1931 NCAA Wrestling Championships explained

1931 NCAA Wrestling Championships
Sport:College wrestling
Location:Providence, Rhode Island
Start Date:March 27, 1931
End Date:March 28, 1931
Host:Brown University
Venues:Brown Gymnasium
Champions:Unofficial
Oklahoma A&M (4th title)
Runners-Up1:Iowa Agricultural College
Runners-Up2:Kansas State
Previous:1930
Next:1932

The 1931 NCAA Wrestling Championships were the 4th NCAA Wrestling Championships to be held. Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island hosted the tournament at Brown Gymnasium.

Oklahoma A&M took home the team championship with 29 points with four individual champions.[1] [2]

Team results

Rank School Points
1Oklahoma A&M29
2Iowa Agricultural College17
3Kansas State13
4Iowa State Teachers College8
5Lehigh7
T-6Northwestern5
T-6Michigan State5
T-6Michigan5
9Cornell College5
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Individual finals

Weight class Championship match (champion in boldface)
115 lbs John Engel, Lehigh WBF Jesse Arends, Iowa State Teachers College, 9:00
125 lbs Bobby Pearce, Oklahoma A&M TA Lyle Morford, Cornell College, 2:04
135 lbs Richard Cole, Iowa Agricultural College TA John Devine, Oklahoma A&M, 1:53
145 lbs Bill Doyle, Kansas State TA Walter Thomas, Iowa Agricultural College, 1:48
155 lbs LeRoy McGuirk, Oklahoma A&M TA John Richardson, Kansas State, 3:35
165 lbs Jack Van Bebber, Oklahoma A&M WBF Robert Hess, Iowa Agricultural College, 4:25
175 lbs Conrad Caldwell, Oklahoma A&M TA Carl Dougovito, Michigan, 3:52
UNLJack Riley, Northwestern WBF Harry Fields, Haverford, 4:30
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wrestling. 19 April 2017. NCAA.ord. 28 January 2018.
  2. Web site: 4th NCAA Wrestling Tournament. 6 December 2013. wrestlingstats.com. 28 January 2018.