NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1932 NCAA Championships

174 lb

Champion Robert Hess, Iowa State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Robert HessISU
  2. 2LeRoy McGuirkOKST
  3. 3Ambrose RascherIND
  4. 4Barney CosneckILL

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.

Connected 1932 174-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

13 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 5 bouts

    3 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Ambrose Rascher, Indiana (IN) over DeLoss Osburn, Cornell College (IA) — Dec TA 2:01 · View bout
    2. Ellis Bashara, Oklahoma over James Luker, Northern Iowa — Dec TA 2:31 · View bout
    3. Garrett Coleman, Navy (MD) over Orville England, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec TA 1:05 · View bout
    4. Robert Hess, Iowa State over Barney Cosneck, Illinois — Fall 3:55 · View bout
    5. Wes Brown Jr., Northwestern (IL) over Basil Alspaugh, Denver (CO) — Fall 5:25 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Garrett Coleman, Navy (MD) over Wes Brown Jr., Northwestern (IL) — Fall 7:20 · View bout
    2. Joe Sintic, Ohio over Herb White, Case-Western Reserve (OH) — Fall 6:54 · View bout
    3. LeRoy McGuirk, Oklahoma State over Ambrose Rascher, Indiana (IN) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    4. Robert Hess, Iowa State over Ellis Bashara, Oklahoma — Fall 3:45 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. LeRoy McGuirk, Oklahoma State over Garrett Coleman, Navy (MD) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Robert Hess, Iowa State over Joe Sintic, Ohio — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Robert Hess, Iowa State over LeRoy McGuirk, Oklahoma State — Dec (no score) · 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. Barney Cosneck, Illinois over Ellis Bashara, Oklahoma — Not recorded · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Ambrose Rascher, Indiana (IN) over Garrett Coleman, Navy (MD) — Not recorded · View bout
      2. Barney Cosneck, Illinois over Joe Sintic, Ohio — Not recorded · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. LeRoy McGuirk, Oklahoma State over Barney Cosneck, Illinois — Dec (no score) · View bout

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Ambrose Rascher, Indiana (IN) over Barney Cosneck, Illinois — Dec (no score) · View bout