NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1951 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Gene Gibbons, Michigan State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Gene GibbonsMSU
  2. 2George Graveson Jr.YALE
  3. 3Don ThomasNAVY
  4. 4Ken PrihodaMANK

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Championship

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

16 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Clyde Dilley, Northern Iowa over James Mancuso, Carleton (MN) — Dec 3–0 · View bout
    2. Don Thomas (3), Navy (MD) over Joe Butler, Oklahoma — Fall 4:10 · View bout
    3. Gene Gibbons (1), Michigan State over Ken Prihoda, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    4. George Graveson Jr. (2), Yale (CT) over Floyd Gadt, Toledo (OH) — Dec 9–1 · View bout
    5. Joe Lemyre, Penn State over Bill Fritzsche, Kent State (OH) — Fall 6:55 · View bout
    6. John 'Jack' Platt, Lehigh (PA) over Ken Morton, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    7. Ray Vohden, Rutgers (NJ) over Bill Nardini (4), Cornell College (IA) — Dec · View bout
    8. Tom Titsworth, Oklahoma State over Lou Scalzo, Army (NY) — Dec 11–2 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Don Thomas (3), Navy (MD) over Joe Lemyre, Penn State — Dec 11–7 · View bout
    2. Gene Gibbons (1), Michigan State over John 'Jack' Platt, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    3. George Graveson Jr. (2), Yale (CT) over Clyde Dilley, Northern Iowa — Dec 9–1 · View bout
    4. Ray Vohden, Rutgers (NJ) over Tom Titsworth, Oklahoma State — Dec 7–5 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Gene Gibbons (1), Michigan State over Ray Vohden, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    2. George Graveson Jr. (2), Yale (CT) over Don Thomas (3), Navy (MD) — Dec 6–1 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Gene Gibbons (1), Michigan State over George Graveson Jr. (2), Yale (CT) — Fall 7:10 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Clyde Dilley, Northern Iowa over Floyd Gadt, Toledo (OH) — Dec 2–0 · View bout
      2. Ken Prihoda, Minnesota-Mankato over John 'Jack' Platt, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Don Thomas (3), Navy (MD) over Clyde Dilley, Northern Iowa — Dec · View bout
      2. Ken Prihoda, Minnesota-Mankato over Ray Vohden, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Don Thomas (3), Navy (MD) over Ken Prihoda, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 8–5 · View bout