1942 NCAA D1 National Championship


Info

Date: March 27-28
Location: East Lansing, MI
Venue: Jenison Fieldhouse
Host: Michigan State
Teams: 23
Wrestlers: 79


Milestones

  • First AA for Nebraska
  • First AA for Princeton (NJ)
  • 6x Consecutive Team National Titles for Oklahoma State

Participating Teams

Alfred State (NY)
Cornell (IA)
Denver (CO)
Illinois
Illinois State
Iowa State
Kansas State
Kent State (OH)
Michigan
Michigan State
Navy (MD)
Nebraska
Northern Iowa
Ohio
Oklahoma State
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State
Princeton (NJ)
Purdue (IN)
Rutgers (NJ)
San Jose State (CA)
Wesleyan (CT)
Wyoming


Participating Wrestlers

121 (9)
Gaylord Bales – Iowa State
Merle Jennings – Michigan State
Dick Kopel – Michigan
Malcolm ‘Mickey’ McDonald – Purdue (IN)
Cecil Mott – Northern Iowa
Charley Ridenour – Pennsylvania State
Don Rippberger – Kent State (OH)
Mel Stiefel – Kansas State
Bill Tomaras – Illinois

128 (9)
Sam Harry – Pennsylvania State
Burl ‘Bo’ Jennings – Michigan State
Irv Kagen – Illinois
Leslie Landmesser – Iowa State
Gerald LeBlanc – Alfred State (NY)
Harry Mangus – Wyoming
Sidney Marks – Oklahoma State
Mark Matovina – Purdue (IN)
Fred Weltz – Northern Iowa

136 (11)
Alex Aloia – Illinois
Fred Bishop – Cornell (IA)
Al Crabtree – Pennsylvania State
Raymond Deane – Michigan
Duane Hague – Kent State (OH)
John Kulazenka – Ohio
Bill Maxwell – Michigan State
Ivan Olsen – San Jose State (CA)
Dick Sachsel – Rutgers (NJ)
Dillard Talbutt – Oklahoma State
Warren Taylor – Princeton (NJ)

145 (12)
Glenn Alexander – Pennsylvania State
David Arndt – Oklahoma State
Lucian Bowman – Illinois State
Newton Copple – Nebraska
Arlo Ellison – Cornell (IA)
Warren Gregory – Purdue (IN)
Bill Hess – Ohio
Warren Johnson – Denver (CO)
Manly Johnson – Michigan
John Marrs – Michigan State
Santo Paterno – Rutgers (NJ)
Vern ‘Earl’ Thompson – Illinois

155 (11)
Marvin Becker – Michigan
Milton Bennett – Navy (MD)
Bob Britt – Purdue (IN)
Ben Ford – Rutgers (NJ)
Walter Heironimus – Wesleyan (CT)
Wallace Littell – Cornell (IA)
Vernon Logan – Oklahoma State
Leland Merrill Jr. – Michigan State
Don Richter – Iowa State
Ted Seabrooke – Illinois
Leo Wempe – Kansas State

165 (8)
Norman Anthonisen – Illinois
Robert Bader – Kent State (OH)
Bill Carmichael – Navy (MD)
Bill Courtright – Michigan
Cecil Hospelhorn – Illinois State
Vince Murray – Rutgers (NJ)
Virgil Smith – Oklahoma State
Dale Thomas – Cornell (IA)

175 (9)
Ken Berry – Illinois
Paul Chronister – Kansas State
Herman Cox – Illinois State
Dick DiBatista – Pennsylvania
James Galles – Michigan
Quentin Joy – Cornell (IA)
Leon Martin – Northern Iowa
John Spalink – Michigan State
Tracy Young – Oklahoma State

UNL (10)
Alex Agase – Illinois
Loyd Arms – Oklahoma State
Mearl ‘Mike’ Greene – Alfred State (NY)
Walter Haloupek – Cornell (IA)
Walter Porowski – Kent State (OH)
Frank Ruggieri – Purdue (IN)
Fred Schleicher – Ohio
Charles ‘Shuford’ Swift – Navy (MD)
Burt VanDerClute – Wesleyan (CT)
James Wilson – Iowa State


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 Merle Jennings Michigan State DEC Malcolm ‘Mickey’ McDonald Purdue (IN) 3 2 1 3
121 3rd Charley Ridenour Pennsylvania State FALL Dick Kopel Michigan 5 42 2 0
121 Champ 16 Cecil Mott Northern Iowa DEC Don Rippberger Kent State (OH) 11 1 0 0
121 Champ 4 Merle Jennings Michigan State DEC Dick Kopel Michigan 22 5 1 0
121 Champ 4 Malcolm ‘Mickey’ McDonald Purdue (IN) DEC Charley Ridenour Pennsylvania State 8 3 3 2
121 Champ 8 Merle Jennings Michigan State FALL Bill Tomaras Illinois 8 1 1 0
121 Champ 8 Dick Kopel Michigan DEC Gaylord Bales Iowa State 7 6 0 4
121 Champ 8 Malcolm ‘Mickey’ McDonald Purdue (IN) DEC Cecil Mott Northern Iowa 4 3 3 0
121 Champ 8 Charley Ridenour Pennsylvania State FALL Mel Stiefel Kansas State 3 21 2 0
121 Consi 4 #2 Dick Kopel Michigan DEC Charley Ridenour Pennsylvania State 4 2 0 2
121 Consi 4 #2 Charley Ridenour Pennsylvania State FALL Cecil Mott Northern Iowa 4 44 2 0
128 1st Burl ‘Bo’ Jennings Michigan State DEC Sidney Marks Oklahoma State 5 3 1 3
128 3rd Sam Harry Pennsylvania State DEC Mark Matovina Purdue (IN) 6 5 2 4
128 Champ 16 Harry Mangus Wyoming DEC Irv Kagen Illinois 4 2 0 0
128 Champ 4 Burl ‘Bo’ Jennings Michigan State DEC Mark Matovina Purdue (IN) 9 5 1 4
128 Champ 4 Sidney Marks Oklahoma State DEC Sam Harry Pennsylvania State 3 0 3 2
128 Champ 8 Sam Harry Pennsylvania State DEC Harry Mangus Wyoming 7 4 2 0
128 Champ 8 Burl ‘Bo’ Jennings Michigan State DEC Fred Weltz Northern Iowa 8 2 1 0
128 Champ 8 Sidney Marks Oklahoma State DEC Leslie Landmesser Iowa State 7 1 3 0
128 Champ 8 Mark Matovina Purdue (IN) DEC Gerald LeBlanc Alfred State (NY) 13 7 4 0
128 Consi 4 #2 Sam Harry Pennsylvania State FALL Leslie Landmesser Iowa State 3 38 2 0
128 Consi 4 #2 Mark Matovina Purdue (IN) DEC Fred Weltz Northern Iowa 9 7 4 0
136 1st Bill Maxwell Michigan State FALL Fred Bishop Cornell (IA) 5 16 1 0
136 3rd Dillard Talbutt Oklahoma State DEC Warren Taylor Princeton (NJ) 12 7 x 4 2
136 Champ 16 Al Crabtree Pennsylvania State DEC Dick Sachsel Rutgers (NJ) 7 2 0 0
136 Champ 16 Bill Maxwell Michigan State DEC John Kulazenka Ohio 13 0 1 0
136 Champ 16 Warren Taylor Princeton (NJ) DEC Alex Aloia Illinois 8 4 2 0
136 Champ 4 Fred Bishop Cornell (IA) DEC Duane Hague Kent State (OH) 12 5 0 3
136 Champ 4 Bill Maxwell Michigan State FALL Dillard Talbutt Oklahoma State 5 39 1 4
136 Champ 8 Fred Bishop Cornell (IA) DEC Warren Taylor Princeton (NJ) 9 5 x 0 2
136 Champ 8 Duane Hague Kent State (OH) DEC Raymond Deane Michigan 7 3 3 0
136 Champ 8 Bill Maxwell Michigan State DEC Al Crabtree Pennsylvania State 6 0 1 0
136 Champ 8 Dillard Talbutt Oklahoma State DEC Ivan Olsen San Jose State (CA) 8 3 4 0
136 Consi 4 #1 Al Crabtree Pennsylvania State DEC John Kulazenka Ohio 5 4 0 0
136 Consi 4 #2 Dillard Talbutt Oklahoma State DEC Al Crabtree Pennsylvania State 5 2 4 0
136 Consi 4 #2 Warren Taylor Princeton (NJ) DEC Duane Hague Kent State (OH) 8 2 2 3
145 1st David Arndt Oklahoma State DEC Manly Johnson Michigan 18 5 1 2
145 3rd Glenn Alexander Pennsylvania State DEC Newton Copple Nebraska 6 4 3 0
145 Champ 16 Glenn Alexander Pennsylvania State DEC Warren Johnson Denver (CO) 9 2 3 0
145 Champ 16 David Arndt Oklahoma State DEC Newton Copple Nebraska 13 3 1 0
145 Champ 16 Santo Paterno Rutgers (NJ) DEC John Marrs Michigan State 8 3 0 0
145 Champ 16 Vern ‘Earl’ Thompson Illinois DEC Bill Hess Ohio 12 4 0 0
145 Champ 4 David Arndt Oklahoma State FALL Arlo Ellison Cornell (IA) 7 36 1 0
145 Champ 4 Manly Johnson Michigan DEC Glenn Alexander Pennsylvania State 5 0 2 3
145 Champ 8 Glenn Alexander Pennsylvania State DEC Vern ‘Earl’ Thompson Illinois 7 3 3 0
145 Champ 8 David Arndt Oklahoma State DEC Santo Paterno Rutgers (NJ) 13 3 1 0
145 Champ 8 Arlo Ellison Cornell (IA) DEC Warren Gregory Purdue (IN) 9 6 0 4
145 Champ 8 Manly Johnson Michigan DEC Lucian Bowman Illinois State 8 2 2 0
145 Consi 4 #1 Newton Copple Nebraska DEC Santo Paterno Rutgers (NJ) 7 0 0 0
145 Consi 4 #2 Glenn Alexander Pennsylvania State DEC Lucian Bowman Illinois State 4 1 3 0
145 Consi 4 #2 Newton Copple Nebraska MFFT Arlo Ellison Cornell (IA) 0 0
155 1st Vernon Logan Oklahoma State DEC Ted Seabrooke Illinois 9 3 1 2
155 3rd Leland Merrill Jr. Michigan State DEC Milton Bennett Navy (MD) 5 4 3 4
155 Champ 16 Marvin Becker Michigan DEC Walter Heironimus Wesleyan (CT) 13 7 0 0
155 Champ 16 Vernon Logan Oklahoma State DEC Bob Britt Purdue (IN) 8 2 1 0
155 Champ 16 Leland Merrill Jr. Michigan State FALL Wallace Littell Cornell (IA) 7 18 3 0
155 Champ 4 Vernon Logan Oklahoma State DEC Milton Bennett Navy (MD) 8 4 x 1 4
155 Champ 4 Ted Seabrooke Illinois DEC Leland Merrill Jr. Michigan State 5 2 2 3
155 Champ 8 Milton Bennett Navy (MD) DEC Leo Wempe Kansas State 5 3 4 0
155 Champ 8 Vernon Logan Oklahoma State DEC Marvin Becker Michigan 12 6 1 0
155 Champ 8 Leland Merrill Jr. Michigan State FALL Ben Ford Rutgers (NJ) 8 1 3 0
155 Champ 8 Ted Seabrooke Illinois DEC Don Richter Iowa State 8 1 2 0
155 Consi 4 #1 Marvin Becker Michigan DEC Bob Britt Purdue (IN) 8 6 0 0
155 Consi 4 #2 Milton Bennett Navy (MD) DEC Marvin Becker Michigan 7 4 4 0
155 Consi 4 #2 Leland Merrill Jr. Michigan State FALL Don Richter Iowa State 1 46 3 0
165 1st Virgil Smith Oklahoma State DEC Bill Carmichael Navy (MD) 2 1 1 3
165 3rd Bill Courtright Michigan DEC Robert Bader Kent State (OH) 5 1 4 0
165 Champ 4 Bill Carmichael Navy (MD) DEC Norman Anthonisen Illinois 5 4 3 2
165 Champ 4 Virgil Smith Oklahoma State DEC Bill Courtright Michigan 6 4 1 4
165 Champ 8 Norman Anthonisen Illinois FALL Vince Murray Rutgers (NJ) 5 38 2 0
165 Champ 8 Bill Carmichael Navy (MD) DEC Robert Bader Kent State (OH) 10 3 3 0
165 Champ 8 Bill Courtright Michigan DEC Dale Thomas Cornell (IA) 3 2 4 0
165 Champ 8 Virgil Smith Oklahoma State DEC Cecil Hospelhorn Illinois State 7 1 1 0
165 Consi 4 #2 Robert Bader Kent State (OH) MFFT Norman Anthonisen Illinois 0 2
165 Consi 4 #2 Bill Courtright Michigan FALL Cecil Hospelhorn Illinois State 5 9 4 0
175 1st Dick DiBatista Pennsylvania DEC Leon Martin Northern Iowa 5 5 Ref 1 3 4-4, 1-1
175 3rd Paul Chronister Kansas State DEC Ken Berry Illinois 13 9 x 0 0
175 Champ 16 Paul Chronister Kansas State DEC John Spalink Michigan State 5 2 0 4
175 Champ 4 Dick DiBatista Pennsylvania DEC Paul Chronister Kansas State 7 4 1 0
175 Champ 4 Leon Martin Northern Iowa DEC James Galles Michigan 8 5 3 2
175 Champ 8 Paul Chronister Kansas State DEC Tracy Young Oklahoma State 5 2 0 0
175 Champ 8 Dick DiBatista Pennsylvania DEC Herman Cox Illinois State 11 0 1 0
175 Champ 8 James Galles Michigan DEC Quentin Joy Cornell (IA) 7 4 2 0
175 Champ 8 Leon Martin Northern Iowa FALL Ken Berry Illinois 7 10 3 0
175 Consi 4 #2 Ken Berry Illinois DEC James Galles Michigan 6 2 0 2
175 Consi 4 #2 Paul Chronister Kansas State DEC Herman Cox Illinois State 6 0 0 0
450 1st Loyd Arms Oklahoma State DEC Walter Porowski Kent State (OH) 7 5 1 0
450 3rd Frank Ruggieri Purdue (IN) DEC Charles ‘Shuford’ Swift Navy (MD) 11 4 2 4
450 Champ 16 Mearl ‘Mike’ Greene Alfred State (NY) DEC Alex Agase Illinois 9 3 3 0
450 Champ 16 Charles ‘Shuford’ Swift Navy (MD) FALL James Wilson Iowa State 8 31 4 0
450 Champ 4 Loyd Arms Oklahoma State DEC Charles ‘Shuford’ Swift Navy (MD) 7 2 1 4
450 Champ 4 Walter Porowski Kent State (OH) DEC Mearl ‘Mike’ Greene Alfred State (NY) 6 0 0 3
450 Champ 8 Loyd Arms Oklahoma State DEC Fred Schleicher Ohio 8 1 1 0
450 Champ 8 Mearl ‘Mike’ Greene Alfred State (NY) DEC Burt VanDerClute Wesleyan (CT) 8 2 3 0
450 Champ 8 Walter Porowski Kent State (OH) FALL Frank Ruggieri Purdue (IN) 6 23 0 2
450 Champ 8 Charles ‘Shuford’ Swift Navy (MD) DEC Walter Haloupek Cornell (IA) 9 4 4 0
450 Consi 4 #2 Frank Ruggieri Purdue (IN) DEC Mearl ‘Mike’ Greene Alfred State (NY) 5 0 2 3
450 Consi 4 #2 Charles ‘Shuford’ Swift Navy (MD) DEC Fred Schleicher Ohio 6 3 4 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
31
2nd
Michigan State
26
3rd
Pennsylvania State
10
4th
Michigan
8
5th
Navy
7
5th
Kent State
7
5th
Purdue (IN)
7
8th
Pennsylvania
6
8th
Illinois
6
10th
Northern Iowa
5

Team Table

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Total
Oklahoma State
4
1
1
6
Michigan State
3
1
4
Pennsylvania
1
1
Purdue (IN)
1
1
1
3
Michigan
1
1
1
3
Navy (MD)
1
2
3
Illinois
1
1
2
Kent State (OH)
1
1
2
Cornell (IA)
1
1
Northern Iowa
1
1
Pennsylvania State
3
3
Kansas State
1
1
Princeton (NJ)
1
1
Nebraska
1
1

Stats/Leaderboard

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Awards

Outstanding Wrestler: David Arndt: Oklahoma State


Rules

Weights: 8 (121, 128, 136, 145, 155, 165, 175, UNL)
Type: Single Elimination
Placers: 4
Seeds: 4 [Up to 4] (Wrestlers from the same conference or geographical location who have competed against each other will be seeded to prevent wrestling again in the early rounds.)
Consi Qualifiers: Only those who lost to the finalist may wrestle for a place

Championship Bouts: 9 Minutes (3x 3 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

Bout Scoring:
Near Fall = 2 points
Takedown = 2 points
Reversal = 2 points
Escape = 1 point
Riding Time = 1 or 2 points (Each minute of riding advantage is a point up to 2)

Team Scoring:
1st = 6 points
2nd = 4 points
3rd = 2 points
4th = 1 point
Default, Disqualification, Fall, Forfeit = 1 point


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