Tournament information | |
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Sport | College wrestling |
Location | Fort Collins, Colorado |
Dates | March 1949–March 1949 |
Host(s) | Colorado A&M |
Venue(s) | South College Gymnasium |
Final positions | |
Champions | Oklahoma A&M (16th title) |
1st runners-up | Iowa State Teachers College |
2nd runners-up | Cornell College |
MVP | Charles Hetrick (Oklahoma A&M) |
The 1949 NCAA Wrestling Championships were the 19th NCAA Wrestling Championships to be held. Colorado A&M in Fort Collins, Colorado hosted the tournament at their South College Gymnasium.
Oklahoma A&M took home the team championship with 32 points and having two individual champions.[1]
Charles Hetrick of Oklahoma A&M was named the Outstanding Wrestler.[2]
Team results
[edit]Rank | School | Points |
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1 | Oklahoma A&M | 32 |
2 | Iowa State Teachers College | 27 |
3 | Cornell College | 21 |
4 | Michigan State | 13 |
5 | Minnesota | 11 |
6 | Purdue | 9 |
T-7 | Nebraska | 5 |
T-7 | Iowa | 5 |
9 | Syracuse | 4 |
T-10 | Illinois | 3 |
T-10 | Colorado A&M | 3 |
Reference:[2] |
Individual finals
[edit]Weight class | Championship match (champion in boldface) |
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121 lbs | Arnold Plaza, Purdue DEC Grady Peninger, Oklahoma A&M, 3–1 |
128 lbs | Charles Hetrick, Oklahoma A&M DEC Leo Thomsen, Cornell College, 4–1 |
136 lbs | Lowell Lange, Cornell College DEC Dick Dickenson, Michigan State, 6–0 |
145 lbs | Keith Young, Iowa State Teachers College DEC Don Anderson, Michigan State, 3–0 |
155 lbs | Bill Nelson, Iowa State Teachers College DEC Ken Hunte, Syracuse, 3–0 |
165 lbs | Bill Smith, Iowa State Teachers College DEC Melbourne Flesner, Oklahoma A&M, 6–1 |
175 lbs | Jim Gregerson, Oklahoma A&M DEC Joe Scarpello, Iowa, 3–1 |
UNL | Verne Gagne, Minnesota RD Dick Hutton, Oklahoma A&M, 1–1 |
Reference:[2] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Wrestling" (PDF). NCAA.ord. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "19th NCAA Wrestling Tournament" (PDF). wrestlingstats.com. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2018.