1929 NCAA Championships

NCAA D1

Individual championship awards, preserved source match rows, independently reviewed bracket topology where available, and team standings reconstructed from the recorded match rows under the era’s scoring rules, reconciled against the NCAA’s published totals. This page does not infer official individual placements.

8weights

8individual champions

71recorded matches

71recorded outcomes

0corrected rows

Open 1929 in Match Finder

Individual champions

1929 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
115	Joe Sapora	Illinois	Source final	Recorded final
125	Laurance Mantooth	Oklahoma	Source final	Recorded final
135	George Minot	Illinois	Source final	Recorded final
145	George Bancroft	Oklahoma State	Source final	Recorded final
155	Jack VanBebber	Oklahoma State	Source final	Recorded final
165	Conrad Caldwell	Oklahoma State	Source final	Recorded final
175	Glenn Stafford	Cornell (NY)	Source final	Recorded final
Unlimited	Earl McCready	Oklahoma State	Source final	Recorded final

Team standings (reconstructed)

Points are recomputed from this year’s recorded match rows under the 1929 rule set: advancement (including bye advancement), bonus, and guaranteed-place increments, plus any curated adjustments. 2 of 24 program-years match the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book totals exactly; 9 differ from the published total.

1929 reconstructed team standings
Rank	Program	Points	Bonus	Placement
1	Oklahoma State	23	3	20
2	Michigan	16	4	12
3	Oklahoma	12	1	11
4	Illinois	11	1	10
5	Wisconsin	6	2	4
6	Cornell (NY)	5	0	5
7	Purdue (IN)	3	0	3
8	Ohio State	2	2	0
9	Iowa	1	0	1
9	West Virginia	1	1	0
9	Nebraska	1	1	0
9	Rochester Tech (NY)	1	1	0
13	Case-Western Reserve (OH)	0	0	0
13	Chicago (IL)	0	0	0
13	Cornell College (IA)	0	0	0
13	Indianapolis (IN)	0	0	0
13	Iowa State	0	0	0
13	Kent State (OH)	0	0	0
13	Marshall (WV)	0	0	0
13	Northwestern (IL)	0	0	0
13	Ohio	0	0	0
13	Penn State	0	0	0
13	Virginia Tech	0	0	0
13	Wilmington (OH)	0	0	0

Published standings: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1929. Programs the book lists without an archive entry that year are not shown.

Recorded matches

Results remain grouped by the archive’s documented round display order unless a weight links to a verified, approved bracket. Source round counts alone do not establish advancement routes.

1929 recorded NCAA championship matches
Year	Round	Recorded sides	Method	Recorded seeds	Match link
115
1929	Semifinal Champ 4	Joe Sapora vs Marvin Leach	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Championship final 1st	Joe Sapora vs Dell Shockley	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Second-place bout 2nd	Marvin Leach vs Dell Shockley	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
125
1929	Round of 16 Champ 16	Dick Cole vs Ted Wilson	Dec TA 8:30	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Round of 16 Champ 16	Hyman Josefson vs Charles Himan	Dec TA 7:55	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Round of 16 Champ 16	Laurance Mantooth vs David Holt	Dec TA 8:50	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Round of 16 Champ 16	Mathew Hesser vs Hyman 'Henry' Krakowsky	Dec TA 5:16	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Round of 16 Champ 16	Ralph Lupton vs George 'Milton' Andes Jr.	Dec TA 2:37	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Round of 16 Champ 16	Robert Hewitt vs William Stinson	Dec TA 7:38	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Dick Cole vs Ralph Lupton	Dec TA 1:45	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Laurance Mantooth vs Hyman Josefson	Dec TA 2:04	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Mathew Hesser vs Claude McMillion	Fall 5:39	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Robert Hewitt vs Sam Vercoe	Dflt	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Semifinal Champ 4	Laurance Mantooth vs Robert Hewitt	Dec TA 2:31	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Semifinal Champ 4	Mathew Hesser vs Dick Cole	Dec TA 1:45	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Championship final 1st	Laurance Mantooth vs Mathew Hesser	Dec TA 3:59	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Second-place bout 2nd	Robert Hewitt vs Mathew Hesser	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Consi 4 #1	Hyman Josefson vs David Holt	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Consi 4 #2	Robert Hewitt vs Hyman Josefson	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
135
1929	Round of 16 Champ 16	George Minot vs Cecil Glass	Dec TA 7:04	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Round of 16 Champ 16	Jimmie Cox vs Walter Young	Dec TA 3:40	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Edwin Elliott vs George Stetson	Dec TA 1:22	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Quarterfinal Champ 8	George Minot vs ? Massey	Dec TA 8:44	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Jimmie Cox vs Fernado Forteza	Fall 8:20	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Leo Miller vs William Adler	Fall 5:34	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Semifinal Champ 4	George Minot vs Leo Miller	Fall 1:38	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Semifinal Champ 4	Jimmie Cox vs Edwin Elliott	Dec TA 0:32	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Championship final 1st	George Minot vs Jimmie Cox	Dec TA 6:48	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Second-place bout 2nd	Leo Miller vs Jimmie Cox	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Consi 4 #1	Cecil Glass vs ? Massey	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Consi 4 #2	Leo Miller vs Cecil Glass	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
145
1929	Round of 16 Champ 16	Albert Montgomery vs Gordon Brill	Dec TA 9:00	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Albert Montgomery vs William 'Harry' Dyer	Dec TA 8:07	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Quarterfinal Champ 8	George Bancroft vs Fred Robinson Jr.	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Gomer Stelljes vs Guy Shinn	Dec TA 0:47	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Quarterfinal Champ 8	James 'Otto' Kelly vs Herbert Burns	Fall 1:41	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Semifinal Champ 4	George Bancroft vs Albert Montgomery	Dec TA 2:25	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Semifinal Champ 4	James 'Otto' Kelly vs Gomer Stelljes	Dec TA 3:03	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Championship final 1st	George Bancroft vs James 'Otto' Kelly	Dec TA 5:11	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Second-place bout 2nd	James 'Otto' Kelly vs Albert Montgomery	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Consi 4 #2	Albert Montgomery vs Fred Robinson Jr.	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Consi 4 #2	Gomer Stelljes vs Herbert Burns	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Third-place bout 3rd	Albert Montgomery vs Gomer Stelljes	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
155
1929	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Ferdinand Hammer vs Amel Bresson	Fall 4:31	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Ray Parker vs Adolph Simic	Dflt	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Semifinal Champ 4	Ferdinand Hammer vs George Whitney	Fall 6:32	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Semifinal Champ 4	Jack VanBebber vs Ray Parker	Dec TA 4:02	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Championship final 1st	Jack VanBebber vs Ferdinand Hammer	Dec TA 4:32	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Second-place bout 2nd	Ray Parker vs Ferdinand Hammer	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
165
1929	Round of 16 Champ 16	Charles Cala vs Eugene Bales	Fall 2:31	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Albert Tiffany vs Joe Begala	Dec TA 6:40	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Conrad Caldwell vs Ben Hooker	Dec TA 4:30	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Joe Toman vs Charles Cala	Fall 7:40	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Robert Warren vs Sherman Crow	Fall 8:20	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Semifinal Champ 4	Conrad Caldwell vs Albert Tiffany	Dec TA 2:45	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Semifinal Champ 4	Robert Warren vs Joe Toman	Dec TA 4:00	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Championship final 1st	Conrad Caldwell vs Robert Warren	Dec TA 1:32	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Second-place bout 2nd	Ben Hooker vs Robert Warren	Dec TA 9:30	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Consi 4 #2	Ben Hooker vs Albert Tiffany	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
175
1929	Semifinal Champ 4	Carl Dougovito vs Chester Dotter	Dec TA 6:33	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Semifinal Champ 4	Glenn Stafford vs Leland Heywood	Dec TA 6:43	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Championship final 1st	Glenn Stafford vs Carl Dougovito	Dec TA 4:08	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Second-place bout 2nd	Carl Dougovito vs Leland Heywood	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Third-place bout 3rd	Leland Heywood vs Chester Dotter	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
Unlimited
1929	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Earl McCready vs Selmer Swenson	Dec TA 7:17	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Russ Fairall vs Max Sonderby	Fall 6:12	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Semifinal Champ 4	Earl McCready vs John Heppl	Fall 2:06	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Semifinal Champ 4	Russ Fairall vs Leo 'Firpo' Draveling	Fall 8:45	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Championship final 1st	Earl McCready vs Russ Fairall	Fall 1:25	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Second-place bout 2nd	Selmer Swenson vs Russ Fairall	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1929	Consi 4 #2	Selmer Swenson vs John Heppl	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open