NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1951 NCAA Championships

Unlimited lb

Champion Brad Glass, Princeton (NJ).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Brad GlassPRIN
  2. 2Homer BarrPSU
  3. 3Harry LanziTOL
  4. 4Bill MillerOHST

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

15 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 7 bouts

    1 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Bill Kerslake, Case-Western Reserve (OH) over John Lezdey, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 9–1 · View bout
    2. Bill Miller (2), Ohio State over Don Berndt, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 10–2 · View bout
    3. Bill Priest (4), Northern Colorado over Art Merriman, Yale (CT) — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    4. Brad Glass (1), Princeton (NJ) over Harry Lanzi, Toledo (OH) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    5. Homer Barr (3), Penn State over George Myers, Iowa — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    6. Jim Murray, Hofstra (NY) over Dick Sloan, Carleton (MN) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
    7. Wilbanks Smith, Oklahoma State over Lee Wachenheim, Northern Iowa — Dec 4–2 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bill Miller (2), Ohio State over Bill Kerslake, Case-Western Reserve (OH) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Bill Priest (4), Northern Colorado over Wilbanks Smith, Oklahoma State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    3. Brad Glass (1), Princeton (NJ) over Jim Murray, Hofstra (NY) — Fall 2:37 · View bout
    4. Homer Barr (3), Penn State over Will Helfferich, Ursinus (PA) — Dec 12–3 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Brad Glass (1), Princeton (NJ) over Bill Priest (4), Northern Colorado — Fall 3:57 · View bout
    2. Homer Barr (3), Penn State over Bill Miller (2), Ohio State — Dec 6–2 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Brad Glass (1), Princeton (NJ) over Homer Barr (3), Penn State — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Harry Lanzi, Toledo (OH) over Jim Murray, Hofstra (NY) — Fall 1:35 · View bout
      2. Will Helfferich, Ursinus (PA) over George Myers, Iowa — Fall 3:55 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Bill Miller (2), Ohio State over Will Helfferich, Ursinus (PA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
      2. Harry Lanzi, Toledo (OH) over Bill Priest (4), Northern Colorado — Fall 3:20 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Harry Lanzi, Toledo (OH) over Bill Miller (2), Ohio State — Dec 8–5 · View bout