NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1952 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Joe Lemyre, Penn State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Joe LemyrePSU
  2. 2George BenderMSU
  3. 3Ralph SchneiderWaynesburg (PA)
  4. 4Warren SonnemanCornell College (IA)

Championship

Round of 32 · 1 bout

  1. George Graveson Jr. (2), Yale (CT) over Harold 'Hal' Rusk, Northern Colorado — Fall 6:26 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill Mosby (4), Oregon State over Mark 'Jay' Hafen, Brigham Young (UT) — Fall 4:52 · View bout
  2. Clarence 'Bud' Weick, Northern Iowa over Ernie Fischer, Maryland — Dec 1–1 · View bout
  3. Don Heaton, Iowa over Carl Wood, Oklahoma State — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  4. Frank Marks (3), Oklahoma over Martin Schwartz, Illinois — Dec 1–1 · View bout
  5. George Bender, Michigan State over Royal Smith, Colorado — Fall 8:21 · View bout
  6. George Graveson Jr. (2), Yale (CT) over Ken Prihoda, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  7. Joe Lemyre (1), Penn State over Warren Sonneman, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  8. Ralph Schneider, Waynesburg (PA) over Harold Broughton, Colorado State — Fall 3:34 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Don Heaton, Iowa over Bill Mosby (4), Oregon State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Frank Marks (3), Oklahoma over Clarence 'Bud' Weick, Northern Iowa — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  3. George Bender, Michigan State over George Graveson Jr. (2), Yale (CT) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  4. Joe Lemyre (1), Penn State over Ralph Schneider, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 13–7 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. George Bender, Michigan State over Frank Marks (3), Oklahoma — Dec 5–3 · View bout
  2. Joe Lemyre (1), Penn State over Don Heaton, Iowa — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Joe Lemyre (1), Penn State over George Bender, Michigan State — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Ralph Schneider, Waynesburg (PA) over Royal Smith, Colorado — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Warren Sonneman, Cornell College (IA) over George Graveson Jr. (2), Yale (CT) — Dec 4–4 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ralph Schneider, Waynesburg (PA) over Frank Marks (3), Oklahoma — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Warren Sonneman, Cornell College (IA) over Don Heaton, Iowa — Fall 3:30 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ralph Schneider, Waynesburg (PA) over Warren Sonneman, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout

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