NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1950 NCAA Championships

136 lb

Champion Lowell Lange, Cornell College (IA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Lowell LangeCORNC
  2. 2Floyd OglesbyUNI
  3. 3Leon 'L Wayne' SmithNAVY
  4. 4Charles FarinaPUR

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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 Kenneth Watson, Oklahoma — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    2. Charles Farina (3), Purdue (IN) over Richard Holst, Nebraska Omaha — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    3. Don Meeker (2), Oklahoma State over Richard Lyon, Indiana (IN) — Dec 8–4 · View bout
    4. Floyd Oglesby, Northern Iowa over Peter Polachek, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 9–1 · View bout
    5. Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Navy (MD) over Robert 'Paul' Riggins, Illinois — Dec 18–10 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Charles Farina (3), Purdue (IN) over Bob Wilson, Iowa State — Dec 1–1 · View bout
    2. Floyd Oglesby, Northern Iowa over Don Meeker (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–6 · View bout
    3. Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Navy (MD) over Alan Rice (4), Minnesota — Dec 8–6 · View bout
    4. Lowell Lange (1), Cornell College (IA) over Joe McKIm, California-Berkeley — Dec 6–0 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Floyd Oglesby, Northern Iowa over Charles Farina (3), Purdue (IN) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    2. Lowell Lange (1), Cornell College (IA) over Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Navy (MD) — Dec 8–5 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Lowell Lange (1), Cornell College (IA) over Floyd Oglesby, Northern Iowa — Dec · 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. Don Meeker (2), Oklahoma State over Peter Polachek, Waynesburg (PA) — MFF · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Charles Farina (3), Purdue (IN) over Don Meeker (2), Oklahoma State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
      2. Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Navy (MD) over Joe McKIm, California-Berkeley — Dec 10–8 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Navy (MD) over Charles Farina (3), Purdue (IN) — Dflt · View bout