NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1951 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Grover Rains, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Grover RainsOKST
  2. 2Mike Rubino Sr.PSU
  3. 3Dick TorioToledo (OH)
  4. 4Bentley LyonCalifornia-Berkeley

Championship

Round of 16 · 6 bouts

  1. Bentley Lyon (3), California-Berkeley over Martin Schwartz, Illinois — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Bob Mulvaney, Hofstra (NY) over Don Dickason, Cornell (NY) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  3. Grover Rains (1), Oklahoma State over Dick Torio, Toledo (OH) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  4. Maynard Skinner (4), Colorado over Phil Donatelli, Lehigh (PA) — Dec · View bout
  5. Mike Rubino Sr. (2), Penn State over Ralph Sampson, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 9–1 · View bout
  6. Ray Carlson, Waynesburg (PA) over Jerome Steinberg, City College (NY) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bentley Lyon (3), California-Berkeley over Bob Mulvaney, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Grover Rains (1), Oklahoma State over Ray Carlson, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 10–1 · View bout
  3. Maynard Skinner (4), Colorado over Jack Fisk, Northern Iowa — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  4. Mike Rubino Sr. (2), Penn State over Peter Bender, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 11–3 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Grover Rains (1), Oklahoma State over Maynard Skinner (4), Colorado — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Mike Rubino Sr. (2), Penn State over Bentley Lyon (3), California-Berkeley — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Grover Rains (1), Oklahoma State over Mike Rubino Sr. (2), Penn State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Dick Torio, Toledo (OH) over Ray Carlson, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Peter Bender, Rutgers (NJ) over Ralph Sampson, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 7–4 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bentley Lyon (3), California-Berkeley over Peter Bender, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Dick Torio, Toledo (OH) over Maynard Skinner (4), Colorado — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Dick Torio, Toledo (OH) over Bentley Lyon (3), California-Berkeley — MFF · View bout

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