NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1931 NCAA Championships

126 lb

Champion Bobby Pearce, Oklahoma State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Bobby PearceOKST
  2. 2Lyle MorfordCORNC
  3. 3Joe FickelKSU
  4. 4Arthur KleinHARV

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 1931 126-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

5 byes into the quarterfinal

    Quarterfinal · 1 bout

    3 byes into the semifinal

    1. Joe Fickel, Kansas State over Hyman 'Henry' Krakowsky, Case-Western Reserve (OH) — Dec TA 5:06 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bobby Pearce, Oklahoma State over Joe Fickel, Kansas State — Dec TA 4:22 · View bout
    2. Lyle Morford, Cornell College (IA) over Arthur Klein, Harvard (MA) — Dec TA 7:51 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Bobby Pearce, Oklahoma State over Lyle Morford, Cornell College (IA) — Dec TA 2:34 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation semifinal · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the 2nd

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Lyle Morford, Cornell College (IA) over Joe Fickel, Kansas State — Dec TA 0:36 · View bout

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Joe Fickel, Kansas State over Arthur Klein, Harvard (MA) — Dec TA 2:56 · View bout