NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1931 NCAA Championships

165 lb

Champion Jack VanBebber, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Jack VanBebberOKST
  2. 2Robert HessISU

Championship

Quarterfinal · 3 bouts

  1. Jack VanBebber, Oklahoma State over Woods Talman, Virginia Military — Dec TA 4:35 · View bout
  2. Ray 'RD' Nicholson, Case-Western Reserve (OH) over Stewart Woodward, Brown (RI) — Fall 2:30 · View bout
  3. Robert Hess, Iowa State over Winship Story, Tufts (MA) — Fall 7:00 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Jack VanBebber, Oklahoma State over Robert Hess, Iowa State — Fall 7:25 · View bout
  2. Meyer 'Bill' Shanker, Lehigh (PA) over Ray 'RD' Nicholson, Case-Western Reserve (OH) — Dec TA 0:56 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Jack VanBebber, Oklahoma State over Meyer 'Bill' Shanker, Lehigh (PA) — Fall 4:25 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

  1. Robert Hess, Iowa State over Woods Talman, Virginia Military — Dec TA 3:13 · View bout

Placement bouts

2nd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Robert Hess, Iowa State over Meyer 'Bill' Shanker, Lehigh (PA) — Dec TA 0:24 · View bout

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