NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1952 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Bentley Lyon, California-Berkeley.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Bentley LyonCalifornia-Berkeley
  2. 2Maynard SkinnerColorado
  3. 3Ted WeaverKansas State
  4. 4Ray VohdenRUT

Championship

Round of 16 · 5 bouts

  1. Bentley Lyon (1), California-Berkeley over Ted Weaver, Kansas State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  2. Ed Lanzi, Toledo (OH) over Ned Blass (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  3. Maynard Skinner (3), Colorado over Larry Cotton, Oklahoma — Fall 2:30 · View bout
  4. Peter Blair, Navy (MD) over Bob Wirds (2), Iowa State — Dec 4–4 · View bout
  5. Ray Vohden, Rutgers (NJ) over Ray Carlson, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 3–3 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bentley Lyon (1), California-Berkeley over Ray Vohden, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  2. Dewey McConnell, Wyoming over Ed Lanzi, Toledo (OH) — Dflt · View bout
  3. Gus Gatto, Northern Iowa over Peter Blair, Navy (MD) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  4. Maynard Skinner (3), Colorado over Drew Shumway, Brigham Young (UT) — Fall 6:23 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bentley Lyon (1), California-Berkeley over Dewey McConnell, Wyoming — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Maynard Skinner (3), Colorado over Gus Gatto, Northern Iowa — Fall 5:48 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Bentley Lyon (1), California-Berkeley over Maynard Skinner (3), Colorado — Dec 3–3 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Ray Vohden, Rutgers (NJ) over Larry Cotton, Oklahoma — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  2. Ted Weaver, Kansas State over Drew Shumway, Brigham Young (UT) — Fall 2:44 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ray Vohden, Rutgers (NJ) over Gus Gatto, Northern Iowa — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  2. Ted Weaver, Kansas State over Dewey McConnell, Wyoming — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Ted Weaver, Kansas State over Ray Vohden, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 5–0 · View bout

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