NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1951 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Gene Gibbons, Michigan State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Gene GibbonsMSU
  2. 2George Graveson Jr.Yale (CT)
  3. 3Don ThomasNAVY
  4. 4Ken PrihodaMinnesota-Mankato

Championship

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Clyde Dilley, Northern Iowa over James Mancuso, Carleton (MN) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  2. Don Thomas (3), Navy (MD) over Joe Butler, Oklahoma — Fall 4:10 · View bout
  3. Gene Gibbons (1), Michigan State over Ken Prihoda, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. George Graveson Jr. (2), Yale (CT) over Floyd Gadt, Toledo (OH) — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  5. Joe Lemyre, Penn State over Bill Fritzsche, Kent State (OH) — Fall 6:55 · View bout
  6. John 'Jack' Platt, Lehigh (PA) over Ken Morton, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  7. Ray Vohden, Rutgers (NJ) over Bill Nardini (4), Cornell College (IA) — Dec · View bout
  8. Tom Titsworth, Oklahoma State over Lou Scalzo, Army (NY) — Dec 11–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Don Thomas (3), Navy (MD) over Joe Lemyre, Penn State — Dec 11–7 · View bout
  2. Gene Gibbons (1), Michigan State over John 'Jack' Platt, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  3. George Graveson Jr. (2), Yale (CT) over Clyde Dilley, Northern Iowa — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  4. Ray Vohden, Rutgers (NJ) over Tom Titsworth, Oklahoma State — Dec 7–5 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Gene Gibbons (1), Michigan State over Ray Vohden, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. George Graveson Jr. (2), Yale (CT) over Don Thomas (3), Navy (MD) — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Gene Gibbons (1), Michigan State over George Graveson Jr. (2), Yale (CT) — Fall 7:10 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Clyde Dilley, Northern Iowa over Floyd Gadt, Toledo (OH) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
  2. Ken Prihoda, Minnesota-Mankato over John 'Jack' Platt, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Don Thomas (3), Navy (MD) over Clyde Dilley, Northern Iowa — Dec · View bout
  2. Ken Prihoda, Minnesota-Mankato over Ray Vohden, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Don Thomas (3), Navy (MD) over Ken Prihoda, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 8–5 · View bout

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