NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1946 NCAA Championships

136 lb

Champion David Arndt, Oklahoma State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1David ArndtOKST
  2. 2Russ BushUNI
  3. 3Elias George Jr.IND
  4. 4Leon 'L Wayne' SmithMICH

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

7 byes into the quarterfinal

    Quarterfinal · 3 bouts

    1 byes into the semifinal

    1. Elias George Jr., Indiana (IN) over Joe Garcia, Illinois — Dec 9–2 · View bout
    2. Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Michigan over Gordon Fleiger, Northern Colorado — Dec 17–9 · View bout
    3. Russ Bush, Northern Iowa over Robert Clark, Kent State (OH) — Fall 8:49 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. David Arndt, Oklahoma State over Elias George Jr., Indiana (IN) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
    2. Russ Bush, Northern Iowa over Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Michigan — Dec 5–4 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. David Arndt, Oklahoma State over Russ Bush, Northern Iowa — Dec 10–1 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 5 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation semifinal

      Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

      1 byes into the 3rd-place bout

      1. Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Michigan over Robert Clark, Kent State (OH) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Elias George Jr., Indiana (IN) over Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Michigan — Dec 7–1 · View bout