · View bout
  6. Tommy Keys, Oklahoma State over John 'Jack' Shire, Toledo (OH) — Fall 8:50 · View bout
  7. Tony 'Sonny' Dragoin, Auburn (AL) over William Cobb, Case-Western Reserve (OH) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  8. Tony Gizoni (1), Waynesburg (PA) over Lou Tschirhart, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill Borders (2), Oklahoma over Jerry Shervanick, Millersville (PA) — Fall 3:45 · View bout
  2. Bob Carlin (4), Indiana (IN) over George Kelly, Wyoming — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  3. John Harrison, Northern Iowa over John Lee Jr., Harvard (MA) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  4. John Reese, Penn State over Joe Kimura, San Francisco State (CA) — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  5. Mike Filipos (3), Lehigh (PA) over Hisashi Watanabe, Washington State — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  6. Tommy Keys, Oklahoma State over Manuel 'Lotto' Macias, Iowa — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  7. Tony 'Sonny' Dragoin, Auburn (AL) over Bob Karns, Army (NY) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  8. Tony Gizoni (1), Waynesburg (PA) over Sam Coursen, Springfield (MA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Borders (2), Oklahoma over Tony 'Sonny' Dragoin, Auburn (AL) — Fall 2:37 · View bout
  2. Mike Filipos (3), Lehigh (PA) over John Reese, Penn State — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  3. Tommy Keys, Oklahoma State over Bob Carlin (4), Indiana (IN) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  4. Tony Gizoni (1), Waynesburg (PA) over John Harrison, Northern Iowa — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Borders (2), Oklahoma over Mike Filipos (3), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 11–2 · View bout
  2. Tony Gizoni (1), Waynesburg (PA) over Tommy Keys, Oklahoma State — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Tony Gizoni (1), Waynesburg (PA) over Bill Borders (2), Oklahoma — Dec 7–6 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Jim Fogarty, Hofstra (NY) over Jerry Shervanick, Millersville (PA) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  2. Sam Coursen, Springfield (MA) over Lou Tschirhart, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. John Harrison, Northern Iowa over Sam Coursen, Springfield (MA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  2. Tony 'Sonny' Dragoin, Auburn (AL) over Jim Fogarty, Hofstra (NY) — Fall 1:05 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Tommy Keys, Oklahoma State over John Harrison, Northern Iowa — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Tony 'Sonny' Dragoin, Auburn (AL) over Mike Filipos (3), Lehigh (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Tommy Keys, Oklahoma State over Tony 'Sonny' Dragoin, Auburn (AL) — Dec 4–0 · View bout

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