Leon 'L Wayne' Smith

Wrestler record · 1946–1950 · Navy (MD), Michigan

Archive-scoped NCAA championship results from 1946 to 1950. These are tournament records, not a complete college-career record.

4tournaments

9recorded wins

7recorded losses

0individual titles

1recorded falls

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NCAA career

Leon 'L Wayne' Smith NCAA tournament career, one row per year
Year	School	Weight	Seed	Finish	W–L	Matches
1950	Navy (MD)	136	None recorded	3rd	4–1	5 bouts
1948	Navy (MD)	136	None recorded	Lost round 3	1–2	3 bouts
1947	Navy (MD)	136	No. 2	Lost consolation semifinal	2–2	4 bouts
1946	Michigan	136	None recorded	4th	2–2	4 bouts

Recorded match history · 16 bouts

Sorted by tournament year and documented round order. Match IDs are never used to infer chronology.

Leon 'L Wayne' Smith recorded NCAA championship matches
Weight	Stage	Result	Opponent	Seed	Opp. seed	Score	Method	Match link
1950
136	Round of 16	W	Robert 'Paul' Riggins · Illinois	0 · recorded zero	0 · recorded zero	18–10	Dec	Open
136	Quarterfinal	W	Alan Rice · Minnesota	0 · recorded zero	No. 4	8–6	Dec	Open
136	Semifinal	L	Lowell Lange · Cornell College (IA)	0 · recorded zero	No. 1	5–8	Dec	Open
136	Consolation semifinal	W	Joe McKIm · California-Berkeley	0 · recorded zero	0 · recorded zero	10–8	Dec	Open
136	3rd-place bout	W	Charles Farina · Purdue (IN)	0 · recorded zero	No. 3	Not applicable	Dflt	Open
1948
136	Round 1	W	Stan Mousetis · Franklin & Marshall (PA)	0 · recorded zero	0 · recorded zero	Not recorded	Dec	Open
136	Round 2	L	Dick Dickenson · Michigan State	0 · recorded zero	0 · recorded zero	Not recorded	Dec	Open
136	Round 3	L	Nathan Bauer Sr. · Oklahoma State	0 · recorded zero	0 · recorded zero	Not recorded	Dec	Open
1947
136	Round of 16	W	Bill Bayles · Purdue (IN)	No. 2	0 · recorded zero	12–9	Dec	Open
136	Quarterfinal	W	Tony Verga · Lock Haven (PA)	No. 2	0 · recorded zero	Not applicable	Fall 5:58	Open
136	Semifinal	L	Nathan Bauer Sr. · Oklahoma State	No. 2	No. 3	3–7	Dec	Open
136	Consolation semifinal	L	Don Johnson · Michigan State	No. 2	0 · recorded zero	1–8	Dec	Open
1946
136	Quarterfinal	W	Gordon Fleiger · Northern Colorado	0 · recorded zero	0 · recorded zero	17–9	Dec	Open
136	Semifinal	L	Russ Bush · Northern Iowa	0 · recorded zero	0 · recorded zero	4–5	Dec	Open
136	Consolation semifinal	W	Robert Clark · Kent State (OH)	0 · recorded zero	0 · recorded zero	6–2	Dec	Open
136	3rd-place bout	L	Elias George Jr. · Indiana (IN)	0 · recorded zero	0 · recorded zero	1–7	Dec	Open