NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1951 NCAA Championships

157 lb

Champion Phil Smith, Oklahoma.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Phil SmithOU
  2. 2Fred McLeanOHST
  3. 3Don GovoniUNCO
  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. Emil Perona, Rutgers (NJ) over Phil Abromovich, Illinois — Dec 9–3 · View bout
    2. Phil Smith, Oklahoma over Joe Arnold, Cornell (NY) — Dec 12–1 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Bill Weick, Northern Iowa over Joel Adelberg, Maryland — Dec 9–3 · View bout
    2. Bob Mason (3), Wyoming over Bill Turley, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 2–1 · View bout
    3. Don Govoni, Northern Colorado over George Bender (4), Michigan State — Dec 5–0 · View bout
    4. Don Swygert, Army (NY) over Bob Long, Auburn (AL) — Fall 8:58 · View bout
    5. Emil Perona, Rutgers (NJ) over Bill Santel, Penn State — Dec 12–3 · View bout
    6. Fred McLean, Ohio State over Gene Paquette, Lehigh (PA) — Fall 5:46 · View bout
    7. Mike Fucci (2), Oklahoma State over Ray Foy, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 9–1 · View bout
    8. Phil Smith, Oklahoma over Don Ryan (1), Wisconsin — Dec 10–8 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Don Govoni, Northern Colorado over Don Swygert, Army (NY) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
    2. Fred McLean, Ohio State over Bob Mason (3), Wyoming — Dec 9–0 · View bout
    3. Mike Fucci (2), Oklahoma State over Emil Perona, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    4. Phil Smith, Oklahoma over Bill Weick, Northern Iowa — Dec 3–2 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Fred McLean, Ohio State over Mike Fucci (2), Oklahoma State — Dflt · View bout
    2. Phil Smith, Oklahoma over Don Govoni, Northern Colorado — Dec · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Phil Smith, Oklahoma over Fred McLean, Ohio State — Dec 10–2 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

    1. Don Ryan (1), Wisconsin over Joe Arnold, Cornell (NY) — Dec 2–1 · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

    1. Bob Mason (3), Wyoming over Gene Paquette, Lehigh (PA) — MFF · View bout
    2. Don Ryan (1), Wisconsin over Bill Weick, Northern Iowa — Fall 2:00 · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bob Mason (3), Wyoming over Mike Fucci (2), Oklahoma State — MFF · View bout
    2. Don Govoni, Northern Colorado over Don Ryan (1), Wisconsin — Fall 5:07 · View bout

    Placement bouts

    3rd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Don Govoni, Northern Colorado over Bob Mason (3), Wyoming — Dec 4–1 · View bout