1931 NCAA Championships

NCAA D1

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.

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8individual champions

86recorded matches

86recorded outcomes

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Individual champions

1931 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
118	John Engel	Lehigh (PA)	Source final	Recorded final
126	Bobby Pearce	Oklahoma State	Source final	Recorded final
135	Dick Cole	Iowa State	Source final	Recorded final
145	Bill Doyle	Kansas State	Source final	Recorded final
155	LeRoy McGuirk	Oklahoma State	Source final	Recorded final
165	Jack VanBebber	Oklahoma State	Source final	Recorded final
175	Conrad Caldwell	Oklahoma State	Source final	Recorded final
Unlimited	John 'Jack' Riley	Northwestern (IL)	Source final	Recorded final

Team standings (reconstructed)

No team scoring in this era: the NCAA did not score teams at the 1931 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.

1931 recorded NCAA championship matches
Year	Round	Recorded sides	Method	Recorded seeds	Match link
118
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Jesse Arends vs Clarence 'Clarry' Kasden	Fall 1:45	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	John Engel vs Andrew Hesser	Dec TA 3:48	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Samuel Daniels vs Daniel Dicenzo	Fall 5:37	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Stanley Ball vs Sumner Forward	Fall 13:54	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Semifinal Champ 4	Jesse Arends vs Samuel Daniels	Fall 4:05	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Semifinal Champ 4	John Engel vs Stanley Ball	Dec TA 3:50	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Championship final 1st	John Engel vs Jesse Arends	Fall 9:00	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Second-place bout 2nd	Jesse Arends vs Andrew Hesser	Dec TA 1:08	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Consi 4 #2	Andrew Hesser vs Stanley Ball	Dec TA 1:46	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Consi 4 #2	Samuel Daniels vs Clarence 'Clarry' Kasden	FF	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Third-place bout 3rd	Andrew Hesser vs Samuel Daniels	Fall 1:59	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
126
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Joe Fickel vs Hyman 'Henry' Krakowsky	Dec TA 5:06	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Semifinal Champ 4	Bobby Pearce vs Joe Fickel	Dec TA 4:22	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Semifinal Champ 4	Lyle Morford vs Arthur Klein	Dec TA 7:51	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Championship final 1st	Bobby Pearce vs Lyle Morford	Dec TA 2:34	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Second-place bout 2nd	Lyle Morford vs Joe Fickel	Dec TA 0:36	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Third-place bout 3rd	Joe Fickel vs Arthur Klein	Dec TA 2:56	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
135
1931	Round of 16 Champ 16	Dick Cole vs Francis Quillan	Fall 1:20	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Round of 16 Champ 16	Harry Byam vs James Hastings	Fall 2:55	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Round of 16 Champ 16	John Devine vs Frank Shaw	Dec TA 8:23	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Dick Cole vs Harry Byam	Fall 8:21	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Finn Eriksen vs Herman Shea	Fall 3:44	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	John Devine vs Joseph Woodard	Dec TA 2:10	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Stuart Will Sr. vs Bill Anderson	Dec TA 9:12	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Semifinal Champ 4	Dick Cole vs Finn Eriksen	Dec TA 1:55	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Semifinal Champ 4	John Devine vs Stuart Will Sr.	Dec TA 5:41	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Championship final 1st	Dick Cole vs John Devine	Dec TA 1:53	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Second-place bout 2nd	John Devine vs Harry Byam	Dec TA 3:02	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Consi 4 #1	Harry Byam vs Francis Quillan	Fall 2:52	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Consi 4 #1	Joseph Woodard vs Frank Shaw	Dec TA 0:48	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Consi 4 #2	Harry Byam vs Finn Eriksen	Dec TA 0:34	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Consi 4 #2	Joseph Woodard vs Stuart Will Sr.	Dec TA 1:12	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Third-place bout 3rd	Harry Byam vs Joseph Woodard	Fall 5:45	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
145
1931	Round of 16 Champ 16	Bill Doyle vs Ernest Jordan	Fall	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Round of 16 Champ 16	Bliss Sargeant Jr. vs George Dewey Jr.	Fall 6:40	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Round of 16 Champ 16	Walter Thomas vs Ben Spiwak	Fall 9:07	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Round of 16 Champ 16	Walter Young vs William 'Harry' Dyer	Fall 0:30	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Bill Doyle vs Walter Thomas	Dec TA 0:55	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Robert Garrigan vs Giff Foley	Dec TA 7:17	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Walter Young vs Bliss Sargeant Jr.	Dec TA 1:56	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	William 'Bud' Uanna vs Al Rometo	Fall 4:50	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Semifinal Champ 4	Bill Doyle vs William 'Bud' Uanna	Fall 2:15	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Semifinal Champ 4	Walter Young vs Robert Garrigan	Dec TA 5:56	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Championship final 1st	Bill Doyle vs Walter Young	Dec TA 1:48	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Second-place bout 2nd	Walter Thomas vs Walter Young	Dec TA 4:48	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Consi 4 #1	Walter Thomas vs Ernest Jordan	Fall 1:39	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Consi 4 #2	Walter Thomas vs William 'Bud' Uanna	FF	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
155
1931	Round of 16 Champ 16	Dave Coe vs Alexander Pett	Dec TA 6:58	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Round of 16 Champ 16	Elmer Carpenter vs William Robertson	Dec TA 7:40	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Round of 16 Champ 16	James Fawcett vs Louis Vassalotti	Fall 1:35	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Round of 16 Champ 16	LeRoy McGuirk vs Bob Miller	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Elmer Carpenter vs James Fawcett	Dec TA 5:16	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	John Richardson vs Orville Orr	Dec TA 4:02	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	LeRoy McGuirk vs Dave Coe	Dec TA 6:15	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Max Silverstein vs Ned Brody	Fall 3:14	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Semifinal Champ 4	John Richardson vs Elmer Carpenter	Dec TA 9:38	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Semifinal Champ 4	LeRoy McGuirk vs Max Silverstein	Dec TA 3:04	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Championship final 1st	LeRoy McGuirk vs John Richardson	Dec TA 3:35	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Second-place bout 2nd	John Richardson vs Bob Miller	Dec TA 1:48	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Consi 4 #1	Bob Miller vs Dave Coe	Dec TA 1:29	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Consi 4 #2	Bob Miller vs Max Silverstein	Dec TA 1:30	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Consi 4 #2	Orville Orr vs Elmer Carpenter	Dec TA 1:05	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Third-place bout 3rd	Orville Orr vs Bob Miller	MFF	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
165
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Jack VanBebber vs Woods Talman	Dec TA 4:35	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Ray 'RD' Nicholson vs Stewart Woodward	Fall 2:30	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Robert Hess vs Winship Story	Fall 7:00	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Semifinal Champ 4	Jack VanBebber vs Robert Hess	Fall 7:25	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Semifinal Champ 4	Meyer 'Bill' Shanker vs Ray 'RD' Nicholson	Dec TA 0:56	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Championship final 1st	Jack VanBebber vs Meyer 'Bill' Shanker	Fall 4:25	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Second-place bout 2nd	Robert Hess vs Meyer 'Bill' Shanker	Dec TA 0:24	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Consi 4 #2	Robert Hess vs Woods Talman	Dec TA 3:13	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
175
1931	Semifinal Champ 4	Carl Dougovito vs Wes Brown Jr.	Fall 9:34	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Semifinal Champ 4	Conrad Caldwell vs Henry Batt	Dec TA 9:19	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Championship final 1st	Conrad Caldwell vs Carl Dougovito	Dec TA 3:52	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Second-place bout 2nd	Carl Dougovito vs Henry Batt	Fall 4:30	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Third-place bout 3rd	Wes Brown Jr. vs Henry Batt	MFF	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
Unlimited
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Carl 'Hugh' Errington vs Harold Hirshberg	Dec TA 3:16	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Harry Fields vs George Teitz	Fall 1:30	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Quarterfinal Champ 8	John 'Jack' Riley vs Joe McCrary	Fall 1:55	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Semifinal Champ 4	Harry Fields vs Carl 'Hugh' Errington	Fall 1:15	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Semifinal Champ 4	John 'Jack' Riley vs Thomas Rae	Fall 3:00	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Championship final 1st	John 'Jack' Riley vs Harry Fields	Fall 4:30	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Second-place bout 2nd	Harry Fields vs Joe McCrary	Fall 5:53	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Consi 4 #2	Carl 'Hugh' Errington vs George Teitz	MFF	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Consi 4 #2	Joe McCrary vs Thomas Rae	Dec TA 1:18	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1931	Third-place bout 3rd	Carl 'Hugh' Errington vs Joe McCrary	Dec TA 2:49	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open