1939 NCAA Championships

Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 8 weights.

The 1939 NCAA championships had eight weights and 124 bouts. Oklahoma State won the team title with 33 points; Lehigh (PA) was second with 12. Oklahoma State had three of the eight individual champions.

8weights

8individual champions

124bouts

30wins by fall

Most falls in the least time: Frank Burgess, Franklin & Marshall (PA) · 3 falls in 14:40

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Individual champions

1939 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Title bout
121	Joe McDaniel · 3rd titleOklahoma State	Oklahoma State	Dec (no score) over Frank Burgess, Franklin & Marshall (PA)
128	Dale HansonMinnesota	Minnesota	Dec (no score) over Woodrow Rorex, Oklahoma State
136	Archie DeutschmanIllinois	Illinois	Dec (no score) over Peter Culbertson, Minnesota
145	Harold NicholsMichigan	Michigan	Dec (no score) over Vernon Logan, Oklahoma State
155	Stanley Henson · 3rd titleOklahoma State	Oklahoma State	Dec (no score) over Tom King Jr., Lehigh (PA)
165	Henry MatthesLehigh (PA)	Lehigh (PA)	Dec (no score) over Don Bachman, Penn State
175	Chris TraicoffIndiana (IN)	Indiana (IN)	Dec (no score) over Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY)
Unlimited	Johnny HarrellOklahoma State	Oklahoma State	Fall 4:25 over John Sikich, Illinois

Team standings

Scoring details →

Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1939

Head coach for the 1939 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.

1939 team standings
Rank	Program	Head coach	Points
1	Oklahoma State	Ed Gallagher	33
2	Lehigh (PA)	Billy Sheridan	12
3	Illinois	H.E. Kenney	11
T4	Franklin & Marshall (PA)	Charles William Mayser	9
T4	Indiana (IN)	Billy Thom	9
T4	Michigan	Cliff Keen	9
T4	Minnesota	Dave Bartelma	9
8	Penn State	Charlie Speidel	5
9	City College (NY)	Joseph Sapora	4
10	Appalachian State (NC)	R.W. Watkins	3
11	Cornell College (IA)	Dick Barker	2
T12	Illinois State	Eugene L. Hill	1
T12	Kent State (OH)	Joe Begala	1
T12	Navy (MD)	Ray Swartz	1

16 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings

* Calculated from the bouts under the 1939 scoring rules.

1939 programs not in the published standings
Rank	Program	Head coach	Points
12*	Colorado State	Julius Wagner	1*
16*	Chicago (IL)	Spyros K. Vorres	0*
16*	Haverford (PA)	René Blanc-Roos	0*
16*	Iowa	Mike Howard	0*
16*	Lafayette (PA)	Not yet established	0*
16*	Massachusetts Tech	Jay Ricks	0*
16*	Michigan State	Fendley Collins	0*
16*	Nebraska	Jerry Adam	0*
16*	Northern Iowa	Dave McCuskey	0*
16*	Ohio	Thor Olson	0*
16*	Ohio State	Bernard Mooney	0*
16*	Rutgers (NJ)	Fred E. Shepard	0*
16*	Springfield (MA)	Erastus W. Pennock	0*
16*	Temple (PA)	J. Lloyd Bohn	0*
16*	West Virginia	Albert Gwynne	0*
16*	Yale (CT)	Edward D. O’Donnell	0*

Cite this page: “1939 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/1939/