NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1935 NCAA Championships

175 lb

Champion Ralph Silverstein, Illinois.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Ralph SilversteinILL
  2. 2Lloyd RicksOKST

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

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

16 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Ed Paquette, St. Lawrence (NY) over Stanley Goodrich, Lehigh (PA) — Fall 4:16 · View bout
    2. Edward King Jr., Columbia (NY) over John Gruszecki Jr., Kent State (OH) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    3. Harvey Serfass, Gettysburg (PA) over Jesse 'Leon' Millsaps, Maryville (TN) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    4. John Burgess, Virginia Military over Vern Heiser, Ohio State — Fall 9:45 · View bout
    5. Lloyd Ricks, Oklahoma State over Ray Bunch, Cornell College (IA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    6. Orville Nickerson, Southwestern Oklahoma over Dean Swift, Kansas State — Dec (no score) · View bout
    7. Ralph Silverstein, Illinois over Ray Yoder, Penn State — Fall 3:34 · View bout
    8. Robert Kyle, West Virginia over Adolph Miller, Temple (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Edward King Jr., Columbia (NY) over Robert Kyle, West Virginia — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Lloyd Ricks, Oklahoma State over Harvey Serfass, Gettysburg (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    3. Orville Nickerson, Southwestern Oklahoma over John Burgess, Virginia Military — Dec (no score) · View bout
    4. Ralph Silverstein, Illinois over Ed Paquette, St. Lawrence (NY) — Fall 4:22 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Orville Nickerson, Southwestern Oklahoma over Edward King Jr., Columbia (NY) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Ralph Silverstein, Illinois over Lloyd Ricks, Oklahoma State — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Ralph Silverstein, Illinois over Orville Nickerson, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec TA 3:14 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

      1. Ray Yoder, Penn State over Ed Paquette, St. Lawrence (NY) — Dec (no score) · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

      1. Lloyd Ricks, Oklahoma State over Ray Yoder, Penn State — Dflt · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Lloyd Ricks, Oklahoma State over Orville Nickerson, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec (no score) · View bout