Joseph Sapora

By school

• No entrants: 1937, 1942, 1946–1947, 1949–1950, 1952.

As a wrestler

Joe Sapora wrestled for Illinois at two NCAA championships, 1929–1930, and went 5–0. Sapora won two titles at 115 lb in 1929 and 1930.

Joe Sapora's full wrestler record, every bout →

Coach and wrestler matched from 2018 Athletics Hall of Fame | University of Illinois Alumni Association, University of Illinois Alumni Association (Inductee entry headed "Joe Sapora, Wrestling (1928-30)", paragraph beginning "At 115 pounds, Joe Sapora was Illinois’ first back-to-back NCAA Champion").

How these are counted

• NCAA tournaments are the championship years in which Joseph Sapora was the established head coach of a team with entrants. They are not years of employment; there were no championships in 1943–45 or 2020.
• A year inside the span with no established coach is listed but not counted. A year with two head coaches counts in full for both.
• Team titles are official NCAA titles from the published standings (1928, 1931 and 1933 have none). Top four and top ten come from the same standings.
• Entries count each wrestler once per tournament; All-Americans are counted as each era awarded them; wins and losses include forfeit, default and disqualification results; falls exclude forfeits.
• The head coach for each year, with sources, is on that year's program page. Report a correction.