NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1952 NCAA Championships

123 lb

Champion Bill Borders, Oklahoma.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Bill BordersOU
  2. 2Harry ArthurIND
  3. 3Lou KachiroubasILL
  4. 4John Lee Jr.HARV

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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 Borders (1), Oklahoma over Lou Kachiroubas, Illinois — Dec 8–2 · View bout
    2. Bob Mancuso Sr. (4), Kansas State over Arnold Wilson, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
    3. Larry Nonnie, Northern Colorado over Joe Lobaugh, Oklahoma State — Dec 9–0 · View bout
    4. Pat McCarron, Northern Iowa over Bob Homan (2), Penn State — Dec 6–5 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bill Borders (1), Oklahoma over John Lee Jr., Harvard (MA) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
    2. Bob Mancuso Sr. (4), Kansas State over George Artemis, Colorado — Dec 4–4 · View bout
    3. Harry Arthur (3), Indiana (IN) over Larry Nonnie, Northern Colorado — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    4. Pat McCarron, Northern Iowa over Paul Boyko, Toledo (OH) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bill Borders (1), Oklahoma over Bob Mancuso Sr. (4), Kansas State — Dec 10–3 · View bout
    2. Harry Arthur (3), Indiana (IN) over Pat McCarron, Northern Iowa — Dec 1–1 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Bill Borders (1), Oklahoma over Harry Arthur (3), Indiana (IN) — Dec 15–6 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

      1 byes into the consolation semifinal

      1. Lou Kachiroubas, Illinois over Larry Nonnie, Northern Colorado — Dec 3–0 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. John Lee Jr., Harvard (MA) over Pat McCarron, Northern Iowa — Dec 2–2 · View bout
      2. Lou Kachiroubas, Illinois over Bob Mancuso Sr. (4), Kansas State — Fall 3:42 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Lou Kachiroubas, Illinois over John Lee Jr., Harvard (MA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout