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1st Annual NCAA Wrestling Championships
Wrestling Tournament
@ Iowa State College (Ames, Iowa)
Friday-Saturday, March 30-31, 1928

1928 NCAA Wrestlers
1928 NCAA Wrestlers
This picture, taken at the start of the second day of competition, shows 31 of the 42 contestants. Photo by Cliff Keen. Shared by @NWHOF.

Album: General

1928 NCAA Wrestlers

Album: The Des Moines Register

Arrive Today in Advance of Big Ames Tourney Twenty Wrestling Champs Entered in National Tourney Late Michigan Entries Swell Ames Mat List Grooms, Ames Ace, is Loser to Clodfelter Holding and Beers Take Mat Honors (1 of 2) Holding and Beers Take Mat Honors (2 of 2)

Album: Waterloo Courier

15 Schools Have Entered Matmen in Ames Classic Ames Mat Meet Draws Big Field Grappling Rules in Colleges May Undergo Change Entry List Names 45 for National College Mat Meet at Ames Mat Tourney at Ames Under Way Coaches Meet Old Friends at Dinner for Mat Mentors Finals of Ames Mat Tournament Scheduled Today Oklahoma Aggies Win Four Titles in College Meet

Album: The Des Moines Register

Will Compete in National Meet at Ames

Album: General

1928 NCAA Wrestlers Iowa State Rules Committee

Varsity (Level: Collegiate, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Cornell College [IA], Fort Hays State University [KS], Indiana University, Bloomington [IN], Iowa State University [IA], Northwestern University [IL], Ohio State University [OH], Oklahoma State University (Oklahoma A&M) [OK], University of Chicago [IL], University of Denver [CO], University of Illinois, Champaign [IL], University of Iowa [IA], University of Kansas [KS], University of Michigan [MI], University of Northern Iowa [IA], University of Oklahoma [OK], University of Texas [TX]
Team Final
No team scores reported.
Championship Final (1st)
115 lbs: Harold DeMarsh (Oklahoma State University (Oklahoma A&M) [OK]) > Harold Higgins (Iowa State University [IA]), TD 3:10
125 lbs: Ralph Lupton (Northwestern University [IL]) > Cecil Paxson (University of Kansas [KS]), OTA 2:52 (1OT)
135 lbs: Arthur Holding (Iowa State University [IA]) > Brice Moore (Oklahoma State University (Oklahoma A&M) [OK]), TD 1:36
145 lbs: Melvin Clodfelter (Oklahoma State University (Oklahoma A&M) [OK]) > Charles Swain (Indiana University, Bloomington [IN]), OTA 2:15 (1OT)
158 lbs: Leslie Beers (University of Iowa [IA]) > James Blair (Iowa State University [IA]), TD 2:08
175 lbs: George Rule (Oklahoma State University (Oklahoma A&M) [OK]) > Ralph Hammonds (University of Texas [TX]), TD 5:21
UNL: Earl McCready (Oklahoma State University (Oklahoma A&M) [OK]) > Ralph Freese (University of Kansas [KS]), FALL 0:19
Consolation Final (3rd)
145 lbs: Tom Cox (University of Kansas [KS]) > Albert Campbell (University of Illinois, Champaign [IL]), DEC score?
175 lbs: Floyd Helgerson (Ohio State University [OH]) > Leland Wilson (Cornell College [IA]), FFT 
True Second (2nd)
115 lbs: Marvin Leach (University of Oklahoma [OK]) > Harold Higgins (Iowa State University [IA]), FFT 
125 lbs: Robert Hewitt (University of Michigan [MI]) > Cecil Paxson (University of Kansas [KS]), TD 1:40
135 lbs: Brice Moore (Oklahoma State University (Oklahoma A&M) [OK]) > Blair Thomas (University of Michigan [MI]), FALL 8:15
158 lbs: Theron Donahoe (University of Michigan [MI]) > James Blair (Iowa State University [IA]), FFT 
175 lbs: Ralph Hammonds (University of Texas [TX]) > Floyd Helgerson (Ohio State University [OH]), TD 5:59
UNL: Ralph Webster (University of Illinois, Champaign [IL]) > Ralph Freese (University of Kansas [KS]), FALL 1:59

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