NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1948 NCAA Championships

136 lb

Champion Dick Dickenson, Michigan State.

In 1948 the championships used numbered rounds instead of a bracket, so there was no final. Champions come from the official placement list.

Place winners

  1. 1Dick DickensonMSU

Rounds

Round 1 · 6 bouts

  1. Alan Rice, Minnesota over Ralph Fuller, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
  2. Charles Calderaro, Rutgers (NJ) over Bill Loughlin, City College (NY) — Fall 1:00 · View bout
  3. Dick Dickenson, Michigan State over Dick Black, Northern Iowa — Dec (no score) · View bout
  4. Joe Garcia, Illinois over Tony Verga, Lock Haven (PA) — Fall 12:36 · View bout
  5. Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Navy (MD) over Stan Mousetis, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
  6. Nathan Bauer Sr., Oklahoma State over Simon 'Hawdy' Prizant, Indiana (IN) — Dec (no score) · View bout

Round 2 · 6 bouts

  1. Dick Dickenson, Michigan State over Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Navy (MD) — Dec (no score) · View bout
  2. Joe Garcia, Illinois over Charles Calderaro, Rutgers (NJ) — Fall 13:35 · View bout
  3. Nathan Bauer Sr., Oklahoma State over Alan Rice, Minnesota — Fall 5:36 · View bout
  4. Simon 'Hawdy' Prizant, Indiana (IN) over Ralph Fuller, Waynesburg (PA) — Dflt · View bout
  5. Stan Mousetis, Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Dick Black, Northern Iowa — Dflt · View bout
  6. Tony Verga, Lock Haven (PA) over Bill Loughlin, City College (NY) — Fall 1:38 · View bout

Round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Alan Rice, Minnesota over Stan Mousetis, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
  2. Dick Dickenson, Michigan State over Joe Garcia, Illinois — Dec (no score) · View bout
  3. Nathan Bauer Sr., Oklahoma State over Leon 'L Wayne' Smith, Navy (MD) — Dec (no score) · View bout
  4. Tony Verga, Lock Haven (PA) over Charles Calderaro, Rutgers (NJ) — MFF · View bout

Round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Nathan Bauer Sr., Oklahoma State over Joe Garcia, Illinois — Dec (no score) · View bout
  2. Tony Verga, Lock Haven (PA) over Simon 'Hawdy' Prizant, Indiana (IN) — Fall 8:14 · View bout

Round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Dick Dickenson, Michigan State over Tony Verga, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
  2. Joe Garcia, Illinois over Simon 'Hawdy' Prizant, Indiana (IN) — Fall 10:49 · View bout

Round 6 · 1 bout

  1. Dick Dickenson, Michigan State over Nathan Bauer Sr., Oklahoma State — Dec (no score) · View bout