NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1938 NCAA Championships

165 lb

Champion John Ginay, Illinois.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1John GinayILL
  2. 2James 'Curt' FordLEH
  3. 3Henry WittenbergCCNY
  4. 4Charles Powers Sr.PRIN

Second place was decided in a separate bout after the final. The runner-up won, so the wrestlers he had beaten wrestled back for 3rd place.

Every wrestler in this weight had an opening-round bye on the printed sheet, so the board starts at the quarterfinals.

Connected 1938 165-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

8 byes into the quarterfinal

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Charles Powers Sr., Princeton (NJ) over Harvey Base, Oklahoma State — Dflt · View bout
    2. Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY) over Ross Shaffer, Penn State — Fall 3:21 · View bout
    3. James 'Curt' Ford, Lehigh (PA) over August Bolinski, Northern Iowa — Fall 4:24 · View bout
    4. John Ginay, Illinois over Hayward 'Pinky' Plumadore, St. Lawrence (NY) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. James 'Curt' Ford, Lehigh (PA) over Charles Powers Sr., Princeton (NJ) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. John Ginay, Illinois over Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. John Ginay, Illinois over James 'Curt' Ford, Lehigh (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 5 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation semifinal

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Charles Powers Sr., Princeton (NJ) over August Bolinski, Northern Iowa — Dec (no score) · View bout
      2. Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY) over Hayward 'Pinky' Plumadore, St. Lawrence (NY) — Dec (no score) · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. James 'Curt' Ford, Lehigh (PA) over Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY) — Dec (no score) · View bout

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY) over Charles Powers Sr., Princeton (NJ) — Dec (no score) · View bout