1928 NCAA Championships
Individual championship awards, preserved source match rows, independently reviewed bracket topology where available, and team standings reconstructed from the recorded match rows under the era’s scoring rules, reconciled against the NCAA’s published totals. This page does not infer official individual placements.
7weights
7individual champions
46recorded matches
46recorded outcomes
2corrected rows
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Evidence | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115 | Harold DeMarsh | Oklahoma State | Source final | Recorded final |
| 125 | Ralph Lupton | Northwestern (IL) | Source final | Recorded final |
| 135 | Arthur Holding | Iowa State | Source final | Recorded final |
| 145 | Melvin Clodfelter | Oklahoma State | Source final | Recorded final |
| 158 | Leslie Beers | Iowa | Source final | Recorded final |
| 175 | George Rule | Oklahoma State | Source final | Recorded final |
| Unlimited | Earl McCready | Oklahoma State | Source final | Recorded final |
Team standings (reconstructed)
No team scoring in this era: the NCAA did not score teams at the 1928 championships, so no team standings exist to reconstruct or publish. Programs appear only through their wrestlers’ recorded results.
Recorded matches
Results remain grouped by the archive’s documented round display order unless a weight links to a verified, approved bracket. Source round counts alone do not establish advancement routes.
| Year | Round | Recorded sides | Method | Recorded seeds | Match link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115 | |||||
| 1928 | Quarterfinal Champ 8 | Marvin Leach vs Frank Thomas | Fall 6:10 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Semifinal Champ 4 | Harold DeMarsh vs Marvin Leach | Dec TA 2:30 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Semifinal Champ 4 | Harold Higgins vs Harold Copeland | Dec TA 6:02 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Championship final 1st | Harold DeMarsh vs Harold Higgins | Dec TA 3:10 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Second-place bout 2nd | Marvin Leach vs Harold Higgins | MFF | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 125 | |||||
| 1928 | Quarterfinal Champ 8 | Cecil Paxson vs Laurance Mantooth | Dec TA 0:06 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Quarterfinal Champ 8 | Mathew Hesser vs Kynard McCormick | Dec TA 5:25 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Quarterfinal Champ 8 | Ralph Lupton vs Ralph Cornick | Dec TA 7:11 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Quarterfinal Champ 8 | Robert Hewitt vs John Heller | Dec TA 8:23 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Semifinal Champ 4 | Cecil Paxson vs Mathew Hesser | Dec TA 2:52 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Semifinal Champ 4 | Ralph Lupton vs Robert Hewitt | Dec TA 2:11 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Championship final 1st | Ralph Lupton vs Cecil Paxson | Dec TA 3:40 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Second-place bout 2nd | Robert Hewitt vs Cecil Paxson | Dec TA 1:40 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Consi 4 #2 | Robert Hewitt vs Ralph Cornick | Dec TA 8:48 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 135 | |||||
| 1928 | Quarterfinal Champ 8 | Blair Thomas vs Finn Eriksen | Dec TA 2:09 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Quarterfinal Champ 8 | J. Brice Moore vs Robert 'Maynard' Bell | Fall 9:50 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Semifinal Champ 4 | Arthur Holding vs Blair Thomas | Dec TA 2:13 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Semifinal Champ 4 | J. Brice Moore vs Theodore 'Pete' Hesmer | Fall 9:40 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Championship final 1st | Arthur Holding vs J. Brice Moore | Dec TA 1:36 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Second-place bout 2nd | J. Brice Moore vs Blair Thomas | Fall 8:15 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 145 | |||||
| 1928 | Quarterfinal Champ 8 | Clair Grooms vs Russell Sauer | Dec TA 1:36 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Quarterfinal Champ 8 | Melvin Clodfelter vs Albert Campbell | Fall 9:50 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Quarterfinal Champ 8 | Tom Cox vs Verne McGrath | Dec TA 1:30 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Semifinal Champ 4 | Charles Swain vs Tom Cox | Dec TA 2:15 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Semifinal Champ 4 | Melvin Clodfelter vs Clair Grooms | Dec TA 3:53 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Championship final 1st | Melvin Clodfelter vs Charles Swain | Dec TA 1:39 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Second-place bout 2nd | Charles Swain vs Albert Campbell | Fall 5:10 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Consi 4 #2 | Albert Campbell vs Clair Grooms | DEF | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Third-place bout 3rd | Tom Cox vs Albert Campbell | Dec | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 158 | |||||
| 1928 | Quarterfinal Champ 8 | Leslie Beers vs Ben Ferrier | DEF | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Semifinal Champ 4 | James Blair vs Jay Ricks | Dec TA 2:08 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Semifinal Champ 4 | Leslie Beers vs Harold 'Theron' Donahoe | Dec TA 2:16 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Championship final 1st | Leslie Beers vs James Blair | Fall 9:05 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Second-place bout 2nd | Harold 'Theron' Donahoe vs James Blair | MFF | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 175 | |||||
| 1928 | Quarterfinal Champ 8 | George Rule vs Art Ruggles | Fall | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Quarterfinal Champ 8 | Leland Wilson vs Kaare Krogh | Dec TA 3:28 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Semifinal Champ 4 | George Rule vs Floyd Helgerson | Dec | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Semifinal Champ 4 | Ralph Hammonds vs Leland Wilson | Fall 2:15 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Championship final 1st | George Rule vs Ralph Hammonds | Dec TA 5:21 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Second-place bout 2nd | Ralph Hammonds vs Floyd Helgerson | Dec TA 5:59 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Consi 4 #2 | Floyd Helgerson vs Art Ruggles | Dec TA 5:20 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Third-place bout 3rd | Floyd Helgerson vs Leland Wilson | MFF | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| Unlimited | |||||
| 1928 | Semifinal Champ 4 | Earl McCready vs Ralph Webster | Fall 2:15 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Semifinal Champ 4 | Ralph Freese vs Ralph Goodale | Dec TA 2:57 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Championship final 1st | Earl McCready vs Ralph Freese | Fall 0:19 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |
| 1928 | Second-place bout 2nd | Ralph Webster vs Ralph Freese | Fall 1:59 | 0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero | Open |