NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1940 NCAA Championships

165 lb

Champion Gene Grenard, Colorado State.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Gene GrenardCOST
  2. 2Clay Albright Jr.OKST

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

Connected 1940 165-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

16 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Ben 'Joseph' Schrader, Lehigh (PA) over James 'JT' Cunningham, Appalachian State (NC) — Fall 7:15 · View bout
    2. Bill Perry, Lafayette (PA) over Sam Linn, Iowa State — Fall 7:10 · View bout
    3. Chauncey McDaniel (1), Indiana (IN) over Keith Collins, Kansas State — Dec (no score) · View bout
    4. Clay Albright Jr., Oklahoma State over James Galles (3), Michigan — Dec (no score) · View bout
    5. Dick Moore, Southwestern Oklahoma over Quentin Joy, Cornell College (IA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    6. Gene Grenard (2), Colorado State over Bob Rhinehart, Temple (PA) — Fall 4:44 · View bout
    7. Joe Demasi, Rutgers (NJ) over Norm Willey, Purdue (IN) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    8. Ken Berry, Illinois over Phillip Lewandowski, Ohio — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Ben 'Joseph' Schrader, Lehigh (PA) over Bill Perry, Lafayette (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Chauncey McDaniel (1), Indiana (IN) over Dick Moore, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec (no score) · View bout
    3. Clay Albright Jr., Oklahoma State over Joe Demasi, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    4. Gene Grenard (2), Colorado State over Ken Berry, Illinois — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Chauncey McDaniel (1), Indiana (IN) over Ben 'Joseph' Schrader, Lehigh (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Gene Grenard (2), Colorado State over Clay Albright Jr., Oklahoma State — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Gene Grenard (2), Colorado State over Chauncey McDaniel (1), Indiana (IN) — Fall 7:47 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

      1. Bob Rhinehart, Temple (PA) over Ken Berry, Illinois — Dflt · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

      1. Clay Albright Jr., Oklahoma State over Bob Rhinehart, Temple (PA) — Fall 9:30 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Clay Albright Jr., Oklahoma State over Chauncey McDaniel (1), Indiana (IN) — Dec (no score) · View bout