NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1952 NCAA Championships

157 lb

Champion Bill Weick, Northern Iowa.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Bill WeickUNI
  2. 2Tom TitsworthOKST
  3. 3Don GovoniUNCO
  4. 4Emil PeronaRUT

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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. Bill Weick (4), Northern Iowa over Bob Fischer, Maryland — Dec 7–1 · View bout
    2. Bryan Rayburn, Oklahoma over Dan Sniff, Colorado State — Dec 12–8 · View bout
    3. Don Govoni (1), Northern Colorado over Tom Lewis, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    4. Don Ryan (3), Wisconsin over Leslie Kramer, Kansas State — Dec 12–4 · View bout
    5. Emil Perona (2), Rutgers (NJ) over Will Lynch, Colorado — Fall 2:21 · View bout
    6. Tom Titsworth, Oklahoma State over Bryan Osburn, California-Los Angeles — Fall 8:40 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bill Weick (4), Northern Iowa over Joe Solomon, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
    2. Don Govoni (1), Northern Colorado over Bryan Rayburn, Oklahoma — Dec 5–0 · View bout
    3. Emil Perona (2), Rutgers (NJ) over Robert Hockley, Wyoming — Dec 9–4 · View bout
    4. Tom Titsworth, Oklahoma State over Don Ryan (3), Wisconsin — Dec 7–2 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bill Weick (4), Northern Iowa over Don Govoni (1), Northern Colorado — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    2. Tom Titsworth, Oklahoma State over Emil Perona (2), Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 6–1 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Bill Weick (4), Northern Iowa over Tom Titsworth, Oklahoma State — Dec 6–0 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Bob Fischer, Maryland over Don Ryan (3), Wisconsin — MFF · View bout
      2. Joe Solomon, Pittsburgh (PA) over Bryan Osburn, California-Los Angeles — Dec 8–2 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Don Govoni (1), Northern Colorado over Bob Fischer, Maryland — Dec 2–1 · View bout
      2. Emil Perona (2), Rutgers (NJ) over Joe Solomon, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 3–3 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Don Govoni (1), Northern Colorado over Emil Perona (2), Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 1–1 · View bout