NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1937 NCAA Championships

135 lb

Champion Ray Cheney, Northern Iowa.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Ray CheneyUNI
  2. 2Fred ParkeyOKST

Championship

Round of 16 · 2 bouts

  1. Morey Villareal, Central Oklahoma over John Lloyd, Indiana State — Dec TA 7:26 · View bout
  2. Ray Cheney, Northern Iowa over Fred Parkey, Oklahoma State — Dec TA 5:07 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Frank Ward, Southwestern Oklahoma over Clifford Duncan, Kansas State — Dec TA 3:40 · View bout
  2. Joe Rivers Jr., Haverford (PA) over Walter Kelsh, Ohio — Dec TA 5:36 · View bout
  3. Morey Villareal, Central Oklahoma over Earle Lancaster, West Virginia — Dec TA 6:38 · View bout
  4. Ray Cheney, Northern Iowa over Mark Wolcott, Lehigh (PA) — Dec TA 6:28 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Morey Villareal, Central Oklahoma over Joe Rivers Jr., Haverford (PA) — Dec TA 5:49 · View bout
  2. Ray Cheney, Northern Iowa over Frank Ward, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec TA 5:47 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Ray Cheney, Northern Iowa over Morey Villareal, Central Oklahoma — Dec · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

  1. Fred Parkey, Oklahoma State over Mark Wolcott, Lehigh (PA) — n/r · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

  1. Fred Parkey, Oklahoma State over Frank Ward, Southwestern Oklahoma — n/r · View bout

Placement bouts

2nd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Fred Parkey, Oklahoma State over Morey Villareal, Central Oklahoma — n/r · View bout

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