NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1938 NCAA Championships

175 lb

Champion John Harkness, Harvard (MA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1John HarknessHARV
  2. 2Swede OlsenSouthwestern Oklahoma
  3. 3Chris TraicoffIND
  4. 4Harry 'Marshall' WordOU

Championship

Round of 16 · 6 bouts

  1. Charles Small, Lehigh (PA) over Bob Williams, Oklahoma State — Dec · View bout
  2. Chris Traicoff, Indiana (IN) over Ernest Bortz, Penn State — Dec · View bout
  3. Edward Valorz, Chicago (IL) over Jack Smith, San Jose State (CA) — Dec · View bout
  4. John Harkness, Harvard (MA) over James Taylor, Cornell College (IA) — Dec · View bout
  5. Swede Olsen, Southwestern Oklahoma over Howard Peters, Syracuse (NY) — Dec · View bout
  6. Wesley Leverich, Illinois over Stan Graze, City College (NY) — Dec · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Chris Traicoff, Indiana (IN) over Charles Small, Lehigh (PA) — Dec · View bout
  2. Harry 'Marshall' Word, Oklahoma over Edward Valorz, Chicago (IL) — Dec · View bout
  3. John Harkness, Harvard (MA) over Wesley Leverich, Illinois — Dec · View bout
  4. Swede Olsen, Southwestern Oklahoma over Don Nichols, Michigan — Dflt · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. John Harkness, Harvard (MA) over Harry 'Marshall' Word, Oklahoma — Dec · View bout
  2. Swede Olsen, Southwestern Oklahoma over Chris Traicoff, Indiana (IN) — Dec · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. John Harkness, Harvard (MA) over Swede Olsen, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Competitor unrecorded and Competitor unrecorded, missing competitor · View bout
  2. Howard Peters, Syracuse (NY) over Don Nichols, Michigan — FF · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Chris Traicoff, Indiana (IN) over Howard Peters, Syracuse (NY) — n/r · View bout
  2. Harry 'Marshall' Word, Oklahoma and Competitor unrecorded, missing competitor · View bout

Placement bouts

2nd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Swede Olsen, Southwestern Oklahoma over Harry 'Marshall' Word, Oklahoma — n/r · View bout

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Chris Traicoff, Indiana (IN) over Harry 'Marshall' Word, Oklahoma — n/r · View bout

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