1932 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 7 weights.
The 1932 NCAA championships had seven weights and 90 bouts. Indiana (IN) won the team title with 14 points; Oklahoma State was second with 11.
Most falls in the least time: Hardie Lewis, Oklahoma · 3 falls in 15:23
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 123 | Joe PuertaIllinois | Illinois | Fall 9:06 over Stanley Ball, Michigan State |
| 134 | Edwin BelshawIndiana (IN) | Indiana (IN) | Dec (no score) over Lyle Morford, Cornell College (IA) |
| 145 | Hardie Lewis · 2nd titleOklahoma | Oklahoma | Dec (no score) over Maynard 'Spade' Harman, Northern Iowa |
| 158 | Carl DougovitoMichigan | Michigan | Dec (no score) over George Martin, Iowa State |
| 174 | Robert HessIowa State | Iowa State | Dec (no score) over LeRoy McGuirk, Oklahoma State |
| 191 | Kermit BlosserOhio | Ohio | Fall 7:56 over Ralph Teague, Southwestern Oklahoma |
| Unlimited | John 'Jack' Riley · 2nd titleNorthwestern (IL) | Northwestern (IL) | Dec (no score) over Art Gerber, Northern Iowa |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1932
Head coach for the 1932 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indiana (IN) | Billy Thom | 14 |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | Ed Gallagher | 11 |
| 3 | Iowa State | Hugo Otopalik | 10 |
| 4 | Northwestern (IL) | Orion Stuteville | 9 |
| T5 | Ohio | Thor Olson | 8 |
| T5 | Oklahoma | Paul V. Keen | 8 |
| 7 | Michigan | Cliff Keen | 7 |
| T8 | Illinois | H.E. Kenney | 6 |
| T8 | Navy (MD) | John Schutz | 6 |
| T8 | Southwestern Oklahoma | Joe Milam | 6 |
| 11 | Cornell College (IA) | Dick Barker | 4 |
| 12 | Kansas | Leon Bauman | 3 |
| T13 | Michigan State | Fendley Collins | 2 |
| T13 | Northern Iowa | Dave McCuskey | 2 |
| T15 | Denver (CO) | Granville Johnson | 1 |
| T15 | Haverford (PA) | Elwood A. Geiges | 1 |
| T15 | Indiana State | Not yet established | 1 |
6 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 1932 scoring rules.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17* | Case-Western Reserve (OH) | Not yet established | 0* |
| 17* | Kansas State | B.R. Patterson | 0* |
| 17* | Lehigh (PA) | Billy Sheridan | 0* |
| 17* | Missouri | Charles Fisher | 0* |
| 17* | Springfield (MA) | Erastus W. Pennock | 0* |
| 17* | Syracuse (NY) | Pop Davison | 0* |
Cite this page: “1932 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/1932/