1939 NCAA D1 National Championship


Info

Date: March 17-18
Location: Lancaster, PA
Venue: Mayser Phys Ed Center
Host: Franklin & Marshall (PA)
Teams: 30
Wrestlers: 99


Milestones

  • First Finalist for City College (NY)
  • First AA for Appalachian State (NC)
  • First AA for Kent State (OH)
  • First OW Award for Minnesota

Participating Teams

Appalachian State (NC)
Chicago (IL)
City College (NY)
Colorado State
Cornell (IA)
Franklin & Marshall (PA)
Haverford (PA)
Illinois
Illinois State
Indiana (IN)
Iowa
Kent State (OH)
Lafayette (PA)
Lehigh (PA)
Massachusetts Tech
Michigan
MIchigan State
Minnesota
Navy (MD)
Nebraska
Northern Iowa
Ohio
Ohio State
Oklahoma State
Pennsylvania State
Rutgers (NJ)
Springfield (MA)
Temple (PA)
West Virginia
Yale (CT)


Participating Wrestlers

110 (10)
Frank Burgess – Franklin & Marshall (PA)
Dave Helman – Illinois
Delbert Jensen – Northern Iowa
John Landreth – Navy (MD)
Andrew Livovich – Indiana (IN)
Joe McDaniel – Oklahoma State
Joe Oless – Lehigh (PA)
Charles Parks – Appalachian State (NC)
Paul Satterfield – West Virginia
William Stone – Massachusetts Tech

128 (14)
Robert Antonacci – Indiana (IN)
Bryon ‘Dale’ Ball – Michigan State
Peter Bernardino – Temple (PA)
Richard Bolster – Haverford (PA)
Francis Burnett Jr. – Lehigh (PA)
Charlie Chandler – Navy (MD)
Ralph Garner – Ohio
Milton Gaskill – Appalachian State (NC)
Dale Hanson – Minnesota
Robert McArdle – West Virginia
Lindo Nangeroni – Rutgers (NJ)
Paul Petry – Illinois
Woodrow Rorex – Oklahoma State
Ed Rupp – Franklin & Marshall (PA)

136 (14)
Alfred Barshay – Temple (PA)
Bob Craig – Lehigh (PA)
Peter Culbertson – Minnesota
Archie Deutschman – Illinois
Bill Guttentag – Rutgers (NJ)
Roger Isaacson – Northern Iowa
Eldon Jackson – Oklahoma State
Bill Knowles – Springfield (MA)
Chuck Leigh – Navy (MD)
William Luke – Nebraska
Virgil Mowry – Colorado State
Leonard Pomeroy – Kent State (OH)
Joe Roman – Indiana (IN)
Warren Sperry – Illinois State

145 (10)
Ross Hamsher – Franklin & Marshall (PA)
Earle Lancaster – West Virginia
Vernon Logan – Oklahoma State
Harold Masem – Lehigh (PA)
Jesse McWilliams – Colorado State
Jack Morton – Minnesota
Harold Nichols – Michigan
Joe Scalzo Sr. – Pennsylvania State
Fred Swasey – Kent State (OH)
Seymour Weiss – Indiana (IN)

155 (9)
James Bryant – Lafayette (PA)
Bill Combs – Michigan
Gene Grenard – Colorado State
John ‘JW’ Hammer – West Virginia
Stanley Henson – Oklahoma State
Tom King Jr. – Lehigh (PA)
Angelo Lazzara – Indiana (IN)
Frank Osinski Sr. – Temple (PA)
Robert Searle – Navy (MD)

165 (15)
Don Bachman – Pennsylvania State
August Bolinski – Northern Iowa
Clarence Claugus – Ohio
Curtis Fritchman – Colorado State
Edward Kimble – West Virginia
Wesley Leverich – Illinois
Henry Matthes – Lehigh (PA)
Chauncey McDaniel – Indiana (IN)
Frank Morgan – Michigan
James ‘Boyd’ Nelson – Oklahoma State
George Papushak – Kent State (OH)
Bill Perry – Lafayette (PA)
George Raab – Franklin & Marshall (PA)
Al Reiser – Temple (PA)
Robert Slye – Rutgers (NJ)

175 (13)
Lloyd Black – Temple (PA)
Ernest Bortz – Pennsylvania State
Donald Grant – Springfield (MA)
John Hauer – Yale (CT)
Bill Lyman – Cornell (IA)
Don Nichols – Michigan
Ben ‘Joseph’  Schrader – Lehigh (PA)
Steve Slezak – Michigan State
Chris Traicoff – Indiana (IN)
Edward Valorz – Chicago (IL)
John Vanderpoel – Massachusetts Tech
Bob Williams – Oklahoma State
Henry Wittenberg – City College (NY)

UNL (14)
Chet Adams – Ohio
Allen Bergner – Navy (MD)
Leonard Cooke – Rutgers (NJ)
George Downes – Ohio State
Carmen Falcone – Kent State (OH)
Frederick Haddock Jr. – Massachusetts Tech
Johnny Harrell – Oklahoma State
Raymond Hyde – Indiana (IN)
Forrest ‘Butch’ Jordan – Michigan
Wilbur Nead – Iowa
Larry Pickett – Yale (CT)
John Sikich – Illinois
Richard Vaughan – Franklin & Marshall (PA)
Walter Wells – Lehigh (PA)


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
121 1st Joe McDaniel Oklahoma State DEC Frank Burgess Franklin & Marshall (PA) 0 0
121 2nd Frank Burgess Franklin & Marshall (PA) DEC Joe Oless Lehigh (PA) 0 0
121 3rd Charles Parks Appalachian State (NC) DEC Joe Oless Lehigh (PA) 0 0
121 Champ 16 Frank Burgess Franklin & Marshall (PA) FALL Charles Parks Appalachian State (NC) 8 54 0 0
121 Champ 16 Joe McDaniel Oklahoma State FALL Joe Oless Lehigh (PA) 2 22 0 0
121 Champ 4 Frank Burgess Franklin & Marshall (PA) FALL Dave Helman Illinois 4 43 0 0
121 Champ 4 Joe McDaniel Oklahoma State DEC Delbert Jensen Northern Iowa 0 0
121 Champ 8 Frank Burgess Franklin & Marshall (PA) FALL Paul Satterfield West Virginia 1 3 0 0
121 Champ 8 Dave Helman Illinois FALL Andrew Livovich Indiana (IN) 3 45 0 0
121 Champ 8 Delbert Jensen Northern Iowa DEC William Stone Massachusetts Tech 0 0
121 Champ 8 Joe McDaniel Oklahoma State DEC John Landreth Navy (MD) 0 0
121 Consi 4 #1 Joe Oless Lehigh (PA) DEC John Landreth Navy (MD) 0 0
121 Consi 4 #1 Charles Parks Appalachian State (NC) DFT Paul Satterfield West Virginia 0 0
121 Consi 4 #2 Joe Oless Lehigh (PA) DFT Delbert Jensen Northern Iowa 0 0
121 Consi 4 #2 Charles Parks Appalachian State (NC) DEC Dave Helman Illinois 0 0
128 1st Dale Hanson Minnesota DEC Woodrow Rorex Oklahoma State 0 0
128 2nd Woodrow Rorex Oklahoma State DEC Milton Gaskill Appalachian State (NC) 0 0
128 3rd Paul Petry Illinois DEC Milton Gaskill Appalachian State (NC) 0 0
128 Champ 16 Robert Antonacci Indiana (IN) FALL Bryon ‘Dale’ Ball MIchigan State 5 52 0 0
128 Champ 16 Charlie Chandler Navy (MD) DEC Ralph Garner Ohio 0 0
128 Champ 16 Milton Gaskill Appalachian State (NC) DEC Francis Burnett Jr. Lehigh (PA) 0 0
128 Champ 16 Dale Hanson Minnesota FALL Robert McArdle West Virginia 7 43 0 0
128 Champ 16 Paul Petry Illinois DEC Richard Bolster Haverford (PA) 0 0
128 Champ 16 Woodrow Rorex Oklahoma State DEC Peter Bernardino Temple (PA) 0 0
128 Champ 4 Dale Hanson Minnesota DFT Robert Antonacci Indiana (IN) 0 0
128 Champ 4 Woodrow Rorex Oklahoma State DEC Paul Petry Illinois 0 0
128 Champ 8 Robert Antonacci Indiana (IN) DEC Lindo Nangeroni Rutgers (NJ) 0 0
128 Champ 8 Dale Hanson Minnesota FALL Milton Gaskill Appalachian State (NC) 1 46 0 0
128 Champ 8 Paul Petry Illinois DEC Ed Rupp Franklin & Marshall (PA) 0 0
128 Champ 8 Woodrow Rorex Oklahoma State DEC Charlie Chandler Navy (MD) 0 0
128 Consi 4 #1 Peter Bernardino Temple (PA) DEC Charlie Chandler Navy (MD) 0 0
128 Consi 4 #1 Milton Gaskill Appalachian State (NC) DEC Robert McArdle West Virginia 0 0
128 Consi 4 #2 Milton Gaskill Appalachian State (NC) MFFT Robert Antonacci Indiana (IN) 0 0
128 Consi 4 #2 Paul Petry Illinois FALL Peter Bernardino Temple (PA) 4 14 0 0
136 1st Archie Deutschman Illinois DEC Peter Culbertson Minnesota 0 0
136 2nd Joe Roman Indiana (IN) DEC Peter Culbertson Minnesota 0 0
136 Champ 16 Bob Craig Lehigh (PA) DEC Virgil Mowry Colorado State 0 0
136 Champ 16 Peter Culbertson Minnesota DEC Bill Knowles Springfield (MA) 0 0
136 Champ 16 Archie Deutschman Illinois DEC Roger Isaacson Northern Iowa 0 0
136 Champ 16 Chuck Leigh Navy (MD) DEC William Luke Nebraska 0 0
136 Champ 16 Joe Roman Indiana (IN) DEC Eldon Jackson Oklahoma State 0 0
136 Champ 16 Warren Sperry Illinois State FALL Bill Guttentag Rutgers (NJ) 2 12 0 0
136 Champ 4 Peter Culbertson Minnesota DEC Chuck Leigh Navy (MD) 0 0
136 Champ 4 Archie Deutschman Illinois DEC Joe Roman Indiana (IN) 0 0
136 Champ 8 Peter Culbertson Minnesota DEC Alfred Barshay Temple (PA) 0 0
136 Champ 8 Archie Deutschman Illinois DEC Bob Craig Lehigh (PA) 0 0
136 Champ 8 Chuck Leigh Navy (MD) DEC Warren Sperry Illinois State 0 0
136 Champ 8 Joe Roman Indiana (IN) DEC Leonard Pomeroy Kent State (OH) 0 0
136 Consi 4 #1 Bob Craig Lehigh (PA) DEC Roger Isaacson Northern Iowa 0 0
136 Consi 4 #2 Joe Roman Indiana (IN) DEC Bob Craig Lehigh (PA) 0 0
145 1st Harold Nichols Michigan DEC Vernon Logan Oklahoma State Ref 0 0
145 2nd Joe Scalzo Sr. Pennsylvania State DEC Vernon Logan Oklahoma State 0 0
145 Champ 16 Ross Hamsher Franklin & Marshall (PA) FALL Seymour Weiss Indiana (IN) 2 31 0 0
145 Champ 16 Harold Masem Lehigh (PA) FALL Fred Swasey Kent State (OH) 7 3 0 0
145 Champ 4 Vernon Logan Oklahoma State DEC Ross Hamsher Franklin & Marshall (PA) 0 0
145 Champ 4 Harold Nichols Michigan DEC Harold Masem Lehigh (PA) 0 0
145 Champ 8 Ross Hamsher Franklin & Marshall (PA) FALL Earle Lancaster West Virginia 4 45 0 0
145 Champ 8 Vernon Logan Oklahoma State FALL Jack Morton Minnesota 8 53 0 0
145 Champ 8 Harold Masem Lehigh (PA) FALL Jesse McWilliams Colorado State 4 45 0 0
145 Champ 8 Harold Nichols Michigan DEC Joe Scalzo Sr. Pennsylvania State 0 0
145 Consi 4 #2 Joe Scalzo Sr. Pennsylvania State DEC Harold Masem Lehigh (PA) 0 0
155 1st Stanley Henson Oklahoma State DEC Tom King Jr. Lehigh (PA) 0 0
155 2nd Bill Combs Michigan DEC Tom King Jr. Lehigh (PA) 0 0
155 Champ 16 Stanley Henson Oklahoma State FALL John ‘JW’ Hammer West Virginia 1 22 0 0
155 Champ 4 Stanley Henson Oklahoma State FALL Bill Combs Michigan 5 38 0 0
155 Champ 4 Tom King Jr. Lehigh (PA) DEC Angelo Lazzara Indiana (IN) 0 0
155 Champ 8 Bill Combs Michigan DEC James Bryant Lafayette (PA) Ref 0 0
155 Champ 8 Stanley Henson Oklahoma State DEC Robert Searle Navy (MD) 0 0
155 Champ 8 Tom King Jr. Lehigh (PA) DEC Gene Grenard Colorado State Ref 0 0
155 Champ 8 Angelo Lazzara Indiana (IN) DEC Frank Osinski Sr. Temple (PA) 0 0
155 Consi 4 #1 Robert Searle Navy (MD) DEC John ‘JW’ Hammer West Virginia 0 0
155 Consi 4 #2 Bill Combs Michigan FALL Robert Searle Navy (MD) 5 28 0 0
165 1st Henry Matthes Lehigh (PA) DEC Don Bachman Pennsylvania State 0 0
165 2nd James ‘Boyd’ Nelson Oklahoma State MFFT Don Bachman Pennsylvania State 0 0
165 Champ 16 Curtis Fritchman Colorado State FALL Edward Kimble West Virginia 3 29 0 0
165 Champ 16 Wesley Leverich Illinois DEC August Bolinski Northern Iowa Ref 0 0
165 Champ 16 Henry Matthes Lehigh (PA) FALL Clarence Claugus Ohio 8 32 0 0
165 Champ 16 Chauncey McDaniel Indiana (IN) DEC George Papushak Kent State (OH) 0 0
165 Champ 16 James ‘Boyd’ Nelson Oklahoma State FALL Bill Perry Lafayette (PA) 3 43 0 0
165 Champ 16 George Raab Franklin & Marshall (PA) DEC Frank Morgan Michigan Ref 0 0
165 Champ 16 Al Reiser Temple (PA) DEC Robert Slye Rutgers (NJ) 0 0
165 Champ 4 Don Bachman Pennsylvania State DEC George Raab Franklin & Marshall (PA) Ref 0 0
165 Champ 4 Henry Matthes Lehigh (PA) DFT Chauncey McDaniel Indiana (IN) 0 0
165 Champ 8 Don Bachman Pennsylvania State FALL Curtis Fritchman Colorado State 7 48 0 0
165 Champ 8 Henry Matthes Lehigh (PA) DEC James ‘Boyd’ Nelson Oklahoma State 0 0
165 Champ 8 Chauncey McDaniel Indiana (IN) DEC Wesley Leverich Illinois 0 0
165 Champ 8 George Raab Franklin & Marshall (PA) FALL Al Reiser Temple (PA) 5 41 0 0
165 Consi 4 #1 James ‘Boyd’ Nelson Oklahoma State DEC Clarence Claugus Ohio 0 0
165 Consi 4 #2 James ‘Boyd’ Nelson Oklahoma State MFFT Chauncey McDaniel Indiana (IN) 0 0
175 1st Chris Traicoff Indiana (IN) DEC Henry Wittenberg City College (NY) Ref 0 0
175 2nd Henry Wittenberg City College (NY) DEC Don Nichols Michigan 0 0
175 3rd Bob Williams Oklahoma State DFT Don Nichols Michigan 0 0
175 Champ 16 Lloyd Black Temple (PA) DEC John Vanderpoel Massachusetts Tech 0 0
175 Champ 16 Bill Lyman Cornell (IA) FALL Ernest Bortz Pennsylvania State 2 48 0 0
175 Champ 16 Steve Slezak Michigan State DEC Edward Valorz Chicago (IL) 0 0
175 Champ 16 Bob Williams Oklahoma State DEC John Hauer Yale (CT) 0 0
175 Champ 16 Henry Wittenberg City College (NY) FALL Donald Grant Springfield (MA) 6 57 0 0
175 Champ 4 Chris Traicoff Indiana (IN) DEC Bill Lyman Cornell (IA) 0 0
175 Champ 4 Henry Wittenberg City College (NY) DEC Steve Slezak Michigan State 0 0
175 Champ 8 Bill Lyman Cornell (IA) FALL Lloyd Black Temple (PA) 3 49 0 0
175 Champ 8 Steve Slezak Michigan State DEC Ben ‘Joseph’ Schrader Lehigh (PA) 0 0
175 Champ 8 Chris Traicoff Indiana (IN) DEC Don Nichols Michigan Ref 0 0
175 Champ 8 Henry Wittenberg City College (NY) DEC Bob Williams Oklahoma State 0 0
175 Consi 4 #1 Bob Williams Oklahoma State DEC Donald Grant Springfield (MA) 0 0
175 Consi 4 #2 Don Nichols Michigan DEC Bill Lyman Cornell (IA) 0 0
175 Consi 4 #2 Bob Williams Oklahoma State DEC Steve Slezak Michigan State 0 0
450 1st Johnny Harrell Oklahoma State FALL John Sikich Illinois 4 25 0 0
450 2nd John Sikich Illinois DEC Carmen Falcone Kent State (OH) 0 0
450 3rd Carmen Falcone Kent State (OH) DEC Raymond Hyde Indiana (IN) 0 0
450 Champ 16 Allen Bergner Navy (MD) FALL Frederick Haddock Jr. Massachusetts Tech 2 5 0 0
450 Champ 16 Johnny Harrell Oklahoma State DEC Carmen Falcone Kent State (OH) 0 0
450 Champ 16 Raymond Hyde Indiana (IN) DEC Richard Vaughan Franklin & Marshall (PA) 0 0
450 Champ 16 Wilbur Nead Iowa DEC George Downes Ohio State 0 0
450 Champ 16 Larry Pickett Yale (CT) DEC Leonard Cooke Rutgers (NJ) 0 0
450 Champ 16 Walter Wells Lehigh (PA) FALL Forrest ‘Butch’ Jordan Michigan 2 25 0 0
450 Champ 4 Johnny Harrell Oklahoma State DEC Larry Pickett Yale (CT) 0 0
450 Champ 4 John Sikich Illinois DEC Raymond Hyde Indiana (IN) 0 0
450 Champ 8 Johnny Harrell Oklahoma State FALL Chet Adams Ohio 5 4 0 0
450 Champ 8 Raymond Hyde Indiana (IN) DEC Allen Bergner Navy (MD) 0 0
450 Champ 8 Larry Pickett Yale (CT) DEC Wilbur Nead Iowa 0 0
450 Champ 8 John Sikich Illinois DEC Walter Wells Lehigh (PA) 0 0
450 Consi 4 #1 Carmen Falcone Kent State (OH) DEC Chet Adams Ohio 0 0
450 Consi 4 #2 Carmen Falcone Kent State (OH) DEC Larry Pickett Yale (CT) 0 0
450 Consi 4 #2 Raymond Hyde Indiana (IN) DEC Walter Wells 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

Place
Team
Points
1st
Oklahoma State
33
2nd
Lehigh (PA)
12
3rd
Illinois
11
4th
Franklin & Marshall (PA)
9
4th
Minnesota
9
4th
Michigan
9
4th
Indiana (IN)
9
8th
Pennsylvania State
5
9th
City College (NY)
4
10th
Appalachian State (NC)
3

Team Table

1st
2nd
3rd
Total
Oklahoma State
3
2
2
7
Illinois
1
1
1
3
Michigan
1
1
2
Indiana (IN)
1
1
2
Lehigh
1
1
2
Minnesota
1
1
2
Pennsylvania State
1
1
2
City College (NY)
1
1
Franklin & Marshall (PA)
1
1
Appalachian State (NC)
1
1
Kent State (OH)
1
1

Stats/Leaderboard

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Awards

Outstanding Wrestler: Dale Hanson: Minnesota


Rules

Weights: 8 (121, 128, 136, 145, 155, 165, 175, UNL)
Type: Single Elimination
Placers: 3
Seeds: Up to 2
Consi Qualifiers: Only those who lost to the champion may wrestle for a place
Runner-Up: True 2nd; The wrestler that loses the finals will have to beat the winner of the bouts between all other wresters losing to the champ.
3rd: If the wrestler who lost in the finals also loses the True 2nd match, then he will get 3rd. However, if he wins, then the wrestler he beat will have to wrestle the winner of the bouts between the losers to the 2nd place finisher.

Championship Bouts: 9 Minutes
OT: 2x 2 minute periods – Both start in referee’s position
Takedown: If a takedown occurs within the first 3 minutes then the bout will be a straight 9 minutes.
No Takedown: If no takedown or fall occurs in the first 3 minutes then the last 6 minutes will be split into 3 minutes periods with each wrestler starting in the top position at the beginning of each period.
Fall: In the first 3 minute period, if a fall occurs, then only that period is ended. The second 3 minute period will occur with the other wrestler having the chance to earn a faster fall.
Consolation Bouts: 6 minutes (3x 2 minute periods)
OT: If no winner can be declared by the ref then extra periods are wrestled.
Fall: 2 seconds
No Fall Winner: If there is no fall at the end of the bout then the ref will award the bout to the wrestler that shows the greater wrestling ability & aggressiveness.

Team Scoring:
1st = 5 points
2nd = 3 points
3rd = 1 point
Default, Disqualification, Fall, Forfeit = 1 point


Fun Facts


Brackets


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