NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1930 NCAA Championships

135 lb

Champion Hugh Linn, Iowa State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Hugh LinnISU
  2. 2Louis BauerleILL
  3. 3Sherman StephensonOKST
  4. 4Norman StonerMSU

Second place was decided in a separate bout after the final. The runner-up won, so the wrestlers he had beaten wrestled back for 3rd place.

Connected 1930 135-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

11 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 3 bouts

    5 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Hugh Linn, Iowa State over Grant Stein, Penn State — Fall 7:55 · View bout
    2. Norman Stoner, Michigan State over Robert Kent, Rochester Tech (NY) — Fall 7:19 · View bout
    3. Sherman Stephenson, Oklahoma State over Ralph Anderton, Brown (RI) — Dec TA 1:50 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. George Feild, Virginia Military over Bill Anderson, Syracuse (NY) — Dec TA 2:47 · View bout
    2. Hugh Linn, Iowa State over Norman Stoner, Michigan State — Dec TA 9:10 · View bout
    3. Joe Fickel, Kansas State over Edwin Belshaw, Indiana (IN) — Fall 5:59 · View bout
    4. Louis Bauerle, Illinois over Sherman Stephenson, Oklahoma State — Dec TA 8:02 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Hugh Linn, Iowa State over Joe Fickel, Kansas State — Fall 6:04 · View bout
    2. Louis Bauerle, Illinois over George Feild, Virginia Military — Dec TA 9:00 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Hugh Linn, Iowa State over Louis Bauerle, Illinois — Dec TA 5:08 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

      1 byes into the consolation semifinal

      1. Norman Stoner, Michigan State over Grant Stein, Penn State — Not recorded · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Norman Stoner, Michigan State over Joe Fickel, Kansas State — Not recorded · View bout
      2. Sherman Stephenson, Oklahoma State over George Feild, Virginia Military — Not recorded · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Louis Bauerle, Illinois over Norman Stoner, Michigan State — Dec (no score) · View bout

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Sherman Stephenson, Oklahoma State over Norman Stoner, Michigan State — Dec (no score) · View bout