1937 NCAA Wrestling Tournament

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Archival footage from the 1937 NCAA College Wrestling Tournament. Oklahoma A&M College (now Oklahoma State University) won its eighth national championship this year, as the Wrestling Aggies compiled 31 team points. The 1937 title began a string of seven-consecutive NCAA championships for OAMC (including a three-year interruption due to World War II from 1943-45).

The 1937 team placed four atop the winners' stand, including the outstanding wrestler, Stanley Henson. A&M also had seven-of-eight wrestlers earn All-America honors. The 1936-37 dual season saw the Aggies go 6-1-1. A&M's 18.5-7.5 win on March 5, 1937, over Central Oklahoma started a NCAA record streak of 76-straight dual wins.

118: Joe McDaniel (Okla. State) v. Davis Natvig (Northern Iowa)
126: Dale Brand (Cornell Iowa) v. Ted Anderson (Central Okla.)
135: Ray Cheney (Northern Iowa) v. Fred Parkey (Okla. State)
145: Stanley Henson (Okla. State) v. Jack McIlvoy (Illinois)
155: Bill Keas (Oklahoma U.) v. Ernest Jessup (Kansas State)
165: Harvey Base (Okla. State) v. Marshall Word (Oklahoma U.)
175: John Whitaker (Minnesota) v. John Ginay (Illinois)
UNL: Lloyd Ricks (Okla. State) v. Bob Haak (Indiana)

Outstanding Wrestler: Stanley Henson, Okla. State

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  • mayhem miller, oh you :)

  • haha, sick! butterfly guard, half guard, kimuras. I love it. Shame a lot of this was lost back in the day.

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  • they had cameras back then? like for video?

  • no head gear??

  • Were there no back points then?

  • WOw, I think I learned a few moves, thank you for posting this video! :-D

  • clasping was allowed back then?

  • Great document! Gilles from Paris

  • Respect the old school greats. In any sport.

  • One of those guys was trying what we used to call an elevator - a favorite move of Wade Shalles. Some of these guys looked to be pretty well slapped together.

    And by the way--- those mats hurt! I wrestled in the transitional period between the old-style mats and the new ones.

    These kids today, they know nothing about mat burns!

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