NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1937 NCAA Championships

135 lb

Champion Ray Cheney, Northern Iowa.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Ray CheneyUNI
  2. 2Fred ParkeyOKST

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

Connected 1937 135-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

10 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 2 bouts

    6 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Morey Villareal, Central Oklahoma over John Lloyd, Indiana State — Dec TA 7:26 · View bout
    2. Ray Cheney, Northern Iowa over Fred Parkey, Oklahoma State — Dec TA 5:07 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Frank Ward, Southwestern Oklahoma over Clifford Duncan, Kansas State — Dec TA 3:40 · View bout
    2. Joe Rivers Jr., Haverford (PA) over Walter Kelsh, Ohio — Dec TA 5:36 · View bout
    3. Morey Villareal, Central Oklahoma over Earle Lancaster, West Virginia — Dec TA 6:38 · View bout
    4. Ray Cheney, Northern Iowa over Mark Wolcott, Lehigh (PA) — Dec TA 6:28 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Morey Villareal, Central Oklahoma over Joe Rivers Jr., Haverford (PA) — Dec TA 5:49 · View bout
    2. Ray Cheney, Northern Iowa over Frank Ward, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec TA 5:47 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Ray Cheney, Northern Iowa over Morey Villareal, Central Oklahoma — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

      1. Fred Parkey, Oklahoma State over Mark Wolcott, Lehigh (PA) — Not recorded · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

      1. Fred Parkey, Oklahoma State over Frank Ward, Southwestern Oklahoma — Not recorded · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Fred Parkey, Oklahoma State over Morey Villareal, Central Oklahoma — Not recorded · View bout