NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1937 NCAA Championships

118 lb

Champion Joe McDaniel, Oklahoma State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 2nd place bout

  1. 1Joe McDanielOKST
  2. 2Davis NatvigUNI

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

13 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 5 bouts

    3 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Bill Carr, Oklahoma over George Benz, St. Lawrence (NY) — Dec TA 7:13 · View bout
    2. Clifford Myers, Indiana (IN) over Fred Leimbrock, Kansas State — Dec · View bout
    3. Davis Natvig, Northern Iowa over Ervin Engle, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec TA 2:40 · View bout
    4. James Knight, Nebraska over Walter Allen Jr., Lehigh (PA) — Fall 6:20 · View bout
    5. John Speicher, Michigan over Louis Jimenez, Case-Western Reserve (OH) — Dec TA 4:29 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bill Carr, Oklahoma over John Speicher, Michigan — Dec TA 6:23 · View bout
    2. Davis Natvig, Northern Iowa over Clifford Myers, Indiana (IN) — Dec TA 1:46 · View bout
    3. Grant Wright, Central Oklahoma over James Knight, Nebraska — Dec TA 6:07 · View bout
    4. Joe McDaniel, Oklahoma State over George Haynes, Iowa State — Dec TA 6:25 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bill Carr, Oklahoma over Grant Wright, Central Oklahoma — Dec TA 4:40 · View bout
    2. Joe McDaniel, Oklahoma State over Davis Natvig, Northern Iowa — Dec TA 2:13 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Joe McDaniel, Oklahoma State over Bill Carr, Oklahoma — Dec TA 2:15 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 5 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation semifinal

      Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

      1. Davis Natvig, Northern Iowa over George Haynes, Iowa State — n/r · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Davis Natvig, Northern Iowa over Bill Carr, Oklahoma — n/r · View bout