1946 NCAA D1 National Championship

Info

Date: March 22-23
Location: Stillwater, OK
Venue: Gallagher Gym
Host: Oklahoma State
Teams: 17
Wrestlers: 54

Milestones

First AA for Northern Colorado (PA)
7x Consecutive Team National Titles for Oklahoma State
First OW Award for Iowa State

Participating Teams

Davidson (NC)
Illinois
Indiana (IN)
Iowa State
Kent State (OH)
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Nebraska
North Carolina
Northern Colorado
Northern Iowa
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Pennsylvania State
Wyoming

Participating Wrestlers

121 (6)
Cliff Fletcher – Michigan State
Dick Frye – Oklahoma
Dick Kopel – Michigan
Cecil Mott – Northern Iowa
Mike Rolak – Indiana (IN)
Bill Tomaras – Illinois

128 (9)
John ‘Ted’ Brothers – Davidson (NC)
Sam Harry – Pennsylvania State
Tommy Hearn – North Carolina
Lou Kachiroubas – Illinois
Iggy Konrad – Michigan State
Garth Lappin – Minnesota
Gerry Leeman – Northern Iowa
Harry Mangus – Wyoming
Dick Thompson – Oklahoma State

136 (7)
David Arndt – Oklahoma State
Russ Bush – Northern Iowa
Robert Clark – Kent State (OH)
Gordon Fleiger – Northern Colorado
Joe Garcia – Illinois
Elias George Jr. – Indiana (IN)
Leon ‘L Wayne’ Smith – Michigan

145 (7)
Duane Hague – Kent State (OH)
Bill Koll – Northern Iowa
Sam Kramer – Minnesota
Gale Mikles – Michigan State
John ‘Jack’ Petry – Illinois
Edgar Welch – Oklahoma State
Tony Yamasaki – Northern Colorado

155 (8)
John Ball – Northern Iowa
Newton Copple – Nebraska
Bill Courtright – Michigan
Dick Ditsworth – Iowa State
John Dowell – Michigan State
Kenneth Marlin – Illinois
WJ Podrouzek – Oklahoma
John St. Clair – Oklahoma State

165 (5)
Harold Boker – Nebraska
Burl Boring – Michigan State
Gene Glass – Kent State (OH)
David Shapiro – Illinois
George Walker – Oklahoma State

175 (5)
Norman Anthonisen – Illinois
Jerome Brentar – Michigan State
George Dorsch – Oklahoma State
Sigmund Golonka – Indiana (IN)
Joe Klune Northern – Colorado

UNL (7)
Loyd Arms – Oklahoma State
George Bollas – Ohio State
Glen Brand – Iowa State
Morris Chitwood – Indiana (IN)
Al Crawford – North Carolina
Charles Gottfried – Illinois
Bob Maldegan – Michigan State

Match Results

Weight	Round	W First	W Last	W School	Result	L First	L Last	L School	W Score	L Score	Minutes	Seconds	OT	W Seed	L Seed	Result Notes	Notes
121	1st	Cecil	Mott	Northern Iowa	DEC	Mike	Rolak	Indiana (IN)	6	3				0	0
121	3rd	Bill	Tomaras	Illinois	DEC	Cliff	Fletcher	Michigan State	6	4				0	0
121	Champ 4	Cecil	Mott	Northern Iowa	DEC	Dick	Kopel	Michigan	3	2				0	0
121	Champ 4	Mike	Rolak	Indiana (IN)	DEC	Dick	Frye	Oklahoma	4	2				0	0
121	Champ 8	Cecil	Mott	Northern Iowa	DEC	Bill	Tomaras	Illinois	4	2			x	0	0
121	Champ 8	Mike	Rolak	Indiana (IN)	DEC	Cliff	Fletcher	Michigan State	11	3				0	0
121	Consi 4 #2	Cliff	Fletcher	Michigan State	MFFT	Dick	Frye	Oklahoma						0	0
121	Consi 4 #2	Bill	Tomaras	Illinois	DEC	Dick	Kopel	Michigan	7	5				0	0
128	1st	Gerry	Leeman	Northern Iowa	DEC	Lou	Kachiroubas	Illinois	6	2				0	0
128	3rd	Sam	Harry	Pennsylvania State	DEC	Iggy	Konrad	Michigan State	2	1				0	0
128	Champ 16	Sam	Harry	Pennsylvania State	DEC	John ‘Ted’	Brothers	Davidson (NC)	9	5				0	0
128	Champ 4	Lou	Kachiroubas	Illinois	DEC	Sam	Harry	Pennsylvania State	11	3				0	0
128	Champ 4	Gerry	Leeman	Northern Iowa	DEC	Iggy	Konrad	Michigan State	5	4				0	0
128	Champ 8	Sam	Harry	Pennsylvania State	DEC	Harry	Mangus	Wyoming	10	3				0	0
128	Champ 8	Lou	Kachiroubas	Illinois	DEC	Tommy	Hearn	North Carolina	8	4				0	0
128	Champ 8	Iggy	Konrad	Michigan State	DEC	Dick	Thompson	Oklahoma State	7	4				0	0
128	Champ 8	Gerry	Leeman	Northern Iowa	DEC	Garth	Lappin	Minnesota	10	2				0	0
128	Consi 4 #2	Sam	Harry	Pennsylvania State	DEC	Tommy	Hearn	North Carolina	6	2				0	0
128	Consi 4 #2	Iggy	Konrad	Michigan State	DEC	Garth	Lappin	Minnesota	3	1				0	0
136	1st	David	Arndt	Oklahoma State	DEC	Russ	Bush	Northern Iowa	10	1				0	0
136	3rd	Elias	George Jr.	Indiana (IN)	DEC	Leon ‘L Wayne’	Smith	Michigan	7	1				0	0
136	Champ 4	David	Arndt	Oklahoma State	DEC	Elias	George Jr.	Indiana (IN)	8	4				0	0
136	Champ 4	Russ	Bush	Northern Iowa	DEC	Leon ‘L Wayne’	Smith	Michigan	5	4				0	0
136	Champ 8	Russ	Bush	Northern Iowa	FALL	Robert	Clark	Kent State (OH)			8	49		0	0
136	Champ 8	Elias	George Jr.	Indiana (IN)	DEC	Joe	Garcia	Illinois	9	2				0	0
136	Champ 8	Leon ‘L Wayne’	Smith	Michigan	DEC	Gordon	Fleiger	Northern Colorado	17	9				0	0
136	Consi 4 #2	Leon ‘L Wayne’	Smith	Michigan	DEC	Robert	Clark	Kent State (OH)	6	2				0	0
145	1st	Bill	Koll	Northern Iowa	DEC	Edgar	Welch	Oklahoma State	7	2				0	0
145	3rd	Gale	Mikles	Michigan State	DEC	Tony	Yamasaki	Northern Colorado	7	2				0	0
145	Champ 4	Bill	Koll	Northern Iowa	DEC	Gale	Mikles	Michigan State	6	4				0	0
145	Champ 4	Edgar	Welch	Oklahoma State	DEC	Tony	Yamasaki	Northern Colorado	5	1				0	0
145	Champ 8	Bill	Koll	Northern Iowa	FALL	Duane	Hague	Kent State (OH)			1	10		0	0
145	Champ 8	Gale	Mikles	Michigan State	DEC	Sam	Kramer	Minnesota	6	3				0	0
145	Champ 8	Tony	Yamasaki	Northern Colorado	DEC	John ‘Jack’	Petry	Illinois	18	17			x	0	0
145	Consi 4 #2	Gale	Mikles	Michigan State	DEC	Duane	Hague	Kent State (OH)	4	0				0	0
155	1st	Bill	Courtright	Michigan	DEC	John	St. Clair	Oklahoma State	4	3				0	0
155	3rd	Dick	Ditsworth	Iowa State	FALL	Kenneth	Marlin	Illinois			3	21		0	0
155	Champ 4	Bill	Courtright	Michigan	DEC	John	Dowell	Michigan State	9	0				0	0
155	Champ 4	John	St. Clair	Oklahoma State	DEC	Dick	Ditsworth	Iowa State	11	2				0	0
155	Champ 8	Bill	Courtright	Michigan	FALL	Kenneth	Marlin	Illinois			4	55		0	0
155	Champ 8	Dick	Ditsworth	Iowa State	DEC	Newton	Copple	Nebraska	6	2				0	0
155	Champ 8	John	Dowell	Michigan State	DEC	WJ	Podrouzek	Oklahoma	8	2				0	0
155	Champ 8	John	St. Clair	Oklahoma State	DEC	John	Ball	Northern Iowa	9	2				0	0
155	Consi 4 #2	Dick	Ditsworth	Iowa State	DEC	John	Ball	Northern Iowa	4	1				0	0
155	Consi 4 #2	Kenneth	Marlin	Illinois	DEC	John	Dowell	Michigan State	6	0				0	0
165	1st	David	Shapiro	Illinois	DEC	George	Walker	Oklahoma State	15	6				0	0
165	3rd	Harold	Boker	Nebraska	DEC	Gene	Glass	Kent State (OH)	10	2				0	0
165	Champ 4	David	Shapiro	Illinois	DEC	Gene	Glass	Kent State (OH)	12	3				0	0
165	Champ 4	George	Walker	Oklahoma State	DEC	Harold	Boker	Nebraska	8	4				0	0
165	Champ 8	Harold	Boker	Nebraska	DEC	Burl	Boring	Michigan State	8	3				0	0
175	1st	George	Dorsch	Oklahoma State	DEC	Norman	Anthonisen	Illinois	6	0				0	0
175	3rd	Sigmund	Golonka	Indiana (IN)	DEC	Joe	Klune	Northern Colorado	7	0				0	0
175	Champ 4	Norman	Anthonisen	Illinois	DEC	Sigmund	Golonka	Indiana (IN)	7	5				0	0
175	Champ 4	George	Dorsch	Oklahoma State	DEC	Jerome	Brentar	Michigan State	8	1				0	0
175	Champ 8	George	Dorsch	Oklahoma State	DEC	Joe	Klune	Northern Colorado	6	0				0	0
175	Consi 4 #2	Joe	Klune	Northern Colorado	DEC	Jerome	Brentar	Michigan State	4	1				0	0
450	1st	George	Bollas	Ohio State	FALL	Morris	Chitwood	Indiana (IN)			14	11		0	0
450	3rd	Glen	Brand	Iowa State	DEC	Loyd	Arms	Oklahoma State	4	2			x	0	0
450	Champ 4	George	Bollas	Ohio State	DEC	Loyd	Arms	Oklahoma State	3	1				0	0
450	Champ 4	Morris	Chitwood	Indiana (IN)	DEC	Al	Crawford	North Carolina	4	3				0	0
450	Champ 8	Loyd	Arms	Oklahoma State	DEC	Bob	Maldegan	Michigan State	6	0				0	0
450	Champ 8	George	Bollas	Ohio State	DEC	Charles	Gottfried	Illinois	3	1				0	0
450	Champ 8	Morris	Chitwood	Indiana (IN)	FALL	Glen	Brand	Iowa State			8	42		0	0
450	Consi 4 #2	Loyd	Arms	Oklahoma State	DEC	Charles	Gottfried	Illinois	3	1				0	0
450	Consi 4 #2	Glen	Brand	Iowa State	MFFT	Al	Crawford	North Carolina						0	0
Weight	Round	W First	W Last	W School	Result	L First	L Last	L School	W Score	L Score	Minutes	Seconds	OT	W Seed	L Seed	Result Notes	Notes

Final Individual Results

Weight	Place	First	Last	Team	Points	Seed	Wins	Losses	Grade
121		Dick	Kopel	Michigan	0.00		0	2
121		Dick	Frye	Oklahoma	0.00		0	2
121	1	Cecil	Mott	Northern Iowa	6.00		3	0	sr
121	2	Mike	Rolak	Indiana (IN)	4.00		2	1
121	3	Bill	Tomaras	Illinois	2.00		2	1
121	4	Cliff	Fletcher	Michigan State	2.00		1	2
128		Harry	Mangus	Wyoming	0.00		0	1
128		John ‘Ted’	Brothers	Davidson (NC)	0.00		0	1
128		Dick	Thompson	Oklahoma State	0.00		0	1
128		Garth	Lappin	Minnesota	0.00		0	2	FR (M)
128		Tommy	Hearn	North Carolina	0.00		0	2	so
128	1	Gerry	Leeman	Northern Iowa	6.00		3	0	so
128	2	Lou	Kachiroubas	Illinois	4.00		2	1	fr
128	3	Sam	Harry	Pennsylvania State	2.00		4	1
128	4	Iggy	Konrad	Michigan State	1.00		2	2
136		Robert	Clark	Kent State (OH)	0.00		0	1
136		Gordon	Fleiger	Northern Colorado	0.00		0	1
136		Joe	Garcia	Illinois	0.00		0	1	FR (DMMMM)
136	1	David	Arndt	Oklahoma State	6.00		2	0	SR (MMM)
136	2	Russ	Bush	Northern Iowa	5.00		2	1	FR
136	3	Elias	George Jr.	Indiana (IN)	2.00		2	1	SO
136	4	Leon ‘L Wayne’	Smith	Michigan	1.00		2	2	FR
145		Sam	Kramer	Minnesota	0.00		0	1	FR (MMMM)
145		Duane	Hague	Kent State (OH)	0.00		0	2
145		John ‘Jack’	Petry	Illinois	0.00		0	1	jr
145	1	Bill	Koll	Northern Iowa	7.00		3	0	SO (MMM)
145	2	Edgar	Welch	Oklahoma State	4.00		1	1	FR
145	3	Gale	Mikles	Michigan State	2.00		3	1	SO
145	4	Tony	Yamasaki	Northern Colorado	1.00		1	2
155		John	Dowell	Michigan State	0.00		1	2
155		John	Ball	Northern Iowa	0.00		0	2	so
155		WJ	Podrouzek	Oklahoma	0.00		0	1
155		Newton	Copple	Nebraska	0.00		0	1	JR (EMMMR)
155	1	Bill	Courtright	Michigan	6.00		3	0	JR (MMMR)
155	2	John	St. Clair	Oklahoma State	4.00		2	1	FR (MM)
155	3	Dick	Ditsworth	Iowa State	3.00		3	1	FR (MMM)
155	4	Kenneth	Marlin	Illinois	1.00		2	2	SO (MMM)
165		Burl	Boring	Michigan State	0.00		0	1
165	1	David	Shapiro	Illinois	6.00		2	0	jr
165	2	George	Walker	Oklahoma State	4.00		1	1	FR
165	3	Harold	Boker	Nebraska	2.00		2	1
165	4	Gene	Glass	Kent State (OH)	1.00		0	2
175		Jerome	Brentar	Michigan State	0.00		0	2
175	1	George	Dorsch	Oklahoma State	6.00		3	0	jr
175	2	Norman	Anthonisen	Illinois	4.00		1	1	JR (MMMR)
175	3	Sigmund	Golonka	Indiana (IN)	2.00		1	1
175	4	Joe	Klune	Northern Colorado	1.00		1	2	SO (MM)
450		Bob	Maldegan	Michigan State	0.00		0	1	ufr
450		Charles	Gottfried	Illinois	0.00		0	2	SO (MM)
450		Al	Crawford	North Carolina	0.00		0	2
450	1	George	Bollas	Ohio State	7.00		3	0	sr
450	2	Morris	Chitwood	Indiana (IN)	5.00		2	1
450	3	Glen	Brand	Iowa State	3.00		3	1	FR (MMM)
450	4	Loyd	Arms	Oklahoma State	1.00		2	2	SR (MMM)
Weight	Place	First	Last	Team	Points	Seed	Wins	Losses	Grade

Final Team Scores

Place	Team	Points
1st	Oklahoma State	25
2nd	Northern Iowa	24
3rd	Illinois	17
4th	Indiana (IN)	13
5th	Michigan	8
6th	Ohio State	7
7th	Iowa State	6
8th	Michigan State	5
9th	Northern Colorado	2
9th	Pennsylvania State	2
9th	Nebraska	2

Team Table

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Northern Iowa	3	1			4
Oklahoma State	2	3		1	6
Illinois	1	2	1	1	5
Michigan	1			1	2
Ohio State	1				1
Indiana (IN)		2	2		4
Iowa State			2		2
Michigan State			1	2	3
Pennsylvania State			1		1
Nebraska			1		1
Northern Colorado				2	2
Kent State (OH)				1	1

Stats/Leaderboard

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Awards

Outstanding Wrestler: Gerald Leeman: Iowa State

Rules

Weights: 8 (121, 128, 136, 145, 155, 165, 175, UNL)
Type: Single Elimination
Placers: 4
Seeds: Up to 4 (Wrestlers from the same conference or geographical location who have competed against each other will be seeded to prevent wrestling again in the early rounds.)
Consi Qualifiers: Only those who lost to the finalist may wrestle for a place

Championship Bouts: 9 Minutes (3x 3 minutes)
OT: 2x 2 minute periods – Both start in referee’s position
Takedown: If a takedown occurs within the first 3 minutes then the bout will be a straight 9 minutes.
No Takedown: If no takedown or fall occurs in the first 3 minutes then the last 6 minutes will be split into 3 minutes periods with each wrestler starting in the top position at the beginning of each period.
Fall: In the first 3 minute period, if a fall occurs, then only that period is ended. The second 3 minute period will occur with the other wrestler having the chance to earn a faster fall.
Consolation Bouts: 6 minutes (3x 2 minute periods)
OT: If no winner can be declared by the ref then extra periods are wrestled.
Fall: 2 seconds
Bout Scoring:
Near Fall = 2 points
Takedown = 2 points
Reversal = 2 points
Escape = 1 point
Riding Time = 1 or 2 points (Each minute of riding advantage is a point up to 2)

Team Scoring:
1st = 6 points
2nd = 4 points
3rd = 2 points
4th = 1 point
Default, Disqualification, Fall, Forfeit = 1 point

Fun Facts

Brackets

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