1951 NCAA wrestling championships

1951 NCAA Wrestling Championships

Tournament information
Sport	College wrestling
Location	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Dates	March 1951–March 1951
Host(s)	Lehigh
Venue(s)	Taylor Gymnasium
Final positions
Champions	Oklahoma (2nd title)
1st runners-up	Oklahoma A&M
2nd runners-up	Penn State
MVP	Walter Romanowski (Cornell College)

The 1951 NCAA Wrestling Championships were the 21st NCAA Wrestling Championships to be held. Lehigh in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania hosted the tournament at Taylor Gymnasium.

Oklahoma took home the team championship with 21 points and having one individual champion.

Walter Romanowski of Cornell College was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler.

Team results

Rank	School	Points
1	Oklahoma	24
2	Oklahoma A&M	23
3	Penn State	15
4	Iowa State Teachers College	10
5	Princeton	8
T-6	Toledo	7
T-6	Ohio State	7
T-6	Michigan State	7
T-9	Waynesburg	6
T-9	Cornell College	6
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Individual finals

Weight class	Championship match (champion in boldface)
123 lbs	Tony Gizoni, Waynesburg DEC Bill Borders, Oklahoma, 7–6
130 lbs	Walter Romanowski, Cornell College DEC Hal Moore, Oklahoma A&M, 5–4
137 lbs	George Layman, Oklahoma A&M DEC Tommy Evans, Oklahoma, 7–4
147 lbs	Keith Young, Iowa State Teachers College DEC Don Frey, Penn State, 5–3
157 lbs	Phil Smith, Oklahoma MAJOR Fred McLean, Ohio State, 10–2
167 lbs	Gene Gibbons, Michigan State WBF George Graveson, Yale, 7:10
177 lbs	Grover Rains, Oklahoma A&M DEC Mike Rubino, Penn State, 3–2
UNL	Brad Glass, Princeton URD Homer Barr, Penn State, 2–2
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