NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1931 NCAA Championships

135 lb

Champion Dick Cole, Iowa State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Dick ColeISU
  2. 2John DevineOKST
  3. 3Harry ByamMSU
  4. 4Joseph WoodardMICH

Championship

Round of 16 · 3 bouts

  1. Dick Cole, Iowa State over Francis Quillan, Brown (RI) — Fall 1:20 · View bout
  2. Harry Byam, Michigan State over James Hastings, Tufts (MA) — Fall 2:55 · View bout
  3. John Devine, Oklahoma State over Frank Shaw, Lehigh (PA) — Dec TA 8:23 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dick Cole, Iowa State over Harry Byam, Michigan State — Fall 8:21 · View bout
  2. Finn Eriksen, Northern Iowa over Herman Shea, Massachusetts Tech — Fall 3:44 · View bout
  3. John Devine, Oklahoma State over Joseph Woodard, Michigan — Dec TA 2:10 · View bout
  4. Stuart Will Sr., Virginia Military over Bill Anderson, Syracuse (NY) — Dec TA 9:12 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dick Cole, Iowa State over Finn Eriksen, Northern Iowa — Dec TA 1:55 · View bout
  2. John Devine, Oklahoma State over Stuart Will Sr., Virginia Military — Dec TA 5:41 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Dick Cole, Iowa State over John Devine, Oklahoma State — Dec TA 1:53 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Harry Byam, Michigan State over Francis Quillan, Brown (RI) — Fall 2:52 · View bout
  2. Joseph Woodard, Michigan over Frank Shaw, Lehigh (PA) — Dec TA 0:48 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Harry Byam, Michigan State over Finn Eriksen, Northern Iowa — Dec TA 0:34 · View bout
  2. Joseph Woodard, Michigan over Stuart Will Sr., Virginia Military — Dec TA 1:12 · View bout

Placement bouts

2nd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. John Devine, Oklahoma State over Harry Byam, Michigan State — Dec TA 3:02 · View bout

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Harry Byam, Michigan State over Joseph Woodard, Michigan — Fall 5:45 · View bout

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