1942 NCAA Championships

NCAA D1

Individual championship awards, preserved source match rows, independently reviewed bracket topology where available, and team standings reconstructed from the recorded match rows under the era’s scoring rules, reconciled against the NCAA’s published totals. This page does not infer official individual placements.

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8individual champions

98recorded matches

98recorded outcomes

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Individual champions

1942 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
121	Merle Jennings	Michigan State	Source final	Recorded final
128	Burl 'Bo' Jennings	Michigan State	Source final	Recorded final
136	Bill Maxwell	Michigan State	Source final	Recorded final
145	David Arndt	Oklahoma State	Source final	Recorded final
155	Vernon Logan	Oklahoma State	Source final	Recorded final
165	Virgil Smith	Oklahoma State	Source final	Recorded final
175	Dick DiBatista	Pennsylvania	Source final	Recorded final
Unlimited	Loyd Arms	Oklahoma State	Source final	Recorded final

Team standings (reconstructed)

Points are recomputed from this year’s recorded match rows under the 1941 rule set: advancement (including bye advancement), bonus, and guaranteed-place increments, plus any curated adjustments. 14 of 23 program-years match the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book totals exactly.

1942 reconstructed team standings
Rank	Program	Points	Bonus	Placement
1	Oklahoma State	31	1	30
2	Michigan State	26	6	20
3	Penn State	10	4	6
4	Michigan	8	1	7
5	Kent State (OH)	7	2	5
5	Navy (MD)	7	1	6
5	Purdue (IN)	7	0	7
8	Illinois	6	1	5
8	Pennsylvania	6	0	6
10	Northern Iowa	5	1	4
11	Cornell College (IA)	4	0	4
12	Kansas State	2	0	2
12	Nebraska	2	1	1
14	Princeton (NJ)	1	0	1
15	Alfred State (NY)	0	0	0
15	Denver (CO)	0	0	0
15	Illinois State	0	0	0
15	Iowa State	0	0	0
15	Ohio	0	0	0
15	Rutgers (NJ)	0	0	0
15	San Jose State (CA)	0	0	0
15	Wesleyan (CT)	0	0	0
15	Wyoming	0	0	0

Published standings: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1942. Programs the book lists without an archive entry that year are not shown.

Recorded matches

Results remain grouped by the archive’s documented round display order unless a weight links to a verified, approved bracket. Source round counts alone do not establish advancement routes.

1942 recorded NCAA championship matches
Year	Round	Recorded sides	Method	Recorded seeds	Match link
121
1942	Round of 16 Champ 16	Cecil Mott vs Don Rippberger	Dec 11–1	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Charley Ridenour vs Mel Stiefel	Fall 3:21	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Dick Kopel vs Gaylord Bales	Dec 7–6	0 · recorded zero / No. 4	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Malcolm 'Mickey' McDonald vs Cecil Mott	Dec 4–3	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Merle Jennings vs Bill Tomaras	Fall 8:01	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Semifinal Champ 4	Malcolm 'Mickey' McDonald vs Charley Ridenour	Dec 8–3	No. 3 / No. 2	Open
1942	Semifinal Champ 4	Merle Jennings vs Dick Kopel	Dec 22–5	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Championship final 1st	Merle Jennings vs Malcolm 'Mickey' McDonald	Dec 3–2	No. 1 / No. 3	Open
1942	Consi 4 #2	Charley Ridenour vs Cecil Mott	Fall 4:44	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Consi 4 #2	Dick Kopel vs Charley Ridenour	Dec 4–2	0 · recorded zero / No. 2	Open
1942	Third-place bout 3rd	Charley Ridenour vs Dick Kopel	Fall 5:42	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
128
1942	Round of 16 Champ 16	Harry Mangus vs Irv Kagen	Dec 4–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Burl 'Bo' Jennings vs Fred Weltz	Dec 8–2	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Mark Matovina vs Gerald LeBlanc	Dec 13–7	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Sam Harry vs Harry Mangus	Dec 7–4	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Sidney Marks vs Leslie Landmesser	Dec 7–1	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Semifinal Champ 4	Burl 'Bo' Jennings vs Mark Matovina	Dec 9–5	No. 1 / No. 4	Open
1942	Semifinal Champ 4	Sidney Marks vs Sam Harry	Dec 3–0	No. 3 / No. 2	Open
1942	Championship final 1st	Burl 'Bo' Jennings vs Sidney Marks	Dec 5–3	No. 1 / No. 3	Open
1942	Consi 4 #2	Mark Matovina vs Fred Weltz	Dec 9–7	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Consi 4 #2	Sam Harry vs Leslie Landmesser	Fall 3:38	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Third-place bout 3rd	Sam Harry vs Mark Matovina	Dec 6–5	No. 2 / No. 4	Open
136
1942	Round of 16 Champ 16	Al Crabtree vs Dick Sachsel	Dec 7–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Round of 16 Champ 16	Bill Maxwell vs John Kulazenka	Dec 13–0	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Round of 16 Champ 16	Warren Taylor vs Alex Aloia	Dec 8–4	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Bill Maxwell vs Al Crabtree	Dec 6–0	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Dillard Talbutt vs Ivan Olsen	Dec 8–3	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Duane Hague vs Raymond Deane	Dec 7–3	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Fred Bishop vs Warren Taylor	Dec 9–5	0 · recorded zero / No. 2	Open
1942	Semifinal Champ 4	Bill Maxwell vs Dillard Talbutt	Fall 5:39	No. 1 / No. 4	Open
1942	Semifinal Champ 4	Fred Bishop vs Duane Hague	Dec 12–5	0 · recorded zero / No. 3	Open
1942	Championship final 1st	Bill Maxwell vs Fred Bishop	Fall 5:16	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Consi 4 #1	Al Crabtree vs John Kulazenka	Dec 5–4	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Consi 4 #2	Dillard Talbutt vs Al Crabtree	Dec 5–2	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Consi 4 #2	Warren Taylor vs Duane Hague	Dec 8–2	No. 2 / No. 3	Open
1942	Third-place bout 3rd	Dillard Talbutt vs Warren Taylor	Dec 12–7	No. 4 / No. 2	Open
145
1942	Round of 16 Champ 16	David Arndt vs Newton Copple	Dec 13–3	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Round of 16 Champ 16	Glenn Alexander vs Warren Johnson	Dec 9–2	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Round of 16 Champ 16	Santo Paterno vs John Marrs	Dec 8–3	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Round of 16 Champ 16	Vern 'Earl' Thompson vs Bill Hess	Dec 12–4	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Arlo Ellison vs Warren Gregory	Dec 9–6	0 · recorded zero / No. 4	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	David Arndt vs Santo Paterno	Dec 13–3	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Glenn Alexander vs Vern 'Earl' Thompson	Dec 7–3	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Manly Johnson vs Lucian Bowman	Dec 8–2	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Semifinal Champ 4	David Arndt vs Arlo Ellison	Fall 7:36	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Semifinal Champ 4	Manly Johnson vs Glenn Alexander	Dec 5–0	No. 2 / No. 3	Open
1942	Championship final 1st	David Arndt vs Manly Johnson	Dec 18–5	No. 1 / No. 2	Open
1942	Consi 4 #1	Newton Copple vs Santo Paterno	Dec 7–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Consi 4 #2	Glenn Alexander vs Lucian Bowman	Dec 4–1	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Consi 4 #2	Newton Copple vs Arlo Ellison	MFF	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Third-place bout 3rd	Glenn Alexander vs Newton Copple	Dec 6–4	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
155
1942	Round of 16 Champ 16	Leland Merrill Jr. vs Wallace Littell	Fall 7:18	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Round of 16 Champ 16	Marvin Becker vs Walter Heironimus	Dec 13–7	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Round of 16 Champ 16	Vernon Logan vs Bob Britt	Dec 8–2	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Leland Merrill Jr. vs Ben Ford	Fall 8:01	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Milton Bennett vs Leo Wempe	Dec 5–3	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Ted Seabrooke vs Don Richter	Dec 8–1	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Vernon Logan vs Marvin Becker	Dec 12–6	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Semifinal Champ 4	Ted Seabrooke vs Leland Merrill Jr.	Dec 5–2	No. 2 / No. 3	Open
1942	Semifinal Champ 4	Vernon Logan vs Milton Bennett	Dec 8–4	No. 1 / No. 4	Open
1942	Championship final 1st	Vernon Logan vs Ted Seabrooke	Dec 9–3	No. 1 / No. 2	Open
1942	Consi 4 #1	Marvin Becker vs Bob Britt	Dec 8–6	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Consi 4 #2	Leland Merrill Jr. vs Don Richter	Fall 1:46	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Consi 4 #2	Milton Bennett vs Marvin Becker	Dec 7–4	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Third-place bout 3rd	Leland Merrill Jr. vs Milton Bennett	Dec 5–4	No. 3 / No. 4	Open
165
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Bill Carmichael vs Robert Bader	Dec 10–3	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Bill Courtright vs Dale Thomas	Dec 3–2	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Norman Anthonisen vs Vince Murray	Fall 5:38	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Virgil Smith vs Cecil Hospelhorn	Dec 7–1	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Semifinal Champ 4	Bill Carmichael vs Norman Anthonisen	Dec 5–4	No. 3 / No. 2	Open
1942	Semifinal Champ 4	Virgil Smith vs Bill Courtright	Dec 6–4	No. 1 / No. 4	Open
1942	Championship final 1st	Virgil Smith vs Bill Carmichael	Dec 2–1	No. 1 / No. 3	Open
1942	Consi 4 #2	Bill Courtright vs Cecil Hospelhorn	Fall 5:09	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Consi 4 #2	Robert Bader vs Norman Anthonisen	MFF	0 · recorded zero / No. 2	Open
1942	Third-place bout 3rd	Bill Courtright vs Robert Bader	Dec 5–1	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
175
1942	Round of 16 Champ 16	Paul Chronister vs John Spalink	Dec 5–2	0 · recorded zero / No. 4	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Dick DiBatista vs Herman Cox	Dec 11–0	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	James Galles vs Quentin Joy	Dec 7–4	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Leon Martin vs Ken Berry	Fall 7:10	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Paul Chronister vs Tracy Young	Dec 5–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Semifinal Champ 4	Dick DiBatista vs Paul Chronister	Dec 7–4	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Semifinal Champ 4	Leon Martin vs James Galles	Dec 8–5	No. 3 / No. 2	Open
1942	Championship final 1st	Dick DiBatista vs Leon Martin	Dec 5–5	No. 1 / No. 3	Open
1942	Consi 4 #2	Ken Berry vs James Galles	Dec 6–2	0 · recorded zero / No. 2	Open
1942	Consi 4 #2	Paul Chronister vs Herman Cox	Dec 6–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Third-place bout 3rd	Paul Chronister vs Ken Berry	Dec 13–9	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
Unlimited
1942	Round of 16 Champ 16	Charles 'Shuford' Swift vs James Wilson	Fall 8:31	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Round of 16 Champ 16	Mearl 'Mike' Greene vs Alex Agase	Dec 9–3	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Charles 'Shuford' Swift vs Walter Haloupek	Dec 9–4	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Loyd Arms vs Fred Schleicher	Dec 8–1	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Mearl 'Mike' Greene vs Burt VanDerClute	Dec 8–2	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Walter Porowski vs Frank Ruggieri	Fall 6:23	0 · recorded zero / No. 2	Open
1942	Semifinal Champ 4	Loyd Arms vs Charles 'Shuford' Swift	Dec 7–2	No. 1 / No. 4	Open
1942	Semifinal Champ 4	Walter Porowski vs Mearl 'Mike' Greene	Dec 6–0	0 · recorded zero / No. 3	Open
1942	Championship final 1st	Loyd Arms vs Walter Porowski	Dec 7–5	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Consi 4 #2	Charles 'Shuford' Swift vs Fred Schleicher	Dec 6–3	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1942	Consi 4 #2	Frank Ruggieri vs Mearl 'Mike' Greene	Dec 5–0	No. 2 / No. 3	Open
1942	Third-place bout 3rd	Frank Ruggieri vs Charles 'Shuford' Swift	Dec 11–4	No. 2 / No. 4	Open