NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1952 NCAA Championships

130 lb

Champion Gene Lybbert, Northern Iowa.

There is no bracket drawing for this weight yet. Every recorded bout is listed below by round.

Place winners

  1. 1Gene LybbertUNI
  2. 2Donald ReeceOU
  3. 3Joseph 'Dick' LemyrePSU
  4. 4George LewisWAYN

Championship

Round of 16 · 6 bouts

  1. Bob Datteri, Colorado State over Richard Leffler, Toledo (OH) — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  2. Don Meeker (4), Oklahoma State over Lester Kroeger, Northern Colorado — Fall 1:25 · View bout
  3. Gene Lybbert (1), Northern Iowa over Phil Duggan, Iowa — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  4. George Lewis, Waynesburg (PA) over Linn Long, Colorado — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  5. Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre, Penn State over Merle Dunn, Illinois — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  6. Norvard 'Snip' Nalan (2), Michigan over Robert Steck, Brigham Young (UT) — Fall 1:11 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Donald Reece (3), Oklahoma over Bob Datteri, Colorado State — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Gene Lybbert (1), Northern Iowa over Louis Oscarson, Iowa State — Dec 12–6 · View bout
  3. George Lewis, Waynesburg (PA) over Norvard 'Snip' Nalan (2), Michigan — Dec 12–8 · View bout
  4. Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre, Penn State over Don Meeker (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 8–6 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Donald Reece (3), Oklahoma over George Lewis, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Gene Lybbert (1), Northern Iowa over Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre, Penn State — Dec 11–8 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Gene Lybbert (1), Northern Iowa over Donald Reece (3), Oklahoma — Dec 8–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

  1. Phil Duggan, Iowa over Bob Datteri, Colorado State — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. George Lewis, Waynesburg (PA) over Don Meeker (4), Oklahoma State — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre, Penn State over Phil Duggan, Iowa — Dec 7–6 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre, Penn State over George Lewis, Waynesburg (PA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout