NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1952 NCAA Championships

130 lb

Champion Gene Lybbert, Northern Iowa.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Gene LybbertUNI
  2. 2Donald ReeceOU
  3. 3Joseph 'Dick' LemyrePSU
  4. 4George LewisWaynesburg (PA)

Championship

Round of 16 · 6 bouts

  1. Bob Datteri, Colorado State over Richard Leffler, Toledo (OH) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  2. Don Meeker (4), Oklahoma State over Lester Kroeger, Northern Colorado — Fall 1:25 · View bout
  3. Gene Lybbert (1), Northern Iowa over Phil Duggan, Iowa — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  4. George Lewis, Waynesburg (PA) over Linn Long, Colorado — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  5. Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre, Penn State over Merle Dunn, Illinois — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  6. Norvard 'Snip' Nalan (2), Michigan over Robert Steck, Brigham Young (UT) — Fall 1:11 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Donald Reece (3), Oklahoma over Bob Datteri, Colorado State — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Gene Lybbert (1), Northern Iowa over Louis Oscarson, Iowa State — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  3. George Lewis, Waynesburg (PA) over Norvard 'Snip' Nalan (2), Michigan — Dec 12–8 · View bout
  4. Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre, Penn State over Don Meeker (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 8–6 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Donald Reece (3), Oklahoma over George Lewis, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Gene Lybbert (1), Northern Iowa over Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre, Penn State — Dec 11–8 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Gene Lybbert (1), Northern Iowa over Donald Reece (3), Oklahoma — Dec 8–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

  1. Phil Duggan, Iowa over Bob Datteri, Colorado State — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. George Lewis, Waynesburg (PA) over Don Meeker (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre, Penn State over Phil Duggan, Iowa — Dec 7–6 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre, Penn State over George Lewis, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

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