NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1952 NCAA Championships

123 lb

Champion Bill Borders, Oklahoma.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Bill BordersOU
  2. 2Harry ArthurIND
  3. 3Lou KachiroubasILL
  4. 4John Lee Jr.HARV

Championship

Round of 16 · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Borders (1), Oklahoma over Lou Kachiroubas, Illinois — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  2. Bob Mancuso Sr. (4), Kansas State over Arnold Wilson, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  3. Larry Nonnie, Northern Colorado over Joe Lobaugh, Oklahoma State — Dec 9–0 · View bout
  4. Pat McCarron, Northern Iowa over Bob Homan (2), Penn State — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Borders (1), Oklahoma over John Lee Jr., Harvard (MA) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  2. Bob Mancuso Sr. (4), Kansas State over George Artemis, Colorado — Dec 4–4 · View bout
  3. Harry Arthur (3), Indiana (IN) over Larry Nonnie, Northern Colorado — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  4. Pat McCarron, Northern Iowa over Paul Boyko, Toledo (OH) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Borders (1), Oklahoma over Bob Mancuso Sr. (4), Kansas State — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  2. Harry Arthur (3), Indiana (IN) over Pat McCarron, Northern Iowa — Dec 1–1 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Bill Borders (1), Oklahoma over Harry Arthur (3), Indiana (IN) — Dec 15–6 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

  1. Lou Kachiroubas, Illinois over Larry Nonnie, Northern Colorado — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. John Lee Jr., Harvard (MA) over Pat McCarron, Northern Iowa — Dec 2–2 · View bout
  2. Lou Kachiroubas, Illinois over Bob Mancuso Sr. (4), Kansas State — Fall 3:42 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Lou Kachiroubas, Illinois over John Lee Jr., Harvard (MA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout

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