NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1938 NCAA Championships

175 lb

Champion John Harkness, Harvard (MA).

There is no bracket drawing for this weight yet. Every recorded bout is listed below by round.

Place winners

  1. 1John HarknessHARV
  2. 2Swede OlsenSWOK
  3. 3Chris TraicoffIND
  4. 4Harry 'Marshall' WordOU

Championship

Round of 16 · 6 bouts

  1. Charles Small, Lehigh (PA) over Bob Williams, Oklahoma State — Dec (no score) · View bout
  2. Chris Traicoff, Indiana (IN) over Ernest Bortz, Penn State — Dec (no score) · View bout
  3. Edward Valorz, Chicago (IL) over Jack Smith, San Jose State (CA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
  4. John Harkness, Harvard (MA) over James Taylor, Cornell College (IA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
  5. Swede Olsen, Southwestern Oklahoma over Howard Peters, Syracuse (NY) — Dec (no score) · View bout
  6. Wesley Leverich, Illinois over Stan Graze, City College (NY) — Dec (no score) · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Chris Traicoff, Indiana (IN) over Charles Small, Lehigh (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
  2. Harry 'Marshall' Word, Oklahoma over Edward Valorz, Chicago (IL) — Dec (no score) · View bout
  3. John Harkness, Harvard (MA) over Wesley Leverich, Illinois — Dec (no score) · View bout
  4. Swede Olsen, Southwestern Oklahoma over Don Nichols, Michigan — Dflt · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. John Harkness, Harvard (MA) over Harry 'Marshall' Word, Oklahoma — Dec (no score) · View bout
  2. Swede Olsen, Southwestern Oklahoma over Chris Traicoff, Indiana (IN) — Dec (no score) · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. John Harkness, Harvard (MA) over Swede Olsen, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec (no score) · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Competitor unrecorded and Competitor unrecorded, missing competitor · View bout
  2. Howard Peters, Syracuse (NY) over Don Nichols, Michigan — FF · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Chris Traicoff, Indiana (IN) over Howard Peters, Syracuse (NY) — Not recorded · View bout
  2. Harry 'Marshall' Word, Oklahoma and Competitor unrecorded, missing competitor · View bout

Placement bouts

2nd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Swede Olsen, Southwestern Oklahoma over Harry 'Marshall' Word, Oklahoma — Not recorded · View bout

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Chris Traicoff, Indiana (IN) over Harry 'Marshall' Word, Oklahoma — Not recorded · View bout