NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1931 NCAA Championships

155 lb

Champion LeRoy McGuirk, Oklahoma State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1LeRoy McGuirkOKST
  2. 2John RichardsonKSU
  3. 3Orville OrrUNI
  4. 4Bob MillerNW

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.

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

12 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 4 bouts

    4 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Dave Coe, Springfield (MA) over Alexander Pett, Wheaton (IL) — Dec TA 6:58 · View bout
    2. Elmer Carpenter, Syracuse (NY) over William Robertson, Harvard (MA) — Dec TA 7:40 · View bout
    3. James Fawcett, Rutgers (NJ) over Louis Vassalotti, Massachusetts Tech — Fall 1:35 · View bout
    4. LeRoy McGuirk, Oklahoma State over Bob Miller, Northwestern (IL) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Elmer Carpenter, Syracuse (NY) over James Fawcett, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec TA 5:16 · View bout
    2. John Richardson, Kansas State over Orville Orr, Northern Iowa — Dec TA 4:02 · View bout
    3. LeRoy McGuirk, Oklahoma State over Dave Coe, Springfield (MA) — Dec TA 6:15 · View bout
    4. Max Silverstein, Navy (MD) over Ned Brody, Brown (RI) — Fall 3:14 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. John Richardson, Kansas State over Elmer Carpenter, Syracuse (NY) — Dec TA 9:38 · View bout
    2. LeRoy McGuirk, Oklahoma State over Max Silverstein, Navy (MD) — Dec TA 3:04 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. LeRoy McGuirk, Oklahoma State over John Richardson, Kansas State — Dec TA 3:35 · 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. Bob Miller, Northwestern (IL) over Dave Coe, Springfield (MA) — Dec TA 1:29 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Bob Miller, Northwestern (IL) over Max Silverstein, Navy (MD) — Dec TA 1:30 · View bout
      2. Orville Orr, Northern Iowa over Elmer Carpenter, Syracuse (NY) — Dec TA 1:05 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. John Richardson, Kansas State over Bob Miller, Northwestern (IL) — Dec TA 1:48 · View bout

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Orville Orr, Northern Iowa over Bob Miller, Northwestern (IL) — MFF · View bout