NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1938 NCAA Championships

126 lb

Champion Allen Sapora, Illinois.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Allen SaporaILL
  2. 2Robert MurrayCornell College (IA)

Championship

Round of 16 · 4 bouts

  1. Dick Harding, Princeton (NJ) over Gordy Purdy, Michigan State — Fall 2:34 · View bout
  2. James Knight, Nebraska over Phil Brundage, Alfred State (NY) — Fall 5:32 · View bout
  3. Robert Murray, Cornell College (IA) over William Stone, Massachusetts Tech — Fall 5:06 · View bout
  4. Woodrow Rorex, Oklahoma State over Jack Larson, Iowa State — Dec · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Allen Sapora, Illinois over John Craighead, Penn State — Dec · View bout
  2. Dick Harding, Princeton (NJ) over James Knight, Nebraska — Dec · View bout
  3. Hoy Stone, Oklahoma over Ed Rupp, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec · View bout
  4. Robert Murray, Cornell College (IA) over Woodrow Rorex, Oklahoma State — Dec · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Allen Sapora, Illinois over Robert Murray, Cornell College (IA) — Dec · View bout
  2. Hoy Stone, Oklahoma over Dick Harding, Princeton (NJ) — Dec · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Allen Sapora, Illinois over Hoy Stone, Oklahoma — Dec · View bout

Consolation

Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

  1. Robert Murray, Cornell College (IA) over John Craighead, Penn State — Fall · View bout

Placement bouts

2nd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Robert Murray, Cornell College (IA) over Hoy Stone, Oklahoma — Dec · View bout

Bouts as the source workbook records them, in round order. No bracket positions or byes are inferred.