NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1952 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Joe Lemyre, Penn State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Joe LemyrePSU
  2. 2George BenderMSU
  3. 3Ralph SchneiderWAYN
  4. 4Warren SonnemanCORNC

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Championship

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

17 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 1 bout

    15 byes into the round of 16

    1. George Graveson Jr. (2), Yale (CT) over Harold 'Hal' Rusk, Northern Colorado — Fall 6:26 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Bill Mosby (4), Oregon State over Mark 'Jay' Hafen, Brigham Young (UT) — Fall 4:52 · View bout
    2. Clarence 'Bud' Weick, Northern Iowa over Ernie Fischer, Maryland — Dec 1–1 · View bout
    3. Don Heaton, Iowa over Carl Wood, Oklahoma State — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    4. Frank Marks (3), Oklahoma over Martin Schwartz, Illinois — Dec 1–1 · View bout
    5. George Bender, Michigan State over Royal Smith, Colorado — Fall 8:21 · View bout
    6. George Graveson Jr. (2), Yale (CT) over Ken Prihoda, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 7–4 · View bout
    7. Joe Lemyre (1), Penn State over Warren Sonneman, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
    8. Ralph Schneider, Waynesburg (PA) over Harold Broughton, Colorado State — Fall 3:34 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Don Heaton, Iowa over Bill Mosby (4), Oregon State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    2. Frank Marks (3), Oklahoma over Clarence 'Bud' Weick, Northern Iowa — Dec 5–1 · View bout
    3. George Bender, Michigan State over George Graveson Jr. (2), Yale (CT) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
    4. Joe Lemyre (1), Penn State over Ralph Schneider, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 13–7 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. George Bender, Michigan State over Frank Marks (3), Oklahoma — Dec 5–3 · View bout
    2. Joe Lemyre (1), Penn State over Don Heaton, Iowa — Dec 8–3 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Joe Lemyre (1), Penn State over George Bender, Michigan 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. Ralph Schneider, Waynesburg (PA) over Royal Smith, Colorado — Dec 4–3 · View bout
      2. Warren Sonneman, Cornell College (IA) over George Graveson Jr. (2), Yale (CT) — Dec 4–4 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Ralph Schneider, Waynesburg (PA) over Frank Marks (3), Oklahoma — Dec 3–2 · View bout
      2. Warren Sonneman, Cornell College (IA) over Don Heaton, Iowa — Fall 3:30 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Ralph Schneider, Waynesburg (PA) over Warren Sonneman, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout