NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1950 NCAA Championships

121 lb

Champion Tony Gizoni, Waynesburg (PA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Tony GizoniWAYN
  2. 2Arnold PlazaPUR
  3. 3Frank AltmanUNI
  4. 4Bill BordersOU

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

12 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 4 bouts

    4 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Arnold Plaza (1), Purdue (IN) over Bob Worster, Colorado — Dec 11–1 · View bout
    2. Bill Borders (4), Oklahoma over Bob Mendenhall, West Virginia — Dec 9–1 · View bout
    3. Frank Altman (3), Northern Iowa over George Kelly, Wyoming — Dec 9–1 · View bout
    4. Grady Peninger (2), Oklahoma State over Michael Tatone, Minnesota — Dec 4–0 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Arnold Plaza (1), Purdue (IN) over Bill Donecho, Springfield (MA) — Fall 8:56 · View bout
    2. Bill Borders (4), Oklahoma over Bob Gerbino, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
    3. Frank Altman (3), Northern Iowa over Bob Carlin, Indiana (IN) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    4. Tony Gizoni, Waynesburg (PA) over Grady Peninger (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Arnold Plaza (1), Purdue (IN) over Bill Borders (4), Oklahoma — Dec 4–4 (tiebreaker) · View bout
    2. Tony Gizoni, Waynesburg (PA) over Frank Altman (3), Northern Iowa — Dec 7–6 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Tony Gizoni, Waynesburg (PA) over Arnold Plaza (1), Purdue (IN) — Dec 7–6 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

      1 byes into the consolation semifinal

      1. Bob Worster, Colorado over Bill Donecho, Springfield (MA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Bill Borders (4), Oklahoma over Bob Worster, Colorado — Dec 8–1 · View bout
      2. Frank Altman (3), Northern Iowa over Grady Peninger (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 2–0 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Frank Altman (3), Northern Iowa over Bill Borders (4), Oklahoma — Dec 4–2 · View bout