NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1931 NCAA Championships

135 lb

Champion Dick Cole, Iowa State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Dick ColeISU
  2. 2John DevineOKST
  3. 3Harry ByamMSU
  4. 4Joseph WoodardMICH

Second place was decided in a separate bout after the final. The runner-up won, so the wrestlers he had beaten wrestled back for 3rd place.

Connected 1931 135-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

11 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 3 bouts

    5 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Dick Cole, Iowa State over Francis Quillan, Brown (RI) — Fall 1:20 · View bout
    2. Harry Byam, Michigan State over James Hastings, Tufts (MA) — Fall 2:55 · View bout
    3. John Devine, Oklahoma State over Frank Shaw, Lehigh (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Dick Cole, Iowa State over Harry Byam, Michigan State — Fall 8:21 · View bout
    2. Finn Eriksen, Northern Iowa over Herman Shea, Massachusetts Tech — Fall 3:44 · View bout
    3. John Devine, Oklahoma State over Joseph Woodard, Michigan — Dec (no score) · View bout
    4. Stuart Will Sr., Virginia Military over Bill Anderson, Syracuse (NY) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Dick Cole, Iowa State over Finn Eriksen, Northern Iowa — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. John Devine, Oklahoma State over Stuart Will Sr., Virginia Military — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Dick Cole, Iowa State over John Devine, Oklahoma State — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Harry Byam, Michigan State over Francis Quillan, Brown (RI) — Fall 2:52 · View bout
      2. Joseph Woodard, Michigan over Frank Shaw, Lehigh (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Harry Byam, Michigan State over Finn Eriksen, Northern Iowa — Dec (no score) · View bout
      2. Joseph Woodard, Michigan over Stuart Will Sr., Virginia Military — Dec (no score) · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. John Devine, Oklahoma State over Harry Byam, Michigan State — Dec (no score) · View bout

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Harry Byam, Michigan State over Joseph Woodard, Michigan — Fall 5:45 · View bout