NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1938 NCAA Championships

165 lb

Champion John Ginay, Illinois.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1John GinayILL
  2. 2James 'Curt' FordLEH
  3. 3Henry WittenbergCity College (NY)
  4. 4Charles Powers Sr.PRIN

Championship

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Charles Powers Sr., Princeton (NJ) over Harvey Base, Oklahoma State — Dflt · View bout
  2. Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY) over Ross Shaffer, Penn State — Fall 3:21 · View bout
  3. James 'Curt' Ford, Lehigh (PA) over August Bolinski, Northern Iowa — Fall 4:24 · View bout
  4. John Ginay, Illinois over Hayward 'Pinky' Plumadore, St. Lawrence (NY) — Dec · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. James 'Curt' Ford, Lehigh (PA) over Charles Powers Sr., Princeton (NJ) — Dec · View bout
  2. John Ginay, Illinois over Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY) — Dec · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. John Ginay, Illinois over James 'Curt' Ford, Lehigh (PA) — Dec · View bout

Consolation

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Charles Powers Sr., Princeton (NJ) over August Bolinski, Northern Iowa — Dec · View bout
  2. Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY) over Hayward 'Pinky' Plumadore, St. Lawrence (NY) — Dec · View bout

Placement bouts

2nd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. James 'Curt' Ford, Lehigh (PA) over Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY) — Dec · View bout

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Henry Wittenberg, City College (NY) over Charles Powers Sr., Princeton (NJ) — Dec · View bout

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