title: 1949 NCAA Wrestling Championships
text: # 1949 NCAA Wrestling Championships
  
  The 1949 NCAA Wrestling Championships were the 19th NCAA Wrestling Championships to be held. Colorado A&M in Fort Collins, Colorado hosted the tournament at their South College Gymnasium.
  
  Oklahoma A&M took home the team championship with 32 points and having two individual champions.
  
  Charles Hetrick of Oklahoma A&M was named the Outstanding Wrestler.
  
  ## Team results
  
  | Rank | School | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Oklahoma A&M | 32 |
  | 2 | Iowa State Teachers College | 27 |
  | 3 | Cornell College | 21 |
  | 4 | Michigan State | 13 |
  | 5 | Minnesota | 11 |
  | 6 | Purdue | 9 |
  | T-7 | Nebraska | 5 |
  | T-7 | Iowa | 5 |
  | 9 | Syracuse | 4 |
  | T-10 | Illinois | 3 |
  | T-10 | Colorado A&M | 3 |
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  ## Individual finals
  
  | Weight class | Championship match (champion in boldface) |
  | - | - |
  | 121 lbs | Arnold Plaza, Purdue DEC Grady Peninger, Oklahoma A&M, 3–1 |
  | 128 lbs | Charles Hetrick, Oklahoma A&M DEC Leo Thomsen, Cornell College, 4–1 |
  | 136 lbs | Lowell Lange, Cornell College DEC Dick Dickenson, Michigan State, 6–0 |
  | 145 lbs | Keith Young, Iowa State Teachers College DEC Don Anderson, Michigan State, 3–0 |
  | 155 lbs | Bill Nelson, Iowa State Teachers College DEC Ken Hunte, Syracuse, 3–0 |
  | 165 lbs | Bill Smith, Iowa State Teachers College DEC Melbourne Flesner, Oklahoma A&M, 6–1 |
  | 175 lbs | Jim Gregerson, Oklahoma A&M DEC Joe Scarpello, Iowa, 3–1 |
  | UNL | Verne Gagne, Minnesota RD Dick Hutton, Oklahoma A&M, 1–1 |
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