1930 NCAA Wrestling Championships explained

1930 NCAA Wrestling Championships
Sport:College wrestling
Location:State College, Pennsylvania
Start Date:March 28, 1930
End Date:March 30, 1930
Host:Penn State University
Venues:Rec Hall
Champions:Oklahoma A&M (3rd title)
Runners-Up1:Illinois
Runners-Up2:Oklahoma
Previous:1929
Next:1931

The 1930 NCAA Wrestling Championships were the 3rd NCAA Wrestling Championships to be held. Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania hosted the tournament at Rec Hall.

Oklahoma A&M took home the team championship with 27 points with three individual champions.[1] [2]

Team results

Rank School Points
1Oklahoma A&M27
2Illinois14
3Oklahoma12
4Iowa Agricultural College7
5Michigan6
T-6MIT5
T-6Kansas State Agricultural College5
T-8Kansas4
T-8Central State Teachers College4
T-8Ohio State4
T-8Cornell College4
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Individual finals

Weight class Championship match (champion in boldface)
115 lbs Joe Sapora, Illinois MED FFT Robert Axford, MIT
125 lbs Laurance Mantooth, Oklahoma TA Lyle Morford, Cornell College, 1:49
135 lbs Hugh Linn, Iowa Agricultural College TA Louis Bauerle, Illinois, 5:08
145 lbs Hardie Lewis, Oklahoma TA Arlie Tomlinson, Oklahoma A&M, 1:33
155 lbs Otto Kelly, Michigan TA Bryan Watkins, Central State Teachers College, 6:46
165 lbs Jack Van Bebber, Oklahoma A&M TA Sam Church, Kansas, 7:40
175 lbs Conrad Caldwell, Oklahoma A&M TA OT Floyd Helgerson, Ohio State, 0:58
UNLEarl McCready, Oklahoma A&M WBF Lloyd Burdick, Illinois, 2:17
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling. 19 April 2017. NCAA.ord. 28 January 2018.
  2. Web site: 3rd NCAA Wrestling Tournament. 6 December 2013. wrestlingstats.com. 28 January 2018.