NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1947 NCAA Championships

121 lb

Champion Dick Hauser, Cornell College (IA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Dick HauserCORNC
  2. 2Bill JerniganOKST
  3. 3Garth LappinMINN
  4. 4Ray GibbsOU

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

15 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 7 bouts

    1 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Arnold Plaza (3), Purdue (IN) over Ray Murdock, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    2. Bill Jernigan (1), Oklahoma State over William Mann, Illinois — Dec 9–1 · View bout
    3. Bob Dieli Sr., Ohio State over Guerino Petti, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    4. Dick Hauser (2), Cornell College (IA) over Garth Lappin, Minnesota — Dec 9–4 · View bout
    5. Harold Mott (4), Northern Iowa over Harlan Swanson, Colorado State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    6. Pilgrim McRaven, Lehigh (PA) over Bob Bruner, Indiana (IN) — Dec 12–8 · View bout
    7. Ray Gibbs, Oklahoma over Frederick Moyer, Virginia Military — Fall 6:35 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Arnold Plaza (3), Purdue (IN) over Pilgrim McRaven, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 10–9 · View bout
    2. Bill Jernigan (1), Oklahoma State over Ray Gibbs, Oklahoma — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    3. Dick Hauser (2), Cornell College (IA) over Daniel Jencson, Appalachian State (NC) — Fall 3:25 · View bout
    4. Harold Mott (4), Northern Iowa over Bob Dieli Sr., Ohio State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bill Jernigan (1), Oklahoma State over Harold Mott (4), Northern Iowa — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    2. Dick Hauser (2), Cornell College (IA) over Arnold Plaza (3), Purdue (IN) — Fall 3:50 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Dick Hauser (2), Cornell College (IA) over Bill Jernigan (1), Oklahoma State — Fall 3:34 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Garth Lappin, Minnesota over Daniel Jencson, Appalachian State (NC) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
      2. Ray Gibbs, Oklahoma over William Mann, Illinois — Dec 6–1 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Garth Lappin, Minnesota over Arnold Plaza (3), Purdue (IN) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
      2. Ray Gibbs, Oklahoma over Harold Mott (4), Northern Iowa — Dec 6–0 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Garth Lappin, Minnesota over Ray Gibbs, Oklahoma — Dec 5–1 · View bout