NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1937 NCAA Championships

118 lb

Champion Joe McDaniel, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Joe McDanielOKST
  2. 2Davis NatvigUNI

Championship

Round of 16 · 5 bouts

  1. Bill Carr, Oklahoma over George Benz, St. Lawrence (NY) — Dec TA 7:13 · View bout
  2. Clifford Myers, Indiana (IN) over Fred Leimbrock, Kansas State — Dec · View bout
  3. Davis Natvig, Northern Iowa over Ervin Engle, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec TA 2:40 · View bout
  4. James Knight, Nebraska over Walter Allen Jr., Lehigh (PA) — Fall 6:20 · View bout
  5. John Speicher, Michigan over Louis Jimenez, Case-Western Reserve (OH) — Dec TA 4:29 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Carr, Oklahoma over John Speicher, Michigan — Dec TA 6:23 · View bout
  2. Davis Natvig, Northern Iowa over Clifford Myers, Indiana (IN) — Dec TA 1:46 · View bout
  3. Grant Wright, Central Oklahoma over James Knight, Nebraska — Dec TA 6:07 · View bout
  4. Joe McDaniel, Oklahoma State over George Haynes, Iowa State — Dec TA 6:25 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Carr, Oklahoma over Grant Wright, Central Oklahoma — Dec TA 4:40 · View bout
  2. Joe McDaniel, Oklahoma State over Davis Natvig, Northern Iowa — Dec TA 2:13 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Joe McDaniel, Oklahoma State over Bill Carr, Oklahoma — Dec TA 2:15 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

  1. Davis Natvig, Northern Iowa over George Haynes, Iowa State — n/r · View bout

Placement bouts

2nd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Davis Natvig, Northern Iowa over Bill Carr, Oklahoma — n/r · View bout

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