1947 NCAA D1 National Championship


Info

Date: March 28-29
Location: Champaign, IL
Venue: Huff Gym
Host: Illinois
Teams: 32
Wrestlers: 100


Milestones

  • First Team National Title for Cornell (IA)

Participating Teams

Appalachian State (NC)
Colorado (College)
Colorado State
Cornell (IA)
Illinois
Indiana (IN)
Iowa
Iowa State
Kansas State
Kent State (OH)
Lehigh (PA)
Lock Haven (PA)
Merchant Marine Academy (NY)
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Navy (MD)
Nebraska
Northern Colorado
Northern Iowa
Ohio
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State
Purdue (IN)
Rutgers (NJ)
Springfield (MA)
Virginia Military
Waynesburg (PA)
Wheaton (IL)


Participating Wrestlers

121 (15)
Bob Bruner – Indiana (IN)
Bob Dieli Sr. – Ohio State
Ray Gibbs – Oklahoma
Dick Hauser – Cornell (IA)
Daniel Jencson – Appalachian State (NC)
Bill Jernigan – Oklahoma State
Garth Lappin – Minnesota
William Mann – Illinois
Pilgrim McRaven – Lehigh (PA)
Harold Mott – Northern Iowa
Frederick Moyer – Virginia Military
Ray Murdock – Waynesburg (PA)
Guerino Petti – Rutgers (NJ)
Arnold Plaza – Purdue (IN)
Harlan Swanson – Colorado State

128 (9)
Charles ‘Irving’ Adams – Springfield (MA)
Jack Botts – Kent State (OH)
Russ Bush – Northern Iowa
Dick Dickenson – Michigan State
Lou Kachiroubas – Illinois
Paul McDaniel – Oklahoma State
Joe Patacsil – Purdue (IN)
Leo Thomsen – Cornell (IA)
Orville Wise – Oklahoma

136 (15)
Nathan Bauer Sr. – Oklahoma State
Bill Bayles – Purdue (IN)
Charles Calderaro – Rutgers (NJ)
Ralph Fuller – Waynesburg (PA)
Ivan Gilbaugh Jr. – Northern Colorado
Duane Hanson – Iowa
Bill Hinton – Illinois
Don Johnson – Michigan State
Lowell Lange – Cornell (IA)
Jim Mohney – Pennsylvania State
Alan Rice – Minnesota
Leon ‘L Wayne’ Smith – Navy (MD)
Jack Sullivan – Pennsylvania
Tony Verga – Lock Haven (PA)
Kenneth Watson – Oklahoma

145 (15)
Don Anderson – Michigan State
Ed Barnes – Merchant Marine Academy (NY)
Ernest Closser Jr. – Pennsylvania State
Dick Ditsworth – Iowa State
Stan Fansher – Kansas State
John Fletcher II – Navy (MD)
Joe Garcia – Illinois
Elias George Jr. – Oklahoma State
Bill Koll – Northern Iowa
Jim Maurey – Lock Haven (PA)
Robert Sherrard – Virginia Military
Rodger Snook – Cornell (IA)
Cecil ‘Max’ Sparks – Appalachian State (NC)
Peter Willson – Wheaton (IL)
Tony Yamasaki – Northern Colorado

155 (15)
Dick Black – Northern Iowa
Delbert Bush – Iowa State
Virgil Counsell – Iowa
Bill Courtright – Michigan
Lester Davidson – Northern Colorado
Grant Dixon – Pennsylvania State
Wendell Harris – Wheaton (IL)
Kent Lange – Cornell (IA)
Kenneth Marlin – Illinois
Gale Mikles – Michigan State
Don Mullison – Colorado State
John St. Clair – Oklahoma State
Leger Stecker – Oklahoma
Emil Tomick – Appalachian State (NC)
James Wilkinson – Indiana (IN)

165 (8)
James Clagett – Iowa State
James Conklin – Indiana (IN)
Fred Dexter – Cornell (IA)
Jim Eagleton Sr. – Oklahoma
Bill Nelson – Northern Iowa
David Shapiro – Illinois
Leon Tedder – Oklahoma State
Bob Wisherd – Navy (MD)

175 (10)
Edward Ahrens – Northern Iowa
Norman Anthonisen – Illinois
Glen Brand – Iowa State
Jim Gregson – Oklahoma State
Jim Jackson – Lehigh (PA)
Joe Klune – Northern Colorado
Joe Scarpello – Iowa
LaDoit Stevens – Wheaton (IL)
Dale Thomas – Cornell (IA)
Waldemar Van Cott II – Purdue (IN)

UNL (13)
Leroy Alitz – Northern Iowa
Glenn Blagg – Colorado (College)
Mike DiBiase – Nebraska
Dan Dworsky – Michigan
Verne Gagne – Minnesota
Bob Geigel – Iowa
Charles Gottfried – Illinois
Ray Gunkel – Purdue (IN)
Dick Hutton – Oklahoma State
Bob Maldegan – Michigan State
Al Partin – Cornell (IA)
Richard Simmons – Wheaton (IL)
Edward ‘Zip’ Zednick – Ohio


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 Dick Hauser Cornell (IA) FALL Bill Jernigan Oklahoma State 3 34 2 1
121 3rd Garth Lappin Minnesota DEC Ray Gibbs Oklahoma 5 1 0 0
121 Champ 16 Pilgrim McRaven Lehigh (PA) DEC Bob Bruner Indiana (IN) 12 8 0 0
121 Champ 16 Bob Dieli Sr. Ohio State DEC Guerino Petti Rutgers (NJ) 7 1 0 0
121 Champ 16 Ray Gibbs Oklahoma FALL Frederick Moyer Virginia Military 6 35 0 0
121 Champ 16 Dick Hauser Cornell (IA) DEC Garth Lappin Minnesota 9 4 2 0
121 Champ 16 Bill Jernigan Oklahoma State DEC William Mann Illinois 9 1 1 0
121 Champ 16 Harold Mott Northern Iowa DEC Harlan Swanson Colorado State 5 1 4 0
121 Champ 16 Arnold Plaza Purdue (IN) DEC Ray Murdock Waynesburg (PA) 4 2 3 0
121 Champ 4 Dick Hauser Cornell (IA) FALL Arnold Plaza Purdue (IN) 3 50 2 3
121 Champ 4 Bill Jernigan Oklahoma State DEC Harold Mott Northern Iowa 5 2 1 4
121 Champ 8 Dick Hauser Cornell (IA) FALL Daniel Jencson Appalachian State (NC) 3 25 2 0
121 Champ 8 Bill Jernigan Oklahoma State DEC Ray Gibbs Oklahoma 2 0 1 0
121 Champ 8 Harold Mott Northern Iowa DEC Bob Dieli Sr. Ohio State 4 2 4 0
121 Champ 8 Arnold Plaza Purdue (IN) DEC Pilgrim McRaven Lehigh (PA) 10 9 x 3 0
121 Consi 4 #1 Ray Gibbs Oklahoma DEC William Mann Illinois 6 1 0 0
121 Consi 4 #1 Garth Lappin Minnesota DEC Daniel Jencson Appalachian State (NC) 6 0 0 0
121 Consi 4 #2 Ray Gibbs Oklahoma DEC Harold Mott Northern Iowa 6 0 0 4
121 Consi 4 #2 Garth Lappin Minnesota DEC Arnold Plaza Purdue (IN) 4 2 0 3
128 1st Russ Bush Northern Iowa DEC Lou Kachiroubas Illinois 4 2 2 1
128 3rd Leo Thomsen Cornell (IA) DEC Paul McDaniel Oklahoma State 2 1 0 3
128 Champ 16 Lou Kachiroubas Illinois FALL Orville Wise Oklahoma 4 26 1 0
128 Champ 4 Russ Bush Northern Iowa DEC Paul McDaniel Oklahoma State 5 4 2 3
128 Champ 4 Lou Kachiroubas Illinois DEC Dick Dickenson Michigan State 5 3 1 4
128 Champ 8 Russ Bush Northern Iowa DEC Joe Patacsil Purdue (IN) 12 6 2 0
128 Champ 8 Dick Dickenson Michigan State DEC Charles ‘Irving’ Adams Springfield (MA) 8 1 4 0
128 Champ 8 Lou Kachiroubas Illinois DEC Leo Thomsen Cornell (IA) 1 0 Ref
128 Champ 8 Paul McDaniel Oklahoma State DEC Jack Botts Kent State (OH) 4 3 3 0
128 Consi 4 #1 Leo Thomsen Cornell (IA) DEC Orville Wise Oklahoma 7 6 0 0
128 Consi 4 #2 Paul McDaniel Oklahoma State DEC Joe Patacsil Purdue (IN) 3 1 3 0
128 Consi 4 #2 Leo Thomsen Cornell (IA) DEC Dick Dickenson Michigan State 4 2 0 4
136 1st Lowell Lange Cornell (IA) DEC Nathan Bauer Sr. Oklahoma State 6 3 1 3
136 3rd Don Johnson Michigan State DEC Kenneth Watson Oklahoma 7 5 0 4
136 Champ 16 Nathan Bauer Sr. Oklahoma State DEC Jim Mohney Pennsylvania State 7 2 3 0
136 Champ 16 Ralph Fuller Waynesburg (PA) DEC Duane Hanson Iowa 8 3 0 0
136 Champ 16 Don Johnson Michigan State DEC Jack Sullivan Pennsylvania 4 3 0 0
136 Champ 16 Lowell Lange Cornell (IA) FALL Charles Calderaro Rutgers (NJ) 4 21 1 0
136 Champ 16 Alan Rice Minnesota DEC Bill Hinton Illinois 12 8 0 0
136 Champ 16 Leon ‘L Wayne’ Smith Navy (MD) DEC Bill Bayles Purdue (IN) 12 9 2 0
136 Champ 16 Kenneth Watson Oklahoma DEC Ivan Gilbaugh Jr. Northern Colorado 12 7 4 0
136 Champ 4 Nathan Bauer Sr. Oklahoma State DEC Leon ‘L Wayne’ Smith Navy (MD) 7 3 3 2
136 Champ 4 Lowell Lange Cornell (IA) DEC Kenneth Watson Oklahoma 4 0 1 4
136 Champ 8 Nathan Bauer Sr. Oklahoma State DEC Don Johnson Michigan State 2 0 3 0
136 Champ 8 Lowell Lange Cornell (IA) DEC Ralph Fuller Waynesburg (PA) 8 0 1 0
136 Champ 8 Leon ‘L Wayne’ Smith Navy (MD) FALL Tony Verga Lock Haven (PA) 5 58 2 0
136 Champ 8 Kenneth Watson Oklahoma FALL Alan Rice Minnesota 7 23 4 0
136 Consi 4 #1 Ralph Fuller Waynesburg (PA) DEC Charles Calderaro Rutgers (NJ) 7 3 0 0
136 Consi 4 #1 Don Johnson Michigan State DEC Jim Mohney Pennsylvania State 11 3 0 0
136 Consi 4 #2 Don Johnson Michigan State DEC Leon ‘L Wayne’ Smith Navy (MD) 8 1 0 2
136 Consi 4 #2 Kenneth Watson Oklahoma DEC Ralph Fuller Waynesburg (PA) 3 2 4 0
145 1st Bill Koll Northern Iowa DEC Rodger Snook Cornell (IA) 7 2 1 2
145 3rd John Fletcher II Navy (MD) DEC Don Anderson Michigan State 6 5 3 0
145 Champ 16 Don Anderson Michigan State DEC Cecil ‘Max’ Sparks Appalachian State (NC) 12 5 0 0
145 Champ 16 Stan Fansher Kansas State DEC Jim Maurey Lock Haven (PA) 13 5 0 0
145 Champ 16 John Fletcher II Navy (MD) DEC Elias George Jr. Oklahoma State 7 3 3 0
145 Champ 16 Joe Garcia Illinois DEC Dick Ditsworth Iowa State 6 5 0 0
145 Champ 16 Bill Koll Northern Iowa DEC Ed Barnes Merchant Marine Academy ( 6 0 1 0
145 Champ 16 Rodger Snook Cornell (IA) FALL Ernest Closser Jr. Pennsylvania State 8 53 2 0
145 Champ 16 Tony Yamasaki Northern Colorado DEC Robert Sherrard Virginia Military 9 6 4 0
145 Champ 4 Bill Koll Northern Iowa DEC Don Anderson Michigan State 9 2 1 0
145 Champ 4 Rodger Snook Cornell (IA) FALL John Fletcher II Navy (MD) 7 49 2 3
145 Champ 8 Don Anderson Michigan State DEC Tony Yamasaki Northern Colorado 8 3 0 4
145 Champ 8 John Fletcher II Navy (MD) DEC Joe Garcia Illinois 12 3 3 0
145 Champ 8 Bill Koll Northern Iowa DEC Stan Fansher Kansas State 8 2 1 0
145 Champ 8 Rodger Snook Cornell (IA) FALL Peter Willson Wheaton (IL) 6 49 2 0
145 Consi 4 #1 Ernest Closser Jr. Pennsylvania State DEC Peter Willson Wheaton (IL) 4 1 0 0
145 Consi 4 #1 Stan Fansher Kansas State DEC Ed Barnes Merchant Marine Academy ( 3 1 0 0
145 Consi 4 #2 Don Anderson Michigan State DEC Stan Fansher Kansas State 0 0 Ref
145 Consi 4 #2 John Fletcher II Navy (MD) DEC Ernest Closser Jr. Pennsylvania State 3 2 3 0
155 1st Gale Mikles Michigan State DEC Bill Courtright Michigan 6 3 0 1
155 3rd Leger Stecker Oklahoma DEC Kenneth Marlin Illinois 8 3 0 0
155 Champ 16 Bill Courtright Michigan DEC Emil Tomick Appalachian State (NC) 9 3 1 0
155 Champ 16 Lester Davidson Northern Colorado FALL Wendell Harris Wheaton (IL) 5 53 4 0
155 Champ 16 Kenneth Marlin Illinois DEC John St. Clair Oklahoma State 9 4 0 3
155 Champ 16 Gale Mikles Michigan State FALL Virgil Counsell Iowa 5 30 0 0
155 Champ 16 Don Mullison Colorado State DEC Delbert Bush Iowa State 10 4 2 0
155 Champ 16 Leger Stecker Oklahoma DEC Kent Lange Cornell (IA) 7 3 0 0
155 Champ 16 James Wilkinson Indiana (IN) DEC Grant Dixon Pennsylvania State 5 1 0 0
155 Champ 4 Bill Courtright Michigan DEC James Wilkinson Indiana (IN) 6 3 1 0
155 Champ 4 Gale Mikles Michigan State FALL Don Mullison Colorado State 7 43 0 2
155 Champ 8 Bill Courtright Michigan DEC Leger Stecker Oklahoma 8 1 1 0
155 Champ 8 Gale Mikles Michigan State DEC Kenneth Marlin Illinois 8 4 0 0
155 Champ 8 Don Mullison Colorado State DFT Dick Black Northern Iowa 2 0
155 Champ 8 James Wilkinson Indiana (IN) DEC Lester Davidson Northern Colorado 17 11 0 4
155 Consi 4 #1 Kenneth Marlin Illinois FALL Virgil Counsell Iowa 5 21 0 0
155 Consi 4 #1 Leger Stecker Oklahoma DEC Emil Tomick Appalachian State (NC) 7 2 0 0
155 Consi 4 #2 Kenneth Marlin Illinois DEC Don Mullison Colorado State 3 2 0 2
155 Consi 4 #2 Leger Stecker Oklahoma DEC James Wilkinson Indiana (IN) 4 3 0 0
165 1st Bill Nelson Northern Iowa FALL Jim Eagleton Sr. Oklahoma 7 36 4 2
165 3rd Fred Dexter Cornell (IA) DEC David Shapiro Illinois 8 6 3 1
165 Champ 4 Jim Eagleton Sr. Oklahoma DEC Fred Dexter Cornell (IA) 4 1 2 3
165 Champ 4 Bill Nelson Northern Iowa DEC David Shapiro Illinois 6 5 4 1
165 Champ 8 Fred Dexter Cornell (IA) DEC James Conklin Indiana (IN) 6 2 3 0
165 Champ 8 Jim Eagleton Sr. Oklahoma DEC Bob Wisherd Navy (MD) 5 2 2 0
165 Champ 8 Bill Nelson Northern Iowa DEC James Clagett Iowa State 9 3 4 0
165 Champ 8 David Shapiro Illinois DEC Leon Tedder Oklahoma State 5 0 1 0
165 Consi 4 #2 Fred Dexter Cornell (IA) DEC Bob Wisherd Navy (MD) 2 0 3 0
165 Consi 4 #2 David Shapiro Illinois DEC James Clagett Iowa State 10 1 1 0
175 1st Joe Scarpello Iowa DEC Glen Brand Iowa State 10 6 2 1
175 3rd Dale Thomas Cornell (IA) DEC Waldemar Van Cott II Purdue (IN) 9 4 0 0
175 Champ 16 Glen Brand Iowa State DEC LaDoit Stevens Wheaton (IL) 6 0 1 0
175 Champ 16 Dale Thomas Cornell (IA) FALL Edward Ahrens Northern Iowa 4 1 0 0
175 Champ 4 Glen Brand Iowa State FALL Joe Klune Northern Colorado 5 42 1 4
175 Champ 4 Joe Scarpello Iowa DEC Norman Anthonisen Illinois 10 4 2 3
175 Champ 8 Norman Anthonisen Illinois DEC Jim Gregson Oklahoma State 5 3 3 0
175 Champ 8 Glen Brand Iowa State DEC Dale Thomas Cornell (IA) 9 2 1 0
175 Champ 8 Joe Klune Northern Colorado DEC Jim Jackson Lehigh (PA) 8 3 4 0
175 Champ 8 Joe Scarpello Iowa DEC Waldemar Van Cott II Purdue (IN) 11 7 2 0
175 Consi 4 #1 Dale Thomas Cornell (IA) FALL LaDoit Stevens Wheaton (IL) 5 42 0 0
175 Consi 4 #2 Dale Thomas Cornell (IA) FALL Joe Klune Northern Colorado 1 7 0 4
175 Consi 4 #2 Waldemar Van Cott II Purdue (IN) DEC Norman Anthonisen Illinois 5 4 0 3
450 1st Dick Hutton Oklahoma State DEC Ray Gunkel Purdue (IN) 5 3 x 1 0
450 3rd Verne Gagne Minnesota DEC Charles Gottfried Illinois 4 2 4 0
450 Champ 16 Leroy Alitz Northern Iowa DEC Mike DiBiase Nebraska 5 4 0 2
450 Champ 16 Glenn Blagg Colorado (College) DEC Bob Maldegan Michigan State 8 7 0 0
450 Champ 16 Verne Gagne Minnesota DEC Richard Simmons Wheaton (IL) 4 3 4 0
450 Champ 16 Bob Geigel Iowa DEC Dan Dworsky Michigan 4 2 x 0 0
450 Champ 16 Ray Gunkel Purdue (IN) DEC Al Partin Cornell (IA) 7 2 0 0
450 Champ 4 Ray Gunkel Purdue (IN) DEC Charles Gottfried Illinois 7 2 0 0
450 Champ 4 Dick Hutton Oklahoma State DEC Verne Gagne Minnesota 2 1 1 4
450 Champ 8 Verne Gagne Minnesota DEC Bob Geigel Iowa 6 1 4 0
450 Champ 8 Charles Gottfried Illinois DEC Edward ‘Zip’ Zednick Ohio 6 0 0 3
450 Champ 8 Ray Gunkel Purdue (IN) DEC Leroy Alitz Northern Iowa 4 1 0 0
450 Champ 8 Dick Hutton Oklahoma State DEC Glenn Blagg Colorado (College) 3 0 1 0
450 Consi 4 #1 Leroy Alitz Northern Iowa DEC Al Partin Cornell (IA) 8 4 0 0
450 Consi 4 #2 Verne Gagne Minnesota DEC Glenn Blagg Colorado (College) 4 0 Ref
450 Consi 4 #2 Charles Gottfried Illinois DEC Leroy Alitz Northern Iowa 4 1 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


Final Team Scores

Place
Team
Points
1st
Cornell (IA)
32
2nd
Northern Iowa
19
3rd
Oklahoma State
15
4th
Michigan State
11
5th
Oklahoma
10
6th
Illinois
9
7th
Iowa
6
8th
Iowa State
5
8th
Purdue (IN)
5
10th
Minnesota
4
10th
Michigan
4

Team Table

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Total
Northern Iowa
3
3
Cornell (IA)
2
1
3
6
Oklahoma State
1
2
1
4
Michigan State
1
1
1
3
Iowa
1
1
Oklahoma
1
1
2
4
Illinois
1
3
4
Purdue (IN)
1
1
2
Iowa State
1
1
Michigan
1
1
Minnesota
2
2
Navy (MD)
1
1

Stats/Leaderboard

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Awards

Outstanding Wrestler: Bill Koll: Iowa State


Rules

Weights: 8 (121, 128, 136, 145, 155, 165, 175, UNL)
Type: Single Elimination
Placers: 4
Seeds: 4 [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


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