NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1938 NCAA Championships

Unlimited

Champion Charles McDaniel, Indiana (IN).Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Charles McDanielIND
  2. 2Clifton GustafsonMINN

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

Connected 1938 Unlimited-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

10 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 2 bouts

    6 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Charles McDaniel, Indiana (IN) over Myron Sterngold, Lehigh (PA) — Fall 3:20 · View bout
    2. George Chiga, Oklahoma State over Paul 'Moose' Hodges, West Virginia — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Charles McDaniel, Indiana (IN) over John Jones, San Jose State (CA) — Fall 4:55 · View bout
    2. Charles Toll Jr., Princeton (NJ) over George Chiga, Oklahoma State — Fall 8:50 · View bout
    3. Clifton Gustafson, Minnesota over Warren Elliott, Penn State — Fall 1:07 · View bout
    4. Robert Kygar, Southwestern Oklahoma over Larry Pickett, Yale (CT) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Charles McDaniel, Indiana (IN) over Clifton Gustafson, Minnesota — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Robert Kygar, Southwestern Oklahoma over Charles Toll Jr., Princeton (NJ) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Charles McDaniel, Indiana (IN) over Robert Kygar, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

      1. Myron Sterngold, Lehigh (PA) over John Jones, San Jose State (CA) — FF · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

      1. Clifton Gustafson, Minnesota over Myron Sterngold, Lehigh (PA) — Fall · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Clifton Gustafson, Minnesota over Robert Kygar, Southwestern Oklahoma — Fall · View bout