NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1949 NCAA Championships

145 lb

Champion Keith Young, Northern Iowa.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Keith YoungUNI
  2. 2Don AndersonMSU
  3. 3Kent LangeCORNC
  4. 4Elias George Jr.OKST

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

16 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Bart Downes (3), Navy (MD) over Ed 'Robert' Closs Jr., Washington State — Fall 8:22 · View bout
    2. Dick Ditsworth, Iowa State over Darrell Hafling, Colorado — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    3. Don Anderson (1), Michigan State over Andy Puchany, Indiana (IN) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
    4. Elias George Jr. (4), Oklahoma State over Sal DeBiasi, San Diego State (CA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
    5. Joe Garcia, Illinois over Ken Schmoker, Northern Colorado — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    6. Keith Young (2), Northern Iowa over Jay McGrew, Colorado State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    7. Kent Lange, Cornell College (IA) over Wendell Harris, Wheaton (IL) — Fall 4:25 · View bout
    8. Mervin Jensen, Minnesota over Larry Higby, Wyoming — Dec 7–0 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bart Downes (3), Navy (MD) over Mervin Jensen, Minnesota — Fall 4:09 · View bout
    2. Don Anderson (1), Michigan State over Dick Ditsworth, Iowa State — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    3. Elias George Jr. (4), Oklahoma State over Joe Garcia, Illinois — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    4. Keith Young (2), Northern Iowa over Kent Lange, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 7–5 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Don Anderson (1), Michigan State over Elias George Jr. (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    2. Keith Young (2), Northern Iowa over Bart Downes (3), Navy (MD) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Keith Young (2), Northern Iowa over Don Anderson (1), Michigan State — Dec 3–0 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Dick Ditsworth, Iowa State over Andy Puchany, Indiana (IN) — Dec 1–0 · View bout
      2. Kent Lange, Cornell College (IA) over Jay McGrew, Colorado State — Dec 6–0 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Elias George Jr. (4), Oklahoma State over Dick Ditsworth, Iowa State — Dec 3–0 · View bout
      2. Kent Lange, Cornell College (IA) over Bart Downes (3), Navy (MD) — Dec 3–0 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Kent Lange, Cornell College (IA) over Elias George Jr. (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–3 · View bout