NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1928 NCAA Championships

145 lb

Champion Melvin Clodfelter, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Melvin ClodfelterOKST
  2. 2Charles SwainIND
  3. 3Tom CoxKansas
  4. 4Albert CampbellILL

Championship

Quarterfinal · 3 bouts

  1. Clair Grooms, Iowa State over Russell Sauer, Michigan — Dec TA 1:36 · View bout
  2. Melvin Clodfelter, Oklahoma State over Albert Campbell, Illinois — Fall 9:50 · View bout
  3. Tom Cox, Kansas over Verne McGrath, Cornell College (IA) — Dec TA 1:30 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Charles Swain, Indiana (IN) over Tom Cox, Kansas — Dec TA 2:15 · View bout
  2. Melvin Clodfelter, Oklahoma State over Clair Grooms, Iowa State — Dec TA 3:53 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Melvin Clodfelter, Oklahoma State over Charles Swain, Indiana (IN) — Dec TA 1:39 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

  1. Albert Campbell, Illinois over Clair Grooms, Iowa State — Dflt · View bout

Placement bouts

2nd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Charles Swain, Indiana (IN) over Albert Campbell, Illinois — Fall 5:10 · View bout

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Tom Cox, Kansas over Albert Campbell, Illinois — Dec · View bout

Bouts as the source workbook records them, in round order. No bracket positions or byes are inferred.