NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1930 NCAA Championships

115 lb

Champion Joe Sapora, Illinois.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Joe SaporaILL
  2. 2Robert AxfordMIT

Second place was decided in a separate bout after the final.

Every wrestler in this weight had an opening-round bye on the printed sheet, so the board starts at the quarterfinals.

Connected 1930 115-pound bracket

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Final →Placements →

Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

8 byes into the quarterfinal

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bobby Pearce, Oklahoma State over Douglas McCarthy, Cornell College (IA) — Fall 1:23 · View bout
    2. Joe Sapora, Illinois over Roy Maize, Penn State — Dec TA 9:03 · View bout
    3. Marvin Leach, Oklahoma over Elrie Arnette, Kent State (OH) — Dec TA 9:51 · View bout
    4. Robert Axford, Massachusetts Tech over Robin Adair, Rochester Tech (NY) — Dec TA 6:15 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Joe Sapora, Illinois over Robert Axford, Massachusetts Tech — Dec TA 6:47 · View bout
    2. Marvin Leach, Oklahoma over Bobby Pearce, Oklahoma State — Dec TA 0:53 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Joe Sapora, Illinois over Marvin Leach, Oklahoma — MFF · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 5 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation semifinal

      Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

      1. Robert Axford, Massachusetts Tech over Roy Maize, Penn State — Not recorded · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Robert Axford, Massachusetts Tech over Marvin Leach, Oklahoma — MFF · View bout