NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1933 NCAA Championships

118 lb

Champion Rex Peery, Oklahoma State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Rex PeeryOKST
  2. 2Joe PuertaILL
  3. 3Milo 'Mike' MeixellLEH
  4. 4Russ Bleakley Jr.F&M

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 1933 118-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

8 byes into the quarterfinal

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Joe Puerta, Illinois over Avedis Marderosian, Massachusetts Tech — Fall 4:45 · View bout
    2. Larry Gibson, Iowa State over Edward Gillespie, Tufts (MA) — Fall 7:28 · View bout
    3. Milo 'Mike' Meixell, Lehigh (PA) over Leslie 'Pop' Gallt, St. Lawrence (NY) — Fall 7:15 · View bout
    4. Rex Peery, Oklahoma State over Russ Bleakley Jr., Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec TA 9:33 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Joe Puerta, Illinois over Milo 'Mike' Meixell, Lehigh (PA) — Dec TA 9:04 · View bout
    2. Rex Peery, Oklahoma State over Larry Gibson, Iowa State — Dec TA 9:09 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Rex Peery, Oklahoma State over Joe Puerta, Illinois — Dec TA 6:09 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 5 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation semifinal

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Milo 'Mike' Meixell, Lehigh (PA) over Avedis Marderosian, Massachusetts Tech — Dec (no score) · View bout
      2. Russ Bleakley Jr., Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Larry Gibson, Iowa State — Dec (no score) · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Joe Puerta, Illinois over Russ Bleakley Jr., Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Milo 'Mike' Meixell, Lehigh (PA) over Russ Bleakley Jr., Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout