1937 NCAA Championships

Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 8 weights.

The 1937 NCAA championships had eight weights and 107 bouts. Oklahoma State won the team title with 31 points; Oklahoma was second with 13. Oklahoma State had four of the eight individual champions.

8weights

8individual champions

107bouts

18wins by fall

Most falls: Bill Norton, Ernest Jessup and Stanley Henson, 2 each

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Individual champions

1937 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Title bout
118	Joe McDanielOklahoma State	Oklahoma State	Dec TA 2:15 over Bill Carr, Oklahoma
126	Dale BrandCornell College (IA)	Cornell College (IA)	Dec TA 1:37 over Ted Anderson, Central Oklahoma
135	Ray CheneyNorthern Iowa	Northern Iowa	Dec (no score) over Morey Villareal, Central Oklahoma
145	Stanley HensonOklahoma State	Oklahoma State	Dec TA 8:30 over Jack McIlvoy, Illinois
155	Bill KeasOklahoma	Oklahoma	Dec TA 0:45 over Ernest Jessup, Kansas State
165	Harvey BaseOklahoma State	Oklahoma State	Dec TA 3:40 over Harry 'Marshall' Word, Oklahoma
175	John WhitakerMinnesota	Minnesota	Dec TA 6:07 over John Ginay, Illinois
Unlimited	Lloyd RicksOklahoma State	Oklahoma State	Dec TA 1:35 over Clifton Gustafson, Minnesota

Team standings

Scoring details →

Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1937

Head coach for the 1937 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.

1937 team standings
Rank	Program	Head coach	Points
1	Oklahoma State	Ed Gallagher	31
2	Oklahoma	Paul V. Keen	13
T3	Minnesota	Dave Bartelma	9
T3	Northern Iowa	Dave McCuskey	9
5	Illinois	H.E. Kenney	8
6	Cornell College (IA)	Dick Barker	7
7	Kansas State	B.R. Patterson	5
T8	Central Oklahoma	Gene Smith	4
T8	Indiana (IN)	Billy Thom	4
10	Iowa State	Hugo Otopalik	3
11	Michigan	Cliff Keen	2
T12	Chicago (IL)	Spyros K. Vorres	1
T12	Haverford (PA)	René Blanc-Roos	1
T12	Southwestern Oklahoma	Marion Surbeck	1
T12	St. Lawrence (NY)	Roy Bennett Clogston	1
T12	West Virginia	Albert Gwynne	1

8 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings

* Calculated from the bouts under the 1937 scoring rules.

1937 programs not in the published standings
Rank	Program	Head coach	Points
13*	Nebraska	Jerry Adam	1*
15*	Case-Western Reserve (OH)	Not yet established	0*
15*	Indiana State	Not yet established	0*
15*	Kent State (OH)	Joe Begala	0*
15*	Lafayette (PA)	Not yet established	0*
15*	Lehigh (PA)	Billy Sheridan	0*
15*	Michigan State	Fendley Collins	0*
15*	Ohio	Thor Olson	0*

Cite this page: “1937 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/1937/