The 1947 NCAA Wrestling Championships were the 17th NCAA Wrestling Championships to be held. The University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois hosted the tournament at Huff Gymnasium.
Cornell College took home the team championship with 32 points, and having two individual champions.
Bill Koll of Iowa State Teachers College was named the Outstanding Wrestler.
Team results Rank School Points 1Cornell College32 2Iowa State Teachers College19 3Oklahoma A&M15 4Michigan State11 5Oklahoma10 6Illinois9 7Iowa6 T-8Purdue5 T-8Iowa State College5 T-10Minnesota4 T-10Michigan4Reference:
Individual finals Weight class Championship match (champion in boldface) 121 lbs Dick Hauser, Cornell College WBF Bill Jernigan, Oklahoma A&M, 3:34 128 lbs Russ Bush, Iowa State Teachers College DEC Lou Kachiroubas, Illinois, 4–2 136 lbs Lowell Lange, Cornell College DEC Nathan Bauer, Oklahoma A&M, 6–3 145 lbs Bill Koll, Iowa State Teachers College DEC Rodger Snook, Cornell College, 7–2 155 lbs Gale Mikles, Michigan State DEC Bill Courtright, Michigan, 2–0 165 lbs Bill Nelson, Iowa State Teachers College WBF Jim Eagleton, Oklahoma, 7:36 175 lbs Joe Scarpello, Iowa DEC Glen Brand, Iowa State College, 10–6UNLDick Hutton, Oklahoma A&M DEC OT Ray Gunkel, Purdue, 5–3Reference:
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