1940 NCAA D1 National Championship


Info

Date: March 29-30
Location: Champaign, IL
Venue: Huff Gym
Host: Illinois
Teams: 36
Wrestlers: 111


Milestones

  • First National Champ/Finalist/AA for Colorado State
  • First National Champ for Ohio State
  • First OW Award for Michigan

Participating Teams

Appalachian State (NC)
City College (NY)
Colorado State
Cornell (IA)
Denver (CO)
Dubuque (IA)
Franklin & Marshall (PA)
Harvard (MA)
Illinois
Indiana (IN)
Iowa State
Kansas State
Kent State (OH)
Lafayette (PA)
Lehigh (PA)
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northern Iowa
Northwestern (IL)
Ohio
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Pennsylvania State
Purdue (IN)
Rutgers (NJ)
San Jose State (CA)
Southwestern Oklahoma
St. Lawrence (NY)
Syracuse (NY)
Temple (PA)
Washington & Lee (VA)
West Virginia
Wyoming


Participating Wrestlers

121 (17)
Robert Antonacci – Indiana (IN)
Frank Burgess – Franklin & Marshall (PA)
John Cooper – St. Lawrence (NY)
Bill Davidson – Ohio
Farland ‘Ed’ Fansher – Kansas State
Casey Fredericks – Purdue (IN)
Kimbrell Hill – Illinois
Delbert Jensen – Northern Iowa
Robert Johnson – Southwestern Oklahoma
Carl King – Pennsylvania State
Robert Levin – City College (NY)
Robert Lungwitz – Dubuque (IA)
Calvin Mehlhorn – Oklahoma State
Charles Parks – Appalachian State (NC)
Merle Smith – Wyoming
Ray Tyson – West Virginia
George Young – Oklahoma

128 (16)
Peter Bernardino – Temple (PA)
Bob Birch – Cornell (IA)
Harold Byrd – Oklahoma
Milton Conzett – Dubuque (IA)
Ed Dillon – Illinois
Milton Gaskill – Appalachian State (NC)
Phillip Geib – Franklin & Marshall (PA)
Dale Hanson – Minnesota
John Hess – Southwestern Oklahoma
Bob Kitt – Oklahoma State
Robert McArdie – West Virginia
Lindo Nangeroni – Rutgers (NJ)
Harold Northrup – Wyoming
Clarence Shapiro – City College (NY)
Ray Stone – Iowa State
Ben Wilson – Indiana (IN)

136 (16)
Harry Boyer Jr. – Lehigh (PA)
George Casparian – Rutgers (NJ)
Charles Fischer – Ohio
C ‘Tom’ Fuller – Washington & Lee (VA)
Frank Gleason Jr. – Pennsylvania State
Ray Greening – Northwestern (IL)
Roger Isaacson – Northern Iowa
Willis Kuhn – Iowa State
Fortune Masdeo – San Jose State (CA)
Verle McClellan – Kansas State
Paul Petry – Illinois
Leonard Pomeroy – Kent State (OH)
Bennie Riggs – Michigan State
Joe Roman – Indiana (IN)
Herbert Trapp – Dubuque (IA)
Al Whitehurst – Oklahoma State

145 (12)
Ed Bizak – Ohio
Morton Brown – City College (NY)
Bill Combs – Michigan
Newton Copple – Nebraska
Glenn Duncan – Kansas State
Charles Lutz – Illinois
Bill Martin – Michigan State
Harold Masem – Lehigh (PA)
Carl Nelson – Southwestern Oklahoma
Al Schacheman – Franklin & Marshall (PA)
Gene Tornquist – Cornell (IA)
Seymour Weiss – Indiana (IN)

155 (7)
Mel Bruno – San Jose State (CA)
James Bryant – Lafayette (PA)
Harland Danner – Michigan
Marvin ‘Gene’ Farrell – Iowa State
Vernon Logan – Oklahoma State
Frank Osinski Sr. – Temple (PA)
Ted Seabrooke – Illinois

165 (16)
Clay Albright Jr. – Oklahoma State
Ken Berry – Illinois
Keith Collins – Kansas State
James ‘JT’ Cunningham – Appalachian State (NC)
Joe Demasi – Rutgers (NJ)
James Galles – Michigan
Gene Grenard – Colorado State
Quentin Joy – Cornell (IA)
Phillip Lewandowski – Ohio
Sam Linn – Iowa State
Chauncey McDaniel – Indiana (IN)
Dick Moore – Southwestern Oklahoma
Bill Perry – Lafayette (PA)
Bob Rhinehart – Temple (PA)
Ben ‘Joseph’  Schrader – Lehigh (PA)
Norm Willey – Purdue (IN)

175 (14)
Joe Aschauer – Kent State (OH)
Lloyd Black – Temple (PA)
Dick Brenneman – Lehigh (PA)
Denton Caves – Southwestern Oklahoma
Al Crawford – Appalachian State (NC)
Paul Govedare – Illinois
William Hoffman – Rutgers (NJ)
Garnett ‘Tuffy’ Inman – Indiana (IN)
Stanley Koloski – St. Lawrence (NY)
Don Nichols – Michigan
Leon ‘Red’ Reynard – Kansas State
James Taylor – Cornell (IA)
Earl VanBebber – Oklahoma State
Leo Wiznitzer – City College (NY)

UNL (13)
Howard Buck – Iowa State
William Burell – City College (NY)
George Chiga – Oklahoma State
George Downes – Ohio State
Tudor Gardiner – Harvard (MA)
George Hooper – Syracuse (NY)
Forrest ‘Butch’ Jordan – Michigan
Walter Porowski – Kent State (OH)
John Sikich – Illinois
Mulsey ‘Mose’ Sims – Southwestern Oklahoma
John Thomas – Lafayette (PA)
Richard Vaughan – Franklin & Marshall (PA)
John Woudenberg Jr. – Denver (CO)


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 Robert Antonacci Indiana (IN) DEC Delbert Jensen Northern Iowa 2 0
121 2nd Calvin Mehlhorn Oklahoma State DEC Delbert Jensen Northern Iowa 3 0
121 Champ 16 Robert Antonacci Indiana (IN) MFFT Bill Davidson Ohio 2 0
121 Champ 16 Frank Burgess Franklin & Marshall (PA) FALL Ray Tyson West Virginia 6 25 1 0
121 Champ 16 Farland ‘Ed’ Fansher Kansas State DEC Merle Smith Wyoming 0 0
121 Champ 16 Casey Fredericks Purdue (IN) DEC George Young Oklahoma 0 0
121 Champ 16 Delbert Jensen Northern Iowa FALL John Cooper St. Lawrence (NY) 4 57 0 0
121 Champ 16 Robert Johnson Southwestern Oklahoma DEC Carl King Pennsylvania State 0 0
121 Champ 16 Calvin Mehlhorn Oklahoma State DEC Robert Lungwitz Dubuque (IA) 3 0
121 Champ 16 Charles Parks Appalachian State (NC) DEC Kimbrell Hill Illinois 0 0
121 Champ 32 Merle Smith Wyoming DEC Robert Levin City College (NY) 0 0
121 Champ 4 Robert Antonacci Indiana (IN) DEC Calvin Mehlhorn Oklahoma State Ref 2 3
121 Champ 4 Delbert Jensen Northern Iowa DEC Casey Fredericks Purdue (IN) Ref 0 0
121 Champ 8 Robert Antonacci Indiana (IN) FALL Charles Parks Appalachian State (NC) 5 18 2 0
121 Champ 8 Casey Fredericks Purdue (IN) DEC Frank Burgess Franklin & Marshall (PA) Ref 0 1
121 Champ 8 Delbert Jensen Northern Iowa DEC Farland ‘Ed’ Fansher Kansas State 0 0
121 Champ 8 Calvin Mehlhorn Oklahoma State DEC Robert Johnson Southwestern Oklahoma 3 0
121 Consi 4 #1 Charles Parks Appalachian State (NC) DEC Bill Davidson Ohio 0 0
121 Consi 4 #2 Calvin Mehlhorn Oklahoma State FALL Charles Parks Appalachian State (NC) 8 0 3 0
128 1st Harold Byrd Oklahoma DEC Dale Hanson Minnesota 2 1
128 2nd Dale Hanson Minnesota DEC John Hess Southwestern Oklahoma 1 0
128 3rd Bob Kitt Oklahoma State DEC John Hess Southwestern Oklahoma 0 0
128 Champ 16 Peter Bernardino Temple (PA) DEC Bob Birch Cornell (IA) 0 0
128 Champ 16 Harold Byrd Oklahoma DEC Phillip Geib Franklin & Marshall (PA) 2 0
128 Champ 16 Milton Conzett Dubuque (IA) FALL Harold Northrup Wyoming 7 7 0 0
128 Champ 16 Ed Dillon Illinois FALL Lindo Nangeroni Rutgers (NJ) 8 35 0 0
128 Champ 16 Dale Hanson Minnesota FALL Robert McArdie West Virginia 7 45 1 0
128 Champ 16 John Hess Southwestern Oklahoma DEC Clarence Shapiro City College (NY) 0 0
128 Champ 16 Bob Kitt Oklahoma State DEC Ray Stone Iowa State 0 0
128 Champ 16 Ben Wilson Indiana (IN) FALL Milton Gaskill Appalachian State (NC) 6 55 3 0
128 Champ 4 Harold Byrd Oklahoma DEC Ben Wilson Indiana (IN) 2 3
128 Champ 4 Dale Hanson Minnesota FALL Bob Kitt Oklahoma State 7 50 1 0
128 Champ 8 Harold Byrd Oklahoma DEC John Hess Southwestern Oklahoma 2 0
128 Champ 8 Dale Hanson Minnesota DEC Ed Dillon Illinois 1 0
128 Champ 8 Bob Kitt Oklahoma State FALL Peter Bernardino Temple (PA) 7 17 0 0
128 Champ 8 Ben Wilson Indiana (IN) DEC Milton Conzett Dubuque (IA) 3 0
128 Consi 4 #1 Ed Dillon Illinois DEC Robert McArdie West Virginia 0 0
128 Consi 4 #1 John Hess Southwestern Oklahoma DEC Phillip Geib Franklin & Marshall (PA) 0 0
128 Consi 4 #2 John Hess Southwestern Oklahoma DEC Ben Wilson Indiana (IN) 0 3
128 Consi 4 #2 Bob Kitt Oklahoma State DEC Ed Dillon Illinois 0 0
136 1st Al Whitehurst Oklahoma State DEC Joe Roman Indiana (IN) 1 2
136 2nd Roger Isaacson Northern Iowa DEC Joe Roman Indiana (IN) 0 2
136 Champ 16 Frank Gleason Jr. Pennsylvania State DEC Leonard Pomeroy Kent State (OH) Ref 0 0
136 Champ 16 Roger Isaacson Northern Iowa DEC George Casparian Rutgers (NJ) 0 0
136 Champ 16 Willis Kuhn Iowa State DEC Paul Petry Illinois 0 0
136 Champ 16 Fortune Masdeo San Jose State (CA) DEC Harry Boyer Jr. Lehigh (PA) 0 0
136 Champ 16 Verle McClellan Kansas State DEC Ray Greening Northwestern (IL) 3 0
136 Champ 16 Bennie Riggs Michigan State FALL Herbert Trapp Dubuque (IA) 6 45 0 0
136 Champ 16 Joe Roman Indiana (IN) DEC C ‘Tom’ Fuller Washington & Lee (VA) Ref 2 0
136 Champ 16 Al Whitehurst Oklahoma State DEC Charles Fischer Ohio 1 0
136 Champ 4 Joe Roman Indiana (IN) DEC Verle McClellan Kansas State 2 3
136 Champ 4 Al Whitehurst Oklahoma State DFT Willis Kuhn Iowa State 1 38 1 0
136 Champ 8 Willis Kuhn Iowa State DEC Fortune Masdeo San Jose State (CA) Ref 0 0
136 Champ 8 Verle McClellan Kansas State DEC Frank Gleason Jr. Pennsylvania State 3 0
136 Champ 8 Joe Roman Indiana (IN) DEC Bennie Riggs Michigan State 2 0
136 Champ 8 Al Whitehurst Oklahoma State DEC Roger Isaacson Northern Iowa 1 0
136 Consi 4 #1 Roger Isaacson Northern Iowa FALL Charles Fischer Ohio 8 30 0 0
136 Consi 4 #2 Roger Isaacson Northern Iowa DFT Willis Kuhn Iowa State 0 0
145 1st Harold Masem Lehigh (PA) DEC Bill Combs Michigan Ref 2 1
145 2nd Bill Combs Michigan DEC Carl Nelson Southwestern Oklahoma 1 0
145 3rd Al Schacheman Franklin & Marshall (PA) DEC Carl Nelson Southwestern Oklahoma 0 0
145 Champ 16 Glenn Duncan Kansas State DEC Charles Lutz Illinois Ref 0 0
145 Champ 16 Bill Martin Michigan State DEC Morton Brown City College (NY) 0 0
145 Champ 16 Harold Masem Lehigh (PA) DEC Carl Nelson Southwestern Oklahoma 2 0
145 Champ 16 Al Schacheman Franklin & Marshall (PA) FALL Ed Bizak Ohio 3 0 0 0
145 Champ 4 Bill Combs Michigan DEC Al Schacheman Franklin & Marshall (PA) Ref 1 0
145 Champ 4 Harold Masem Lehigh (PA) DFT Seymour Weiss Indiana (IN) 6 30 2 3
145 Champ 8 Bill Combs Michigan DEC Newton Copple Nebraska 1 0
145 Champ 8 Harold Masem Lehigh (PA) DEC Bill Martin Michigan State Ref 2 0
145 Champ 8 Al Schacheman Franklin & Marshall (PA) DEC Glenn Duncan Kansas State Ref 0 0
145 Champ 8 Seymour Weiss Indiana (IN) DEC Gene Tornquist Cornell (IA) Ref 3 0
145 Consi 4 #1 Carl Nelson Southwestern Oklahoma FALL Bill Martin Michigan State 8 50 0 0
145 Consi 4 #2 Carl Nelson Southwestern Oklahoma MFFT Seymour Weiss Indiana (IN) 0 3
145 Consi 4 #2 Al Schacheman Franklin & Marshall (PA) FALL Newton Copple Nebraska 10 35 0 0
155 1st Vernon Logan Oklahoma State DEC Harland Danner Michigan Ref 1 2
155 2nd Marvin ‘Gene’ Farrell Iowa State DEC Harland Danner Michigan 0 2
155 Champ 4 Harland Danner Michigan FALL James Bryant Lafayette (PA) 7 0 2 0
155 Champ 4 Vernon Logan Oklahoma State DEC Marvin ‘Gene’ Farrell Iowa State 1 0
155 Champ 8 James Bryant Lafayette (PA) DEC Ted Seabrooke Illinois Ref 0 3
155 Champ 8 Harland Danner Michigan DEC Frank Osinski Sr. Temple (PA) Ref 2 0
155 Champ 8 Marvin ‘Gene’ Farrell Iowa State DEC Mel Bruno San Jose State (CA) 0 0
165 1st Gene Grenard Colorado State FALL Chauncey McDaniel Indiana (IN) 7 47 2 1
165 2nd Clay Albright Jr. Oklahoma State DEC Chauncey McDaniel Indiana (IN) 0 1
165 Champ 16 Clay Albright Jr. Oklahoma State DEC James Galles Michigan 0 3
165 Champ 16 Ken Berry Illinois DEC Phillip Lewandowski Ohio 0 0
165 Champ 16 Joe Demasi Rutgers (NJ) DEC Norm Willey Purdue (IN) 0 0
165 Champ 16 Gene Grenard Colorado State FALL Bob Rhinehart Temple (PA) 4 44 2 0
165 Champ 16 Chauncey McDaniel Indiana (IN) DEC Keith Collins Kansas State 1 0
165 Champ 16 Dick Moore Southwestern Oklahoma DEC Quentin Joy Cornell (IA) 0 0
165 Champ 16 Bill Perry Lafayette (PA) FALL Sam Linn Iowa State 7 10 0 0
165 Champ 16 Ben ‘Joseph’ Schrader Lehigh (PA) FALL James ‘JT’ Cunningham Appalachian State (NC) 7 15 0 0
165 Champ 4 Gene Grenard Colorado State DEC Clay Albright Jr. Oklahoma State 2 0
165 Champ 4 Chauncey McDaniel Indiana (IN) DEC Ben ‘Joseph’ Schrader Lehigh (PA) 1 0
165 Champ 8 Clay Albright Jr. Oklahoma State DEC Joe Demasi Rutgers (NJ) 0 0
165 Champ 8 Gene Grenard Colorado State DEC Ken Berry Illinois 2 0
165 Champ 8 Chauncey McDaniel Indiana (IN) DEC Dick Moore Southwestern Oklahoma 1 0
165 Champ 8 Ben ‘Joseph’ Schrader Lehigh (PA) DEC Bill Perry Lafayette (PA) 0 0
165 Consi 4 #1 Bob Rhinehart Temple (PA) DFT Ken Berry Illinois 0 0
165 Consi 4 #2 Clay Albright Jr. Oklahoma State FALL Bob Rhinehart Temple (PA) 9 30 0 0
175 1st Don Nichols Michigan DEC Garnett ‘Tuffy’ Inman Indiana (IN) 1 3
175 2nd Garnett ‘Tuffy’ Inman Indiana (IN) DEC Leon ‘Red’ Reynard Kansas State 3 0
175 3rd Leon ‘Red’ Reynard Kansas State DEC Joe Aschauer Kent State (OH) 0 0
175 Champ 16 Al Crawford Appalachian State (NC) DEC Paul Govedare Illinois 2 0
175 Champ 16 William Hoffman Rutgers (NJ) Lloyd Black Temple (PA) 0 0
175 Champ 16 Garnett ‘Tuffy’ Inman Indiana (IN) DEC Stanley Koloski St. Lawrence (NY) 3 0
175 Champ 16 Don Nichols Michigan DEC Dick Brenneman Lehigh (PA) 1 0
175 Champ 16 Leon ‘Red’ Reynard Kansas State DEC Earl VanBebber Oklahoma State 0 0
175 Champ 16 Leo Wiznitzer City College (NY) DEC Denton Caves Southwestern Oklahoma 0 0
175 Champ 4 Al Crawford Appalachian State (NC) DEC Garnett ‘Tuffy’ Inman Indiana (IN) 2 3
175 Champ 4 Don Nichols Michigan DEC Leon ‘Red’ Reynard Kansas State Ref 1 0
175 Champ 8 Al Crawford Appalachian State (NC) DEC Leo Wiznitzer City College (NY) 2 0
175 Champ 8 Garnett ‘Tuffy’ Inman Indiana (IN) DEC Joe Aschauer Kent State (OH) 3 0
175 Champ 8 Don Nichols Michigan DEC James Taylor Cornell (IA) 1 0
175 Champ 8 Leon ‘Red’ Reynard Kansas State FALL William Hoffman Rutgers (NJ) 1 53 0 0
175 Consi 4 #1 Joe Aschauer Kent State (OH) FALL Stanley Koloski St. Lawrence (NY) 11 7 0 0
175 Consi 4 #1 James Taylor Cornell (IA) DEC Dick Brenneman Lehigh (PA) Ref 0 0
175 Consi 4 #2 Joe Aschauer Kent State (OH) MFFT Al Crawford Appalachian State (NC) 0 2
175 Consi 4 #2 Leon ‘Red’ Reynard Kansas State FALL James Taylor Cornell (IA) 10 30 0 0
450 1st George Downes Ohio State DEC John Sikich Illinois Ref 0 2
450 2nd George Chiga Oklahoma State MFFT John Sikich Illinois 1 2
450 Champ 16 George Downes Ohio State DEC George Chiga Oklahoma State 0 1
450 Champ 16 George Hooper Syracuse (NY) FALL Forrest ‘Butch’ Jordan Michigan 2 44 0 0
450 Champ 16 Walter Porowski Kent State (OH) FALL Mulsey ‘Mose’ Sims Southwestern Oklahoma 3 30 3 0
450 Champ 16 John Sikich Illinois FALL Tudor Gardiner Harvard (MA) 8 39 2 0
450 Champ 16 John Woudenberg Jr. Denver (CO) DEC John Thomas Lafayette (PA) 0 0
450 Champ 4 George Downes Ohio State FALL George Hooper Syracuse (NY) 11 24 0 0
450 Champ 4 John Sikich Illinois DEC Walter Porowski Kent State (OH) Ref 2 3
450 Champ 8 George Downes Ohio State FALL Howard Buck Iowa State 6 30 0 0
450 Champ 8 George Hooper Syracuse (NY) DEC John Woudenberg Jr. Denver (CO) 0 0
450 Champ 8 Walter Porowski Kent State (OH) DEC Richard Vaughan Franklin & Marshall (PA) 3 0
450 Champ 8 John Sikich Illinois FALL William Burell City College (NY) 8 14 2 0
450 Consi 4 #1 George Chiga Oklahoma State DEC Howard Buck Iowa State 1 0
450 Consi 4 #2 George Chiga Oklahoma State DEC George Hooper Syracuse (NY) 1 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
24
2nd
Indiana (IN)
14
3rd
Michigan
10
4th
Lehigh (PA)
7
4th
Colorado State
7
4th
Ohio State
7
7th
Northern Iowa
6
7th
Minnesota
6
9th
Oklahoma
5
9th
Iowa State
5

Team Table

1st
2nd
3rd
Total
Oklahoma State
2
3
1
6
Indiana (IN)
1
1
2
4
Michigan
1
1
1
3
Colorado State
1
1
Lehigh (PA)
1
1
Oklahoma
1
1
Ohio State
1
1
Northern Iowa
1
1
2
Iowa State
1
1
Minnesota
1
1
Illinois
1
1
Franklin & Marshall (PA)
1
1
Kansas State
1
1

Stats/Leaderboard

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Awards

Outstanding Wrestler: Don Nichols: Michigan


Rules

Weights: 8 (121, 128, 136, 145, 155, 165, 175, UNL)
Type: Single Elimination
Placers: 3
Seeds: 2 [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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