NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1939 NCAA Championships

128 lb

Champion Dale Hanson, Minnesota.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Dale HansonMINN
  2. 2Woodrow RorexOKST
  3. 3Paul PetryILL
  4. 4Milton GaskillAPP

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.

Connected 1939 128-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

14 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 6 bouts

    2 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Charlie Chandler, Navy (MD) over Ralph Garner, Ohio — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Dale Hanson, Minnesota over Robert McArdle, West Virginia — Fall 7:43 · View bout
    3. Milton Gaskill, Appalachian State (NC) over Francis Burnett Jr., Lehigh (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    4. Paul Petry, Illinois over Richard Bolster, Haverford (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    5. Robert Antonacci, Indiana (IN) over Bryon 'Dale' Ball, Michigan State — Fall 5:52 · View bout
    6. Woodrow Rorex, Oklahoma State over Peter Bernardino, Temple (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Dale Hanson, Minnesota over Milton Gaskill, Appalachian State (NC) — Fall 1:46 · View bout
    2. Paul Petry, Illinois over Ed Rupp, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    3. Robert Antonacci, Indiana (IN) over Lindo Nangeroni, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    4. Woodrow Rorex, Oklahoma State over Charlie Chandler, Navy (MD) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Dale Hanson, Minnesota over Robert Antonacci, Indiana (IN) — Dflt · View bout
    2. Woodrow Rorex, Oklahoma State over Paul Petry, Illinois — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Dale Hanson, Minnesota over Woodrow Rorex, Oklahoma State — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Milton Gaskill, Appalachian State (NC) over Robert McArdle, West Virginia — Dec (no score) · View bout
      2. Peter Bernardino, Temple (PA) over Charlie Chandler, Navy (MD) — Dec (no score) · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Milton Gaskill, Appalachian State (NC) over Robert Antonacci, Indiana (IN) — MFF · View bout
      2. Paul Petry, Illinois over Peter Bernardino, Temple (PA) — Fall 4:14 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Woodrow Rorex, Oklahoma State over Milton Gaskill, Appalachian State (NC) — Dec (no score) · View bout

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Paul Petry, Illinois over Milton Gaskill, Appalachian State (NC) — Dec (no score) · View bout