NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1949 NCAA Championships

Unlimited lb

Champion Verne Gagne, Minnesota.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Verne GagneMINN
  2. 2Dick HuttonOKST
  3. 3Bob MaldeganMSU
  4. 4Homer BarrPSU

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

14 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 6 bouts

    2 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Bob Geigel, Iowa over Donald Arnold, San Diego State (CA) — Dec · View bout
    2. Bob Maldegan (4), Michigan State over Charles Nowlen, Wyoming — Fall 5:54 · View bout
    3. Clay Matthews Sr., Georgia Tech over Bill Priest, Northern Colorado — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    4. Dick Hutton (1), Oklahoma State over Moroni Schwab, Utah State — Fall 4:45 · View bout
    5. Homer Barr, Penn State over Thurman 'Fum' McGraw (3), Colorado State — Dec 6–1 · View bout
    6. Verne Gagne (2), Minnesota over Alvin Dalley, Brigham Young (UT) — Fall 6:20 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bob Maldegan (4), Michigan State over Richard Simmons, Wheaton (IL) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    2. Dick Hutton (1), Oklahoma State over Clay Matthews Sr., Georgia Tech — Fall 4:35 · View bout
    3. Homer Barr, Penn State over Fred Stoeker, Northern Iowa — Fall 7:17 · View bout
    4. Verne Gagne (2), Minnesota over Bob Geigel, Iowa — Dec 5–1 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Dick Hutton (1), Oklahoma State over Bob Maldegan (4), Michigan State — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    2. Verne Gagne (2), Minnesota over Homer Barr, Penn State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Verne Gagne (2), Minnesota over Dick Hutton (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 1–1 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Bob Geigel, Iowa over Alvin Dalley, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 0–0 · View bout
      2. Moroni Schwab, Utah State over Clay Matthews Sr., Georgia Tech — Fall 1:06 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Bob Maldegan (4), Michigan State over Moroni Schwab, Utah State — Fall 5:40 · View bout
      2. Homer Barr, Penn State over Bob Geigel, Iowa — Dec 4–0 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Bob Maldegan (4), Michigan State over Homer Barr, Penn State — Dec 3–2 · View bout