NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1950 NCAA Championships

165 lb

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

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Bill SmithUNI
  2. 2James LaRockITHA
  3. 3Gene GibbonsMSU
  4. 4Bill NardiniCORNC

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

12 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 4 bouts

    4 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Bill Nardini, Cornell College (IA) over Bob Lessl, Wisconsin — Dec 8–5 · View bout
    2. Bill Smith (1), Northern Iowa over Oscar Gupton, North Carolina — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    3. James LaRock (3), Ithaca (NY) over Bill Mosby, Oregon State — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    4. Mel Spence, Northern Colorado over Gilbert Gaumer (4), Illinois — Dec 6–0 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bill Nardini, Cornell College (IA) over Joe Butler (2), Oklahoma — Dec 6–6 · View bout
    2. Bill Smith (1), Northern Iowa over Gene Gibbons, Michigan State — Dec 2–0 · View bout
    3. James LaRock (3), Ithaca (NY) over Charles Mancuso, Nebraska Omaha — Fall 1:38 · View bout
    4. Mel Spence, Northern Colorado over Dale Federer, Wyoming — Dec 8–5 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bill Smith (1), Northern Iowa over Mel Spence, Northern Colorado — Dec 6–0 · View bout
    2. James LaRock (3), Ithaca (NY) over Bill Nardini, Cornell College (IA) — Fall 6:57 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Bill Smith (1), Northern Iowa over James LaRock (3), Ithaca (NY) — Dec 10–7 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Bill Mosby, Oregon State over Charles Mancuso, Nebraska Omaha — Dec 0–0 · View bout
      2. Gene Gibbons, Michigan State over Oscar Gupton, North Carolina — Dec 2–1 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Bill Nardini, Cornell College (IA) over Bill Mosby, Oregon State — Dec 8–6 · View bout
      2. Gene Gibbons, Michigan State over Mel Spence, Northern Colorado — Dec 11–1 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Gene Gibbons, Michigan State over Bill Nardini, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout