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20th Annual NCAA Wrestling Championships
Wrestling Tournament
@ West Gymnasium, Iowa State Teachers College (Cedar Falls, Iowa)
Friday-Saturday, March 24-25, 1950

Top Collegiate Wrestlers
Top Collegiate Wrestlers
Place winners in the 1950 NCAA Wrestling Tournament. SOURCE: The Official NCAA Wrestling Guide 1951.

Album: General

Top Collegiate Wrestlers Big Ten Kings The Winners Get Away A Champion in Trouble They Scored Teachers' Points College Wrestling's Best 1950 National Collegiate Team Champions, Iowa State Teachers College Semi-Final in the 165-pound class Heading for the Mat Outstanding Wrestler

Album: Ithaca

LaRock Gains Wrestling Meet Semis Jimmy LaRock Runnerup In Nationals

Album: Syracuse

Hunte Advances To Semi-Finals of NCAA Wrestling Syracuse, Ithaca Grapplers Beaten In Finals of NCAA

Album: General

UNI

Varsity (Level: Collegiate, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Auburn University (API) [AL], Brigham Young University [UT], Colorado College [CO], Cornell College [IA], Franklin & Marshall College [PA], Indiana University, Bloomington [IN], Iowa State University [IA], Ithaca College [NY], Kansas State University [KS], Lock Haven University [PA], Michigan State University [MI], Ohio State University [OH], Oklahoma State University [OK], Oregon State University [OR], Pennsylvania State University [PA], Purdue University [IN], Springfield College [MA], Syracuse University [NY], U.S. Naval Academy [MD], University of California, Berkeley [CA], University of Colorado [CO], University of Illinois, Champaign [IL], University of Iowa [IA], University of Minnesota, Twin Cities [MN], University of Nebraska [NB], University of Nebraska Omaha [NB], University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [NC], University of Northern Colorado [CO], University of Northern Iowa (ISTC) [IA], University of Oklahoma [OK], University of Wisconsin-Madison [WI], University of Wyoming [WY], Wartburg College [IA], Washington State University [WA], Waynesburg University [PA], West Virginia University [WV], Wheaton College [IL]
Team Final
1. University of Northern Iowa (ISTC) [IA]  30 points
2. Purdue University [IN]  16
3. Oklahoma State University [OK]  10
Syracuse University [NY]  10
5. University of Iowa [IA]  7
6. Ithaca College [NY]  6
Waynesburg University [PA]  6
8. Pennsylvania State University [PA]  5
9. U.S. Naval Academy [MD]  3
University of Illinois, Champaign [IL]  3
University of Oklahoma [OK]  3
12. Michigan State University [MI]  2
University of Wyoming [WY]  2
Wheaton College [IL]  2
15. Auburn University (API) [AL]  1
Lock Haven University [PA]  1
17. Brigham Young University [UT]  0
Colorado College [CO]  0
Cornell College [IA]  0
Franklin & Marshall College [PA]  0
Indiana University, Bloomington [IN]  0
Iowa State University [IA]  0
Kansas State University [KS]  0
Ohio State University [OH]  0
Oregon State University [OR]  0
Springfield College [MA]  0
University of California, Berkeley [CA]  0
University of Colorado [CO]  0
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities [MN]  0
University of Nebraska [NB]  0
University of Nebraska Omaha [NB]  0
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [NC]  0
University of Northern Colorado [CO]  0
University of Wisconsin-Madison [WI]  0
Wartburg College [IA]  0
Washington State University [WA]  0
West Virginia University [WV]  0
Award Winners
Outstanding Wrestler Award: Tony Gizoni (Waynesburg University [PA], 121 lbs)
Championship Final (1st)
121 lbs: Tony Gizoni (Waynesburg University [PA]) > Arnold Plaza (Purdue University [IN]), DEC 7-6
128 lbs: Joe Patacsil (Purdue University [IN]) > Walter Romanowski (Cornell College [IA]), DEC 3-2
136 lbs: Lowell Lange (Cornell College [IA]) > Floyd Oglesby (University of Northern Iowa (ISTC) [IA]), JD 2-2
145 lbs: Keith Young (University of Northern Iowa (ISTC) [IA]) > Charles Moreno (Purdue University [IN]), DEC 5-2
155 lbs: Bill Nelson (University of Northern Iowa (ISTC) [IA]) > Ken Hunte (Syracuse University [NY]), DEC 8-1
165 lbs: Bill Smith (University of Northern Iowa (ISTC) [IA]) > James LaRock (Ithaca College [NY]), DEC 10-7
175 lbs: Joe Scarpello (University of Iowa [IA]) > George Gebhardt (Syracuse University [NY]), DEC 13-4
HWT: Dick Hutton (Oklahoma State University [OK]) > Fred Stoeker (University of Northern Iowa (ISTC) [IA]), JD 1-1
Consolation Final (3rd)
121 lbs: Frank Altman (University of Northern Iowa (ISTC) [IA]) > Bill Borders (University of Oklahoma [OK]), DEC 4-2
128 lbs: Jack Blubaugh (University of Oklahoma [OK]) > Luverne Klar (University of Northern Iowa (ISTC) [IA]), JD 6-6
136 lbs: L. Wayne Smith (U.S. Naval Academy [MD]) > Charles Farina (Purdue University [IN]), DFLT 3:34
145 lbs: Jim Maurey (Pennsylvania State University [PA]) > Rodger Snook (Cornell College [IA]), DEC 5-1
155 lbs: Byron Todd (Oklahoma State University [OK]) > Bob Mason (University of Wyoming [WY]), DEC 7-2
165 lbs: Gene Gibbons (Michigan State University [MI]) > Bill Nardini (Cornell College [IA]), DEC 3-1
175 lbs: William Vohaska (University of Illinois, Champaign [IL]) > Dan Mantrone (Auburn University (API) [AL]), JD 1-1
HWT: Homer Barr (Pennsylvania State University [PA]) > Richard Simmons (Wheaton College [IL]), DEC 2-0

Attachments
Brackets (PDF)
20th Annual NCAA Tournament (NCAA, 1950-1951) (PDF)
140 Wrestle For NCAA Titles at ISTC (Waterloo, Mar 23) (PDF)
Hauser Fails to Make 121 Pounds; Out of NCAA Meet (Waterloo, Mar 24) (PDF)
Teachers Wins NCAA With Three Champions (Waterloo, Mar 26) (PDF)
Teachers Matmen Look To AAU Meet (Waterloo, Mar 27) (PDF)
20th Annual NCAA Tournament (NCAA, 1950-1951) BETTER COPY (PDF)



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