NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1950 NCAA Championships

155 lb

Champion Bill Nelson, Northern Iowa.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Bill NelsonUNI
  2. 2Ken HunteSYR
  3. 3Byron ToddOKST
  4. 4Bob MasonWYO

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

18 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 2 bouts

    14 byes into the round of 16

    1. Bill Nelson (1), Northern Iowa over Phil Kemp, North Carolina — Dec 6–0 · View bout
    2. Ken Hunte (2), Syracuse (NY) over John Cepuran, Springfield (MA) — Dec 9–3 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Bill Nelson (1), Northern Iowa over Byron Todd, Oklahoma State — Fall 5:13 · View bout
    2. Bob Dwyer, Illinois over Howard Wolfgram, Wartburg (IA) — Fall 8:32 · View bout
    3. Don Govoni, Northern Colorado over Harold Taussig, Wheaton (IL) — Dec 8–3 · View bout
    4. Don Ryan (4), Wisconsin over Tom Lewis, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    5. George Bender, Michigan State over Leonard Marcotte (3), Oklahoma — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    6. George Tesla, Iowa over George Miller, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
    7. Ken Hunte (2), Syracuse (NY) over Bob Mason, Wyoming — Fall 5:34 · View bout
    8. Kent Lange, Cornell College (IA) over Fred McLean, Ohio State — Dec 4–0 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bill Nelson (1), Northern Iowa over Kent Lange, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    2. Bob Dwyer, Illinois over Don Ryan (4), Wisconsin — Dec 3–1 · View bout
    3. George Bender, Michigan State over George Tesla, Iowa — Dec 3–0 · View bout
    4. Ken Hunte (2), Syracuse (NY) over Don Govoni, Northern Colorado — Dec 8–4 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bill Nelson (1), Northern Iowa over Bob Dwyer, Illinois — Dec 10–0 · View bout
    2. Ken Hunte (2), Syracuse (NY) over George Bender, Michigan State — Dec 4–0 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Bill Nelson (1), Northern Iowa over Ken Hunte (2), Syracuse (NY) — Dec 8–1 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

    1. Bob Mason, Wyoming over John Cepuran, Springfield (MA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    2. Byron Todd, Oklahoma State over Phil Kemp, North Carolina — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Bob Mason, Wyoming over Don Govoni, Northern Colorado — Dec 2–1 · View bout
    2. Byron Todd, Oklahoma State over Kent Lange, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bob Mason, Wyoming over George Bender, Michigan State — Dec 1–1 · View bout
    2. Byron Todd, Oklahoma State over Bob Dwyer, Illinois — Dec 5–1 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Byron Todd, Oklahoma State over Bob Mason, Wyoming — Dec 7–2 · View bout