NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1940 NCAA Championships

145 lb

Champion Harold Masem, Lehigh (PA).Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Harold MasemLEH
  2. 2Bill CombsMICH
  3. 3Al SchachemanF&M
  4. 4Carl NelsonSWOK

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 1940 145-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

12 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 4 bouts

    4 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Al Schacheman, Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Ed Bizak, Ohio — Fall 3:00 · View bout
    2. Bill Martin, Michigan State over Morton Brown, City College (NY) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    3. Glenn Duncan, Kansas State over Charles Lutz, Illinois — Dec (no score) · View bout
    4. Harold Masem (2), Lehigh (PA) over Carl Nelson, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Al Schacheman, Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Glenn Duncan, Kansas State — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Bill Combs (1), Michigan over Newton Copple, Nebraska — Dec (no score) · View bout
    3. Harold Masem (2), Lehigh (PA) over Bill Martin, Michigan State — Dec (no score) · View bout
    4. Seymour Weiss (3), Indiana (IN) over Gene Tornquist, Cornell College (IA) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bill Combs (1), Michigan over Al Schacheman, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Harold Masem (2), Lehigh (PA) over Seymour Weiss (3), Indiana (IN) — Dflt · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Harold Masem (2), Lehigh (PA) over Bill Combs (1), Michigan — 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. Carl Nelson, Southwestern Oklahoma over Bill Martin, Michigan State — Fall 8:50 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Al Schacheman, Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Newton Copple, Nebraska — Fall 10:35 · View bout
      2. Carl Nelson, Southwestern Oklahoma over Seymour Weiss (3), Indiana (IN) — MFF · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Bill Combs (1), Michigan over Carl Nelson, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec (no score) · View bout

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Al Schacheman, Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Carl Nelson, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec (no score) · View bout