NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1935 NCAA Championships

165 lb

Champion Howard 'Red' Johnston, Penn State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Howard 'Red' JohnstonPSU
  2. 2Earle KielhornIOWA

Second place was decided in a separate bout after the final.

Connected 1935 165-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

20 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 4 bouts

    12 byes into the round of 16

    1. Dormer Browning, Oklahoma State over Elliott Harris, Lafayette (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Howard 'Red' Johnston, Penn State over Glen King, Central Oklahoma — Dec (no score) · View bout
    3. Olden Gillum, Indiana (IN) over Clayton Bates, St. Lawrence (NY) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    4. Port Robertson, Oklahoma over George Treide, Princeton (NJ) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Art Loux, Lehigh (PA) over Charles Fort, Davidson (NC) — Fall 2:15 · View bout
    2. Bill Currence, Virginia Military over Victor Kodis Sr., Springfield (MA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    3. Earle Kielhorn, Iowa over Claude Young, Kansas State — Dec (no score) · View bout
    4. Herman 'Reds' Bassman, Ursinus (PA) over Charles Andrews, Illinois — Dec (no score) · View bout
    5. Howard 'Red' Johnston, Penn State over Olden Gillum, Indiana (IN) — MFF · View bout
    6. Joe Johnston Sr., West Virginia over Henry Raab, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    7. Paul Green, Northeastern State (OK) over Herman Miller, Temple (PA) — Fall 2:41 · View bout
    8. Port Robertson, Oklahoma over Dormer Browning, Oklahoma State — Dflt · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Earle Kielhorn, Iowa over Bill Currence, Virginia Military — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Howard 'Red' Johnston, Penn State over Joe Johnston Sr., West Virginia — Fall 8:14 · View bout
    3. Paul Green, Northeastern State (OK) over Herman 'Reds' Bassman, Ursinus (PA) — Fall · View bout
    4. Port Robertson, Oklahoma over Art Loux, Lehigh (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Howard 'Red' Johnston, Penn State over Earle Kielhorn, Iowa — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Port Robertson, Oklahoma over Paul Green, Northeastern State (OK) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Howard 'Red' Johnston, Penn State over Port Robertson, Oklahoma — Dec TA 5:13 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 1 bout

    1. Glen King, Central Oklahoma over Olden Gillum, Indiana (IN) — MFF · View bout

    Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

    1. Joe Johnston Sr., West Virginia over Glen King, Central Oklahoma — Not recorded · View bout

    Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

    1. Earle Kielhorn, Iowa over Joe Johnston Sr., West Virginia — Dflt · View bout

    Placement bouts

    2nd-place bout · 1 bout

    1. Earle Kielhorn, Iowa over Port Robertson, Oklahoma — Dflt · View bout