NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1938 NCAA Championships

126 lb

Champion Allen Sapora, Illinois.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Allen SaporaILL
  2. 2Robert MurrayCORNC

Second place was decided in a separate bout after the final.

Connected 1938 126-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

12 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 4 bouts

    4 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Dick Harding, Princeton (NJ) over Gordy Purdy, Michigan State — Fall 2:34 · View bout
    2. James Knight, Nebraska over Phil Brundage, Alfred State (NY) — Fall 5:32 · View bout
    3. Robert Murray, Cornell College (IA) over William Stone, Massachusetts Tech — Fall 5:06 · View bout
    4. Woodrow Rorex, Oklahoma State over Jack Larson, Iowa State — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Allen Sapora, Illinois over John Craighead, Penn State — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Dick Harding, Princeton (NJ) over James Knight, Nebraska — Dec (no score) · View bout
    3. Hoy Stone, Oklahoma over Ed Rupp, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    4. Robert Murray, Cornell College (IA) over Woodrow Rorex, Oklahoma State — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Allen Sapora, Illinois over Robert Murray, Cornell College (IA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Hoy Stone, Oklahoma over Dick Harding, Princeton (NJ) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Allen Sapora, Illinois over Hoy Stone, Oklahoma — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 5 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation semifinal

      Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

      1. Robert Murray, Cornell College (IA) over John Craighead, Penn State — Fall · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Robert Murray, Cornell College (IA) over Hoy Stone, Oklahoma — Dec (no score) · View bout