NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1951 NCAA Championships

147 lb

Champion Keith Young, Northern Iowa.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Keith YoungUNI
  2. 2Don FreyPSU
  3. 3Byron ToddOKST
  4. 4George JacksonOU

Championship

Round of 32 · 1 bout

  1. Keith Young (1), Northern Iowa over Gene Manfrini, Columbia (NY) — Fall 5:38 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bryce Keough, Ohio State over Earl Courtright, Toledo (OH) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Byron Todd (4), Oklahoma State over Thomas Dierauf, Rutgers (NJ) — Fall 5:35 · View bout
  3. Don Frey, Penn State over Ray Pigozzi, Illinois — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  4. Ed 'John' Mahoney, Lehigh (PA) over Richard Colston, St. Ambrose (IA) — Fall 4:36 · View bout
  5. Ed 'Robert' Closs Jr., Washington State over Ray Johnson, Cornell College (IA) — Fall 5:23 · View bout
  6. Frank Bettucci (3), Cornell (NY) over Sam Keiter, Carleton (MN) — Dec 8–0 · View bout
  7. George Jackson (2), Oklahoma over Art Strunk, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  8. Keith Young (1), Northern Iowa over Robin Baker, Auburn (AL) — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Byron Todd (4), Oklahoma State over Bryce Keough, Ohio State — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. Don Frey, Penn State over George Jackson (2), Oklahoma — Dec 2–1 · View bout
  3. Frank Bettucci (3), Cornell (NY) over Ed 'Robert' Closs Jr., Washington State — Dec 11–8 · View bout
  4. Keith Young (1), Northern Iowa over Ed 'John' Mahoney, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Don Frey, Penn State over Frank Bettucci (3), Cornell (NY) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. Keith Young (1), Northern Iowa over Byron Todd (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Keith Young (1), Northern Iowa over Don Frey, Penn State — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

  1. Gene Manfrini, Columbia (NY) over Robin Baker, Auburn (AL) — Dec 8–0 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Gene Manfrini, Columbia (NY) over Ed 'John' Mahoney, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. George Jackson (2), Oklahoma over Ray Pigozzi, Illinois — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Byron Todd (4), Oklahoma State over Gene Manfrini, Columbia (NY) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. George Jackson (2), Oklahoma over Frank Bettucci (3), Cornell (NY) — Dec 5–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Byron Todd (4), Oklahoma State over George Jackson (2), Oklahoma — Dec 2–1 · View bout

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