NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1952 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Bentley Lyon, California-Berkeley.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Bentley LyonCAL
  2. 2Maynard SkinnerCOLO
  3. 3Ted WeaverKSU
  4. 4Ray VohdenRUT

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Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

13 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 5 bouts

    3 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Bentley Lyon (1), California-Berkeley over Ted Weaver, Kansas State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    2. Ed Lanzi, Toledo (OH) over Ned Blass (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 6–5 · View bout
    3. Maynard Skinner (3), Colorado over Larry Cotton, Oklahoma — Fall 2:30 · View bout
    4. Peter Blair, Navy (MD) over Bob Wirds (2), Iowa State — Dec 4–4 · View bout
    5. Ray Vohden, Rutgers (NJ) over Ray Carlson, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 3–3 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bentley Lyon (1), California-Berkeley over Ray Vohden, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
    2. Dewey McConnell, Wyoming over Ed Lanzi, Toledo (OH) — Dflt · View bout
    3. Gus Gatto, Northern Iowa over Peter Blair, Navy (MD) — Dec 7–2 · View bout
    4. Maynard Skinner (3), Colorado over Drew Shumway, Brigham Young (UT) — Fall 6:23 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bentley Lyon (1), California-Berkeley over Dewey McConnell, Wyoming — Dec 8–3 · View bout
    2. Maynard Skinner (3), Colorado over Gus Gatto, Northern Iowa — Fall 5:48 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Bentley Lyon (1), California-Berkeley over Maynard Skinner (3), Colorado — Dec 3–3 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Ray Vohden, Rutgers (NJ) over Larry Cotton, Oklahoma — Dec 8–2 · View bout
      2. Ted Weaver, Kansas State over Drew Shumway, Brigham Young (UT) — Fall 2:44 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Ray Vohden, Rutgers (NJ) over Gus Gatto, Northern Iowa — Dec 5–1 · View bout
      2. Ted Weaver, Kansas State over Dewey McConnell, Wyoming — Dec 3–0 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Ted Weaver, Kansas State over Ray Vohden, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 5–0 · View bout