1938 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

107recorded matches

105recorded outcomes

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Individual champions

1938 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
118	Joe McDaniel	Oklahoma State	Source final	Recorded final
126	Allen Sapora	Illinois	Source final	Recorded final
135	David Matthews	Oklahoma	Source final	Recorded final
145	Stanley Henson	Oklahoma State	Source final	Recorded final
155	Dale Scrivens	Oklahoma State	Source final	Recorded final
165	John Ginay	Illinois	Source final	Recorded final
175	John Harkness	Harvard (MA)	Source final	Recorded final
Unlimited	Charles McDaniel	Indiana (IN)	Source final	Recorded final

Team standings (reconstructed)

Points are recomputed from this year’s recorded match rows under the 1934 rule set: advancement (including bye advancement), bonus, and guaranteed-place increments, plus any curated adjustments. 13 of 29 program-years match the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book totals exactly; 4 differ from the published total.

1938 reconstructed team standings
Rank	Program	Points	Bonus	Placement
1	Oklahoma State	18	3	15
2	Illinois	15	2	13
3	Indiana (IN)	11	2	9
4	Oklahoma	7	2	5
4	Southwestern Oklahoma	7	1	6
6	Minnesota	6	3	3
7	Cornell College (IA)	5	2	3
7	Harvard (MA)	5	0	5
7	Lehigh (PA)	5	2	3
10	Chicago (IL)	4	1	3
11	Franklin & Marshall (PA)	3	3	0
11	Iowa State	3	1	2
11	Northern Iowa	3	2	1
11	Princeton (NJ)	3	3	0
15	City College (NY)	2	1	1
16	Nebraska	1	1	0
16	Syracuse (NY)	1	1	0
16	Utah State	1	1	0
19	Alfred State (NY)	0	0	0
19	Amherst (MA)	0	0	0
19	Colorado State	0	0	0
19	Massachusetts Tech	0	0	0
19	Michigan	0	0	0
19	Michigan State	0	0	0
19	Penn State	0	0	0
19	San Jose State (CA)	0	0	0
19	St. Lawrence (NY)	0	0	0
19	West Virginia	0	0	0
19	Yale (CT)	0	0	0

Published standings: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1938. 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.

1938 recorded NCAA championship matches
Year	Round	Recorded sides	Method	Recorded seeds	Match link
118
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Carl King vs George Benz	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Dale Hanson vs Raymond Aristy Argyros	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Davis Natvig vs Francis Burnett Jr.	Fall 3:15	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Dennis Lawley vs Paul Satterfield	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Harold 'Myrl' Bench vs Ken Stewart	Fall	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Dale Hanson vs Dennis Lawley	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Davis Natvig vs Harold 'Myrl' Bench	Fall 8:22	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Joe McDaniel vs Carl King	Fall 2:50	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Willard Duffy vs Ralph Hirschtritt	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Semifinal Champ 4	Joe McDaniel vs Dale Hanson	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Semifinal Champ 4	Willard Duffy vs Davis Natvig	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Championship final 1st	Joe McDaniel vs Willard Duffy	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Second-place bout 2nd	Willard Duffy vs Dale Hanson	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Consi 4 #2	Dale Hanson vs Carl King	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Consi 4 #2	Davis Natvig vs Ralph Hirschtritt	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Third-place bout 3rd	Davis Natvig vs Dale Hanson	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
126
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Dick Harding vs Gordy Purdy	Fall 2:34	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	James Knight vs Phil Brundage	Fall 5:32	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Robert Murray vs William Stone	Fall 5:06	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Woodrow Rorex vs Jack Larson	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Allen Sapora vs John Craighead	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Dick Harding vs James Knight	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Hoy Stone vs Ed Rupp	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Robert Murray vs Woodrow Rorex	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Semifinal Champ 4	Allen Sapora vs Robert Murray	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Semifinal Champ 4	Hoy Stone vs Dick Harding	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Championship final 1st	Allen Sapora vs Hoy Stone	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Second-place bout 2nd	Robert Murray vs Hoy Stone	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Consi 4 #2	Robert Murray vs John Craighead	Fall	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
135
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Archie Deutschman vs Bruce Minnick	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Bill Renfro vs Jack Fiebig	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Fred Parkey vs Bryon 'Dale' Ball	Fall 4:17	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Ivan Moore vs Harold Masem	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Pete Conrad vs Marshall Gates	Fall 3:19	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Archie Deutschman vs Pete Conrad	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Dale Brand vs Bill Renfro	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	David Matthews vs Earle Lancaster	Fall 8:15	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Fred Parkey vs Ivan Moore	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Semifinal Champ 4	David Matthews vs Archie Deutschman	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Semifinal Champ 4	Fred Parkey vs Dale Brand	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Championship final 1st	David Matthews vs Fred Parkey	Dflt	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Second-place bout 2nd	Archie Deutschman vs Fred Parkey	FF	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Consi 4 #2	Archie Deutschman vs Earle Lancaster	FF	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
145
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Cliff Freiberger vs Aldo Zazzi	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Ross Hamsher vs Jacob 'Lynn' Spiker	Fall	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Frank Linn vs Arthur Herzberger	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Robert Finwall vs Cliff Freiberger	Dflt	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Ross Hamsher vs Andrew Kopischiansky	Fall	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Stanley Henson vs O. 'William' Culbertson	Fall	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Semifinal Champ 4	Robert Finwall vs Frank Linn	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Semifinal Champ 4	Stanley Henson vs Ross Hamsher	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Championship final 1st	Stanley Henson vs Robert Finwall	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Second-place bout 2nd	Robert Finwall vs O. 'William' Culbertson	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Consi 4 #2	Frank Linn vs Cliff Freiberger	FF	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Consi 4 #2	O. 'William' Culbertson vs Ross Hamsher	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Third-place bout 3rd	Frank Linn vs O. 'William' Culbertson	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
155
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Dale Scrivens vs Joe Loucks	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Ken Knight vs George Raab	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Semifinal Champ 4	Dale Scrivens vs Edward 'Gus' Hagerman	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Semifinal Champ 4	Ken Knight vs Stephen Priolo	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Championship final 1st	Dale Scrivens vs Ken Knight	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Second-place bout 2nd	Ken Knight vs Joe Loucks	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Consi 4 #2	Joe Loucks vs Edward 'Gus' Hagerman	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Consi 4 #2	Stephen Priolo vs George Raab	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Third-place bout 3rd	Joe Loucks vs Stephen Priolo	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
165
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Charles Powers Sr. vs Harvey Base	Dflt	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Henry Wittenberg vs Ross Shaffer	Fall 3:21	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	James 'Curt' Ford vs August Bolinski	Fall 4:24	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	John Ginay vs Hayward 'Pinky' Plumadore	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Semifinal Champ 4	James 'Curt' Ford vs Charles Powers Sr.	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Semifinal Champ 4	John Ginay vs Henry Wittenberg	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Championship final 1st	John Ginay vs James 'Curt' Ford	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Second-place bout 2nd	James 'Curt' Ford vs Henry Wittenberg	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Consi 4 #2	Charles Powers Sr. vs August Bolinski	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Consi 4 #2	Henry Wittenberg vs Hayward 'Pinky' Plumadore	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Third-place bout 3rd	Henry Wittenberg vs Charles Powers Sr.	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
175
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Charles Small vs Bob Williams	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Chris Traicoff vs Ernest Bortz	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Edward Valorz vs Jack Smith	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	John Harkness vs James Taylor	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Swede Olsen vs Howard Peters	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Wesley Leverich vs Stan Graze	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Chris Traicoff vs Charles Small	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Harry 'Marshall' Word vs Edward Valorz	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	John Harkness vs Wesley Leverich	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Swede Olsen vs Don Nichols	Dflt	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Semifinal Champ 4	John Harkness vs Harry 'Marshall' Word	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Semifinal Champ 4	Swede Olsen vs Chris Traicoff	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Championship final 1st	John Harkness vs Swede Olsen	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Second-place bout 2nd	Swede Olsen vs Harry 'Marshall' Word	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Consi 4 #1	Competitor unrecorded vs Competitor unrecorded	n/r	Not recorded / Not recorded	Open
1938	Consi 4 #1	Howard Peters vs Don Nichols	FF	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Consi 4 #2	Chris Traicoff vs Howard Peters	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Consi 4 #2	Harry 'Marshall' Word vs Competitor unrecorded	n/r	0 · recorded zero / Not recorded	Open
1938	Third-place bout 3rd	Chris Traicoff vs Harry 'Marshall' Word	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
Unlimited
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	Charles McDaniel vs Myron Sterngold	Fall 3:20	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Round of 16 Champ 16	George Chiga vs Paul 'Moose' Hodges	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Charles McDaniel vs John Jones	Fall 4:55	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Charles Toll Jr. vs George Chiga	Fall 8:50	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Clifton Gustafson vs Warren Elliott	Fall 1:07	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Robert Kygar vs Larry Pickett	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Semifinal Champ 4	Charles McDaniel vs Clifton Gustafson	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Semifinal Champ 4	Robert Kygar vs Charles Toll Jr.	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Championship final 1st	Charles McDaniel vs Robert Kygar	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Second-place bout 2nd	Clifton Gustafson vs Robert Kygar	Fall	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Consi 4 #1	Myron Sterngold vs John Jones	FF	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1938	Consi 4 #2	Clifton Gustafson vs Myron Sterngold	Fall	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open