NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1939 NCAA Championships

175 lb

Champion Chris Traicoff, Indiana (IN).Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Chris TraicoffIND
  2. 2Henry WittenbergCCNY
  3. 3Bob WilliamsOKST
  4. 4Don NicholsMICH

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 175-pound bracket

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Final →Placements →

Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

13 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 5 bouts

    3 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Bill Lyman, Cornell College (IA) over Ernest Bortz, Penn State — Fall 2:48 · View bout
    2. Bob Williams, Oklahoma State over John Hauer, Yale (CT) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    3. Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY) over Donald Grant, Springfield (MA) — Fall 6:57 · View bout
    4. Lloyd Black, Temple (PA) over John Vanderpoel, Massachusetts Tech — Dec (no score) · View bout
    5. Steve Slezak, Michigan State over Edward Valorz, Chicago (IL) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bill Lyman, Cornell College (IA) over Lloyd Black, Temple (PA) — Fall 3:49 · View bout
    2. Chris Traicoff, Indiana (IN) over Don Nichols, Michigan — Dec (no score) · View bout
    3. Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY) over Bob Williams, Oklahoma State — Dec (no score) · View bout
    4. Steve Slezak, Michigan State over Ben 'Joseph' Schrader, Lehigh (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Chris Traicoff, Indiana (IN) over Bill Lyman, Cornell College (IA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY) over Steve Slezak, Michigan State — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Chris Traicoff, Indiana (IN) over Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

      1 byes into the consolation semifinal

      1. Bob Williams, Oklahoma State over Donald Grant, Springfield (MA) — Dec (no score) · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Bob Williams, Oklahoma State over Steve Slezak, Michigan State — Dec (no score) · View bout
      2. Don Nichols, Michigan over Bill Lyman, Cornell College (IA) — Dec (no score) · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY) over Don Nichols, Michigan — Dec (no score) · View bout

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Bob Williams, Oklahoma State over Don Nichols, Michigan — Dflt · View bout