NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1952 NCAA Championships

137 lb

Champion George Layman, Oklahoma State.

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

Place winners

  1. 1George LaymanOKST
  2. 2Bob MorrisUNI
  3. 3Harold ReeceOU
  4. 4Norton ComptonILL

Championship

Round of 16 · 7 bouts

  1. Bob Morris, Northern Iowa over Dick Gunner, Michigan State — Fall 6:00 · View bout
  2. George Layman (1), Oklahoma State over Sam Costanza, Wisconsin — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  3. Harold Reece (3), Oklahoma over Delbert Lockwood, Colorado State — Dec 10–8 · View bout
  4. Len DeAugustino (2), Lock Haven (PA) over Phil Rollins, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 8–0 · View bout
  5. Leo Ballinger, Wyoming over Sam Ruzic, Iowa State — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  6. Norton Compton (4), Illinois over Paul Neville, Colorado — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  7. Rod Norris, Maryland over Warren DePrenger, Cornell College (IA) — Fall 6:45 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bob Morris, Northern Iowa over Len DeAugustino (2), Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  2. George Layman (1), Oklahoma State over Leo Ballinger, Wyoming — Dec 11–2 · View bout
  3. Harold Reece (3), Oklahoma over Rod Norris, Maryland — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  4. Norton Compton (4), Illinois over George Feuerbach, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Morris, Northern Iowa over Harold Reece (3), Oklahoma — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  2. George Layman (1), Oklahoma State over Norton Compton (4), Illinois — Dec 9–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. George Layman (1), Oklahoma State over Bob Morris, Northern Iowa — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Leo Ballinger, Wyoming over Delbert Lockwood, Colorado State — Fall 5:13 · View bout
  2. Sam Costanza, Wisconsin over Len DeAugustino (2), Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 2–2 (tiebreaker) · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Harold Reece (3), Oklahoma over Leo Ballinger, Wyoming — Dec 9–5 · View bout
  2. Norton Compton (4), Illinois over Sam Costanza, Wisconsin — Dec 10–10 (tiebreaker) · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Harold Reece (3), Oklahoma over Norton Compton (4), Illinois — Dec 8–5 · View bout