NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1933 NCAA Championships

Unlimited

Champion Ralph Teague, Southwestern Oklahoma.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Ralph TeagueSWOK
  2. 2Robert JonesIND

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

Connected 1933 Unlimited-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. Joe Sintic, Ohio over Charles Barrett Jr., Haverford (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Ralph Teague, Southwestern Oklahoma over George Wolcott, Lehigh (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Francis 'Red' Ambrose, Lafayette (PA) over Joe 'Bing' 'Ivo' Rinaldi, Kent State (OH) — Fall 6:20 · View bout
    2. James Hay, Brown (RI) over John Hordines, Syracuse (NY) — Fall 4:58 · View bout
    3. Ralph Teague, Southwestern Oklahoma over Ernest Zellars, Indiana State — Fall 6:15 · View bout
    4. Robert Jones, Indiana (IN) over Joe Sintic, Ohio — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Ralph Teague, Southwestern Oklahoma over James Hay, Brown (RI) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Robert Jones, Indiana (IN) over Francis 'Red' Ambrose, Lafayette (PA) — Dflt · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Ralph Teague, Southwestern Oklahoma over Robert Jones, Indiana (IN) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

      1. Ernest Zellars, Indiana State over George Wolcott, Lehigh (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

      1. Ernest Zellars, Indiana State over James Hay, Brown (RI) — Dec (no score) · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Robert Jones, Indiana (IN) over Ernest Zellars, Indiana State — Dec (no score) · View bout