NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1951 NCAA Championships

130 lb

Champion Walter Romanowski, Cornell College (IA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Walter RomanowskiCornell College (IA)
  2. 2Harold 'Hal' MooreOKST
  3. 3Gene LybbertUNI
  4. 4Jack BlubaughOU

Championship

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Gene Lybbert (3), Northern Iowa over John Heacock, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  2. George Feuerbach, Lehigh (PA) over Charles 'Gene' Craven, Davidson (NC) — Fall 8:06 · View bout
  3. George Lewis (1), Waynesburg (PA) over Bill Donacho, Springfield (MA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  4. Harold 'Hal' Moore (2), Oklahoma State over David Kikuchi, California-Berkeley — Dec 8–4 · View bout
  5. Jack Blubaugh, Oklahoma over Harold Miller, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 11–3 · View bout
  6. Phil Duggan, Iowa over Bob Gerbino, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 8–7 · View bout
  7. Richard Picard, Illinois over Dean Harbold, Penn State — Dec · View bout
  8. Walter Romanowski (4), Cornell College (IA) over George Mills, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 7–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Gene Lybbert (3), Northern Iowa over George Feuerbach, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  2. George Lewis (1), Waynesburg (PA) over Phil Duggan, Iowa — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  3. Harold 'Hal' Moore (2), Oklahoma State over Richard Picard, Illinois — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  4. Walter Romanowski (4), Cornell College (IA) over Jack Blubaugh, Oklahoma — Dec 8–7 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Harold 'Hal' Moore (2), Oklahoma State over Gene Lybbert (3), Northern Iowa — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Walter Romanowski (4), Cornell College (IA) over George Lewis (1), Waynesburg (PA) — Dec · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Walter Romanowski (4), Cornell College (IA) over Harold 'Hal' Moore (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Jack Blubaugh, Oklahoma over George Mills, Hofstra (NY) — n/r · View bout
  2. Richard Picard, Illinois over David Kikuchi, California-Berkeley — Dec 7–3 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Gene Lybbert (3), Northern Iowa over Richard Picard, Illinois — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  2. Jack Blubaugh, Oklahoma over George Lewis (1), Waynesburg (PA) — n/r · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Gene Lybbert (3), Northern Iowa over Jack Blubaugh, Oklahoma — Dec 3–2 · View bout

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