NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1931 NCAA Championships

Unlimited

Champion John 'Jack' Riley, Northwestern (IL).Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1John 'Jack' RileyNW
  2. 2Harry FieldsHAV
  3. 3Carl 'Hugh' ErringtonKSU
  4. 4Joe McCraryOKST

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 Unlimited-pound bracket

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How to read this bracket
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Final →Placements →

Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

7 byes into the quarterfinal

    Quarterfinal · 3 bouts

    1 byes into the semifinal

    1. Carl 'Hugh' Errington, Kansas State over Harold Hirshberg, Lehigh (PA) — Dec TA 3:16 · View bout
    2. Harry Fields, Haverford (PA) over George Teitz, Brown (RI) — Fall 1:30 · View bout
    3. John 'Jack' Riley, Northwestern (IL) over Joe McCrary, Oklahoma State — Fall 1:55 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Harry Fields, Haverford (PA) over Carl 'Hugh' Errington, Kansas State — Fall 1:15 · View bout
    2. John 'Jack' Riley, Northwestern (IL) over Thomas Rae, Springfield (MA) — Fall 3:00 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. John 'Jack' Riley, Northwestern (IL) over Harry Fields, Haverford (PA) — Fall 4:30 · 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 George Teitz, Brown (RI) — MFF · View bout
      2. Joe McCrary, Oklahoma State over Thomas Rae, Springfield (MA) — Dec TA 1:18 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Harry Fields, Haverford (PA) over Joe McCrary, Oklahoma State — Fall 5:53 · View bout

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Carl 'Hugh' Errington, Kansas State over Joe McCrary, Oklahoma State — Dec TA 2:49 · View bout