NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1949 NCAA Championships

128 lb

Champion Charles Hetrick, Oklahoma State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Charles HetrickOKST
  2. 2Leo ThomsenCORNC
  3. 3Russ BushUNI
  4. 4Alan RiceMINN

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

13 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 5 bouts

    3 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Alan Rice (4), Minnesota over George Kelly, Wyoming — Fall 0:38 · View bout
    2. Charles Hetrick (3), Oklahoma State over Irvin Perry, Virginia Military — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    3. Joe Patacsil, Purdue (IN) over Ivan Gilbaugh Jr., Northern Colorado — Dec 8–1 · View bout
    4. Leo Thomsen (1), Cornell College (IA) over Mickey Sparano Sr., Nebraska — Dec 8–0 · View bout
    5. Russ Bush (2), Northern Iowa over Robert Brabender, Indiana (IN) — Fall 4:27 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Alan Rice (4), Minnesota over Dale Nelson, Illinois — Fall 1:37 · View bout
    2. Charles Hetrick (3), Oklahoma State over James Karbatsch, Colorado — Fall 5:40 · View bout
    3. Leo Thomsen (1), Cornell College (IA) over Joe Patacsil, Purdue (IN) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    4. Russ Bush (2), Northern Iowa over Willard Walker, Colorado State — Fall 5:36 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Charles Hetrick (3), Oklahoma State over Russ Bush (2), Northern Iowa — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    2. Leo Thomsen (1), Cornell College (IA) over Alan Rice (4), Minnesota — Dec 5–1 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Charles Hetrick (3), Oklahoma State over Leo Thomsen (1), Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Irvin Perry, Virginia Military over James Karbatsch, Colorado — Dec 3–0 · View bout
      2. Joe Patacsil, Purdue (IN) over Mickey Sparano Sr., Nebraska — Dec 6–3 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Alan Rice (4), Minnesota over Joe Patacsil, Purdue (IN) — Dec 6–6 · View bout
      2. Russ Bush (2), Northern Iowa over Irvin Perry, Virginia Military — Fall 2:57 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Russ Bush (2), Northern Iowa over Alan Rice (4), Minnesota — Dec 9–4 · View bout