1938 NCAA D1 National Championship


Info

Date: March 25-26
Location: University Park, PA
Venue: Rec Building
Host: Pennsylvania State
Teams: 29
Wrestlers: 86


Milestones

  • First National Champ/Finalist for Harvard (AA)
  • First Finalist for Chicago (IL)
  • First AA for City College (NY)
  • Back-to-Back OW awards for Oklahoma State

Participating Teams

Alfred State (NY)
Amherst (MA)
Chicago (IL)
City College (NY)
Colorado State
Cornell (IA)
Franklin & Marshall (PA)
Harvard (MA)
Illinois
Indiana (IN)
Iowa State
Lehigh (PA)
Massachusetts Tech
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northern Iowa
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Pennsylvania State
Princeton (NJ)
San Jose State (CA)
Southwestern Oklahoma
St. Lawrence (NY)
Syracuse (NY)
Utah State
West Virginia
Yale (CT)


Match Results

Weight Round W First W Last W School Result L First L Last L School W Score L Score Minutes Seconds OT W Seed L Seed Result Notes Notes
118 1st Joe McDaniel Oklahoma State DEC Willard Duffy Indiana (IN) 0 0
118 2nd Willard Duffy Indiana (IN) DEC Dale Hanson Minnesota 0 0
118 3rd Davis Natvig Northern Iowa DEC Dale Hanson Minnesota 0 0
118 Champ 16 Harold ‘Myrl’ Bench Utah State DEC Ken Stewart Iowa State 0 0
118 Champ 16 Dale Hanson Minnesota DEC Raymond Aristy Argyros Alfred State (NY) 0 0
118 Champ 16 Carl King Pennsylvania State DEC George Benz St. Lawrence (NY) 0 0
118 Champ 16 Dennis Lawley Southwestern Oklahoma DEC Paul Satterfield West Virginia 0 0
118 Champ 16 Davis Natvig Northern Iowa FALL Francis Burnett Jr. Lehigh (PA) 3 15 0 0
118 Champ 4 Willard Duffy Indiana (IN) DEC Davis Natvig Northern Iowa Ref 0 0
118 Champ 4 Joe McDaniel Oklahoma State DEC Dale Hanson Minnesota 0 0
118 Champ 8 Willard Duffy Indiana (IN) DEC Ralph Hirschtritt City College (NY) 0 0
118 Champ 8 Dale Hanson Minnesota DEC Dennis Lawley Southwestern Oklahoma 0 0
118 Champ 8 Joe McDaniel Oklahoma State FALL Carl King Pennsylvania State 2 50 0 0
118 Champ 8 Davis Natvig Northern Iowa FALL Harold ‘Myrl’ Bench Utah State 8 22 0 0
118 Consi 4 #2 Dale Hanson Minnesota DEC Carl King Pennsylvania State 0 0
118 Consi 4 #2 Davis Natvig Northern Iowa DEC Ralph Hirschtritt City College (NY) 0 0
126 1st Allen Sapora Illinois DEC Hoy Stone Oklahoma 0 0
126 2nd Robert Murray Cornell (IA) DEC Hoy Stone Oklahoma 0 0
126 Champ 16 Dick Harding Princeton (NJ) FALL Gordy Purdy Michigan State 2 34 0 0
126 Champ 16 James Knight Nebraska FALL Phil Brundage Alfred State (NY) 5 32 0 0
126 Champ 16 Robert Murray Cornell (IA) FALL William Stone Massachusetts Tech 5 6 0 0
126 Champ 16 Woodrow Rorex Oklahoma State DEC Jack Larson Iowa State 0 0
126 Champ 4 Allen Sapora Illinois DEC Robert Murray Cornell (IA) 0 0
126 Champ 4 Hoy Stone Oklahoma DEC Dick Harding Princeton (NJ) Ref 0 0
126 Champ 8 Dick Harding Princeton (NJ) DEC James Knight Nebraska 0 0
126 Champ 8 Robert Murray Cornell (IA) DEC Woodrow Rorex Oklahoma State 0 0
126 Champ 8 Allen Sapora Illinois DEC John Craighead Pennsylvania State 0 0
126 Champ 8 Hoy Stone Oklahoma DEC Ed Rupp Franklin & Marshall (PA) 0 0
126 Consi 4 #2 Robert Murray Cornell (IA) FALL John Craighead Pennsylvania State 0 0
135 1st David Matthews Oklahoma DFT Fred Parkey Oklahoma State 0 0
135 2nd Archie Deutschman Illinois FFT Fred Parkey Oklahoma State 0 0
135 Champ 16 Pete Conrad Franklin & Marshall (PA) FALL Marshall Gates Pennsylvania State 3 19 0 0
135 Champ 16 Archie Deutschman Illinois DEC Bruce Minnick Amherst (MA) 0 0
135 Champ 16 Ivan Moore Northern Iowa DEC Harold Masem Lehigh (PA) 0 0
135 Champ 16 Fred Parkey Oklahoma State FALL Bryon ‘Dale’ Ball Michigan State 4 17 0 0
135 Champ 16 Bill Renfro Southwestern Oklahoma DEC Jack Fiebig San Jose State (CA) 0 0
135 Champ 4 David Matthews Oklahoma DEC Archie Deutschman Illinois 0 0
135 Champ 4 Fred Parkey Oklahoma State DEC Dale Brand Cornell (IA) 0 0
135 Champ 8 Dale Brand Cornell (IA) DEC Bill Renfro Southwestern Oklahoma Ref 0 0
135 Champ 8 Archie Deutschman Illinois DEC Pete Conrad Franklin & Marshall (PA) 0 0
135 Champ 8 David Matthews Oklahoma FALL Earle Lancaster West Virginia 8 15 0 0
135 Champ 8 Fred Parkey Oklahoma State DEC Ivan Moore Northern Iowa 0 0
135 Consi 4 #2 Archie Deutschman Illinois FFT Earle Lancaster West Virginia 0 0
145 1st Stanley Henson Oklahoma State DEC Robert Finwall Chicago (IL) 0 0
145 2nd Robert Finwall Chicago (IL) DEC O. ‘William’ Culbertson Minnesota 0 0
145 3rd Frank Linn Iowa State DEC O. ‘William’ Culbertson Minnesota 0 0
145 Champ 16 Cliff Freiberger Michigan State DEC Aldo Zazzi Pennsylvania State 0 0
145 Champ 16 Ross Hamsher Franklin & Marshall (PA) FALL Jacob ‘Lynn’ Spiker West Virginia 0 0
145 Champ 4 Robert Finwall Chicago (IL) DEC Frank Linn Iowa State 0 0
145 Champ 4 Stanley Henson Oklahoma State DEC Ross Hamsher Franklin & Marshall (PA) 0 0
145 Champ 8 Robert Finwall Chicago (IL) DFT Cliff Freiberger Michigan State 0 0
145 Champ 8 Ross Hamsher Franklin & Marshall (PA) FALL Andrew Kopischiansky Massachusetts Tech 0 0
145 Champ 8 Stanley Henson Oklahoma State FALL O. ‘William’ Culbertson Minnesota 0 0
145 Champ 8 Frank Linn Iowa State DEC Arthur Herzberger Colorado State 0 0
145 Consi 4 #2 O. ‘William’ Culbertson Minnesota DEC Ross Hamsher Franklin & Marshall (PA) 0 0
145 Consi 4 #2 Frank Linn Iowa State FFT Cliff Freiberger Michigan State 0 0
155 1st Dale Scrivens Oklahoma State DEC Ken Knight Southwestern Oklahoma 0 0
155 2nd Ken Knight Southwestern Oklahoma DEC Joe Loucks Iowa State 0 0
155 3rd Joe Loucks Iowa State DEC Stephen Priolo Pennsylvania State 0 0
155 Champ 4 Ken Knight Southwestern Oklahoma DEC Stephen Priolo Pennsylvania State Ref 0 0
155 Champ 4 Dale Scrivens Oklahoma State DEC Edward ‘Gus’ Hagerman Lehigh (PA) 0 0
155 Champ 8 Ken Knight Southwestern Oklahoma DEC George Raab Franklin & Marshall (PA) 0 0
155 Champ 8 Dale Scrivens Oklahoma State DEC Joe Loucks Iowa State 0 0
155 Consi 4 #2 Joe Loucks Iowa State DEC Edward ‘Gus’ Hagerman Lehigh (PA) 0 0
155 Consi 4 #2 Stephen Priolo Pennsylvania State DEC George Raab Franklin & Marshall (PA) 0 0
165 1st John Ginay Illinois DEC James ‘Curt’ Ford Lehigh (PA) 0 0
165 2nd James ‘Curt’ Ford Lehigh (PA) DEC Henry Wittenberg City College (NY) 0 0
165 3rd Henry Wittenberg City College (NY) DEC Charles Powers Sr. Princeton (NJ) 0 0
165 Champ 4 James ‘Curt’ Ford Lehigh (PA) DEC Charles Powers Sr. Princeton (NJ) 0 0
165 Champ 4 John Ginay Illinois DEC Henry Wittenberg City College (NY) 0 0
165 Champ 8 James ‘Curt’ Ford Lehigh (PA) FALL August Bolinski Northern Iowa 4 24 0 0
165 Champ 8 John Ginay Illinois DEC Hayward ‘Pinky’ Plumadore St. Lawrence (NY) 0 0
165 Champ 8 Charles Powers Sr. Princeton (NJ) DFT Harvey Base Oklahoma State 0 0
165 Champ 8 Henry Wittenberg City College (NY) FALL Ross Shaffer Pennsylvania State 3 21 0 0
165 Consi 4 #2 Charles Powers Sr. Princeton (NJ) DEC August Bolinski Northern Iowa 0 0
165 Consi 4 #2 Henry Wittenberg City College (NY) DEC Hayward ‘Pinky’ Plumadore St. Lawrence (NY) 0 0
175 1st John Harkness Harvard (MA) DEC Swede Olsen Southwestern Oklahoma 0 0
175 2nd Swede Olsen Southwestern Oklahoma DEC Harry ‘Marshall’ Word Oklahoma 0 0
175 3rd Chris Traicoff Indiana (IN) DEC Harry ‘Marshall’ Word Oklahoma 0 0
175 Champ 16 John Harkness Harvard (MA) DEC James Taylor Cornell (IA) 0 0
175 Champ 16 Wesley Leverich Illinois DEC Stan Graze City College (NY) 0 0
175 Champ 16 Swede Olsen Southwestern Oklahoma DEC Howard Peters Syracuse (NY) 0 0
175 Champ 16 Charles Small Lehigh (PA) DEC Bob Williams Oklahoma State Ref 0 0
175 Champ 16 Chris Traicoff Indiana (IN) DEC Ernest Bortz Pennsylvania State 0 0
175 Champ 16 Edward Valorz Chicago (IL) DEC Jack Smith San Jose State (CA) 0 0
175 Champ 4 John Harkness Harvard (MA) DEC Harry ‘Marshall’ Word Oklahoma Ref 0 0
175 Champ 4 Swede Olsen Southwestern Oklahoma DEC Chris Traicoff Indiana (IN) Ref 0 0
175 Champ 8 John Harkness Harvard (MA) DEC Wesley Leverich Illinois 0 0
175 Champ 8 Swede Olsen Southwestern Oklahoma DFT Don Nichols Michigan 0 0
175 Champ 8 Chris Traicoff Indiana (IN) DEC Charles Small Lehigh (PA) 0 0
175 Champ 8 Harry ‘Marshall’ Word Oklahoma DEC Edward Valorz Chicago (IL) 0 0
175 Consi 4 #1 Howard Peters Syracuse (NY) FFT Don Nichols Michigan 0 0
175 Consi 4 #1 Wesley Leverich Illinois DEC James Taylor Cornell (IA) Taylor vs. Leverich
175 Consi 4 #2 Chris Traicoff Indiana (IN) DEC Howard Peters Syracuse (NY) 0 0
175 Consi 4 #2 Harry ‘Marshall’ Word Oklahoma DEC Wesley Leverich Illinois 0 Taylor/Leverich
450 1st Charles McDaniel Indiana (IN) DEC Robert Kygar Southwestern Oklahoma 0 0
450 2nd Clifton Gustafson Minnesota FALL Robert Kygar Southwestern Oklahoma 0 0
450 Champ 16 George Chiga Oklahoma State DEC Paul ‘Moose’ Hodges West Virginia 0 0
450 Champ 16 Charles McDaniel Indiana (IN) FALL Myron Sterngold Lehigh (PA) 3 20 0 0
450 Champ 4 Robert Kygar Southwestern Oklahoma DEC Charles Toll Jr. Princeton (NJ) Ref 0 0
450 Champ 4 Charles McDaniel Indiana (IN) DEC Clifton Gustafson Minnesota Ref 0 0
450 Champ 8 Clifton Gustafson Minnesota FALL Warren Elliott Pennsylvania State 1 7 0 0
450 Champ 8 Robert Kygar Southwestern Oklahoma DEC Larry Pickett Yale (CT) 0 0
450 Champ 8 Charles McDaniel Indiana (IN) FALL John Jones San Jose State (CA) 4 55 0 0
450 Champ 8 Charles Toll Jr. Princeton (NJ) FALL George Chiga Oklahoma State 8 50 0 0
450 Consi 4 #1 Myron Sterngold Lehigh (PA) FFT John Jones San Jose State (CA) 0 0
450 Consi 4 #2 Clifton Gustafson Minnesota FALL Myron Sterngold Lehigh (PA) 0 0
Weight Round W First W Last W School Result L First L Last L School W Score L Score Minutes Seconds OT W Seed L Seed Result Notes Notes

Final Individual Results


Final Team Scores


Team Table

1st
2nd
3rd
Total
Oklahoma State
3
1
4
Illinois
2
1
3
Indiana (IN)
1
1
1
3
Oklahoma
1
1
2
Harvard (MA)
1
1
Southwestern Oklahoma
2
1
3
Chicago (IL)
1
1
Cornell (IA)
1
1
Lehigh (PA)
1
1
Minnesota
1
1
Iowa State
2
2
City College (NY)
1
1
Northern Iowa
1
1

Stats/Leaderboard

COMING

Awards

Outstanding Wrestler: Joe McDaniels: Oklahoma State


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