NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1930 NCAA Championships

Unlimited

Champion Earl McCready, Oklahoma State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Earl McCreadyOKST
  2. 2Lloyd BurdickILL
  3. 3Carl 'Hugh' ErringtonKSU
  4. 4Ralph 'Cy' DudleyRIT

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.

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

Connected 1930 Unlimited-pound bracket

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How to read this bracket
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  • "↩" is where a wrestler arrived from the championship bracket.
  • The score opens the bout.
Final →Placements →

Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

8 byes into the quarterfinal

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Carl 'Hugh' Errington, Kansas State over Thomas Boyd, Waynesburg (PA) — Fall 1:09 · View bout
    2. Earl McCready, Oklahoma State over Paul Ahern, Syracuse (NY) — Fall 1:56 · View bout
    3. Lloyd Burdick, Illinois over Ralph 'Cy' Dudley, Rochester Tech (NY) — Fall 4:32 · View bout
    4. Russ Fairall, Ohio State over Max Sonderby, Chicago (IL) — Dec TA 6:20 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Earl McCready, Oklahoma State over Carl 'Hugh' Errington, Kansas State — Fall 2:05 · View bout
    2. Lloyd Burdick, Illinois over Russ Fairall, Ohio State — Fall 4:06 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Earl McCready, Oklahoma State over Lloyd Burdick, Illinois — Fall 2:17 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 5 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation semifinal

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Carl 'Hugh' Errington, Kansas State over Paul Ahern, Syracuse (NY) — Not recorded · View bout
      2. Ralph 'Cy' Dudley, Rochester Tech (NY) over Russ Fairall, Ohio State — Dec (no score) · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Lloyd Burdick, Illinois over Carl 'Hugh' Errington, Kansas State — Dec (no score) · View bout

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Carl 'Hugh' Errington, Kansas State over Ralph 'Cy' Dudley, Rochester Tech (NY) — Fall · View bout