NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1951 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Grover Rains, Oklahoma State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Grover RainsOKST
  2. 2Mike Rubino Sr.PSU
  3. 3Dick TorioTOL
  4. 4Bentley LyonCAL

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

14 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 6 bouts

    2 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Bentley Lyon (3), California-Berkeley over Martin Schwartz, Illinois — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    2. Bob Mulvaney, Hofstra (NY) over Don Dickason, Cornell (NY) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
    3. Grover Rains (1), Oklahoma State over Dick Torio, Toledo (OH) — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    4. Maynard Skinner (4), Colorado over Phil Donatelli, Lehigh (PA) — Dec · View bout
    5. Mike Rubino Sr. (2), Penn State over Ralph Sampson, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 9–1 · View bout
    6. Ray Carlson, Waynesburg (PA) over Jerome Steinberg, City College (NY) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bentley Lyon (3), California-Berkeley over Bob Mulvaney, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
    2. Grover Rains (1), Oklahoma State over Ray Carlson, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 10–1 · View bout
    3. Maynard Skinner (4), Colorado over Jack Fisk, Northern Iowa — Dec 5–0 · View bout
    4. Mike Rubino Sr. (2), Penn State over Peter Bender, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 11–3 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Grover Rains (1), Oklahoma State over Maynard Skinner (4), Colorado — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    2. Mike Rubino Sr. (2), Penn State over Bentley Lyon (3), California-Berkeley — Dec 3–1 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Grover Rains (1), Oklahoma State over Mike Rubino Sr. (2), Penn State — Dec 3–2 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Dick Torio, Toledo (OH) over Ray Carlson, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
      2. Peter Bender, Rutgers (NJ) over Ralph Sampson, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 7–4 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Bentley Lyon (3), California-Berkeley over Peter Bender, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
      2. Dick Torio, Toledo (OH) over Maynard Skinner (4), Colorado — Dec 3–2 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Dick Torio, Toledo (OH) over Bentley Lyon (3), California-Berkeley — MFF · View bout