NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1950 NCAA Championships

128 lb

Champion Joe Patacsil, Purdue (IN).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Joe PatacsilPUR
  2. 2Walter RomanowskiCORNC
  3. 3Jack BlubaughOU
  4. 4LuVerne KlarUNI

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

17 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 1 bout

    15 byes into the round of 16

    1. Charles Hetrick (1), Oklahoma State over Robert Schell, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec 5–5 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Ben Knaub, Northern Colorado over Ralph Fuller, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
    2. Bob Morris, Wyoming over Harry Arthur, Indiana (IN) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
    3. Charles Hetrick (1), Oklahoma State over Lou Tschirhart, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
    4. Don Maurey, Penn State over Richard Picard, Illinois — Dec 14–10 · View bout
    5. Joe Patacsil (3), Purdue (IN) over Harold Gilliland, Nebraska — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    6. Ken Carman, Iowa over George Dannaway, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 10–7 · View bout
    7. LuVerne Klar (2), Northern Iowa over George Molodet, Ohio State — Dec 9–3 · View bout
    8. Walter Romanowski (4), Cornell College (IA) over Jack Blubaugh, Oklahoma — Dec 9–3 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Charles Hetrick (1), Oklahoma State over Ken Carman, Iowa — Dec 8–1 · View bout
    2. Joe Patacsil (3), Purdue (IN) over Bob Morris, Wyoming — Dec 13–6 · View bout
    3. LuVerne Klar (2), Northern Iowa over Don Maurey, Penn State — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    4. Walter Romanowski (4), Cornell College (IA) over Ben Knaub, Northern Colorado — Dec 6–2 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Joe Patacsil (3), Purdue (IN) over LuVerne Klar (2), Northern Iowa — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    2. Walter Romanowski (4), Cornell College (IA) over Charles Hetrick (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–4 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Joe Patacsil (3), Purdue (IN) over Walter Romanowski (4), Cornell College (IA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Bob Morris, Wyoming over Harold Gilliland, Nebraska — Fall 5:17 · View bout
      2. Jack Blubaugh, Oklahoma over Ben Knaub, Northern Colorado — Dec 4–4 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Jack Blubaugh, Oklahoma over Charles Hetrick (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 5–1 · View bout
      2. LuVerne Klar (2), Northern Iowa over Bob Morris, Wyoming — Dec 7–2 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Jack Blubaugh, Oklahoma over LuVerne Klar (2), Northern Iowa — Dec · View bout