NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1936 NCAA Championships

145 lb

Champion Harley Strong, Oklahoma State.

In 1936 the championships used numbered rounds instead of a bracket, so there was no final. Champions come from the official placement list.

Place winners

  1. 1Harley StrongOKST

Rounds

Round 1 · 6 bouts

  1. Calvert Thomas, Washington & Lee (VA) over Donald Dailey, Minnesota — Dec (no score) · View bout
  2. Frank Gonzales, Lehigh (PA) over Lorrin Woodman, Harvard (MA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
  3. Harley Strong, Oklahoma State over Byron Guernsey, Iowa — Dec (no score) · View bout
  4. Howard McGrath, Cornell College (IA) over Joe Kalpin, Oklahoma — Dec (no score) · View bout
  5. John Hamilton, St. Lawrence (NY) over Grant Wright, Central Oklahoma — Fall 4:00 · View bout
  6. Karl Kitt, Southwestern Oklahoma over Bill Glass, West Virginia — Fall · View bout

Round 2 · 6 bouts

  1. Byron Guernsey, Iowa over John Hamilton, St. Lawrence (NY) — Fall 5:55 · View bout
  2. Calvert Thomas, Washington & Lee (VA) over Bill Glass, West Virginia — Dec (no score) · View bout
  3. Harley Strong, Oklahoma State over Grant Wright, Central Oklahoma — Fall 1:14 · View bout
  4. Howard McGrath, Cornell College (IA) over Lorrin Woodman, Harvard (MA) — Fall 1:17 · View bout
  5. Joe Kalpin, Oklahoma over Frank Gonzales, Lehigh (PA) — Fall 13:42 · View bout
  6. Karl Kitt, Southwestern Oklahoma over Donald Dailey, Minnesota — Dec (no score) · View bout

Round 3 · 4 bouts

  1. Byron Guernsey, Iowa over Howard McGrath, Cornell College (IA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
  2. Harley Strong, Oklahoma State over John Hamilton, St. Lawrence (NY) — Fall 5:30 · View bout
  3. Joe Kalpin, Oklahoma over Calvert Thomas, Washington & Lee (VA) — Fall 7:32 · View bout
  4. Karl Kitt, Southwestern Oklahoma over Frank Gonzales, Lehigh (PA) — Fall 9:28 · View bout

Round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Harley Strong, Oklahoma State over Howard McGrath, Cornell College (IA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
  2. Karl Kitt, Southwestern Oklahoma over Joe Kalpin, Oklahoma — Fall 0:20 · View bout

Round 5 · 1 bout

  1. Karl Kitt, Southwestern Oklahoma over Byron Guernsey, Iowa — Fall 4:54 · View bout

Round 6 · 1 bout

  1. Harley Strong, Oklahoma State over Karl Kitt, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec (no score) · View bout