NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1930 NCAA Championships

165 lb

Champion Jack VanBebber, Oklahoma State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Jack VanBebberOKST
  2. 2Sam ChurchKU
  3. 3Joe SolanoHARV
  4. 4George BelshawIND

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 165-pound bracket

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Final →Placements →

Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

9 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 1 bout

    7 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. George Belshaw, Indiana (IN) over Walter Frank, Syracuse (NY) — Fall 5:59 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. George Belshaw, Indiana (IN) over Charles Cala, Rochester Tech (NY) — Dec TA 9:18 · View bout
    2. Jack VanBebber, Oklahoma State over Joe Solano, Harvard (MA) — Dec TA 6:07 · View bout
    3. Jean Tonkoff, Illinois over Curtis Turner, Oklahoma — Dec TA 5:27 · View bout
    4. Sam Church, Kansas over Sam McCrary, Virginia Military — Dec TA 5:47 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Jack VanBebber, Oklahoma State over Jean Tonkoff, Illinois — Fall 8:23 · View bout
    2. Sam Church, Kansas over George Belshaw, Indiana (IN) — Dec TA 1:32 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Jack VanBebber, Oklahoma State over Sam Church, Kansas — Dec TA 7:40 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 5 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation semifinal

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. George Belshaw, Indiana (IN) over Sam McCrary, Virginia Military — Not recorded · View bout
      2. Joe Solano, Harvard (MA) over Jean Tonkoff, Illinois — Not recorded · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Sam Church, Kansas over Joe Solano, Harvard (MA) — Dec (no score) · View bout

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Joe Solano, Harvard (MA) over George Belshaw, Indiana (IN) — Fall · View bout