NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1938 NCAA Championships

Unlimited lb

Champion Charles McDaniel, Indiana (IN).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Charles McDanielIND
  2. 2Clifton GustafsonMINN

Championship

Round of 16 · 2 bouts

  1. Charles McDaniel, Indiana (IN) over Myron Sterngold, Lehigh (PA) — Fall 3:20 · View bout
  2. George Chiga, Oklahoma State over Paul 'Moose' Hodges, West Virginia — Dec · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Charles McDaniel, Indiana (IN) over John Jones, San Jose State (CA) — Fall 4:55 · View bout
  2. Charles Toll Jr., Princeton (NJ) over George Chiga, Oklahoma State — Fall 8:50 · View bout
  3. Clifton Gustafson, Minnesota over Warren Elliott, Penn State — Fall 1:07 · View bout
  4. Robert Kygar, Southwestern Oklahoma over Larry Pickett, Yale (CT) — Dec · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Charles McDaniel, Indiana (IN) over Clifton Gustafson, Minnesota — Dec · View bout
  2. Robert Kygar, Southwestern Oklahoma over Charles Toll Jr., Princeton (NJ) — Dec · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Charles McDaniel, Indiana (IN) over Robert Kygar, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

  1. Myron Sterngold, Lehigh (PA) over John Jones, San Jose State (CA) — FF · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

  1. Clifton Gustafson, Minnesota over Myron Sterngold, Lehigh (PA) — Fall · View bout

Placement bouts

2nd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Clifton Gustafson, Minnesota over Robert Kygar, Southwestern Oklahoma — Fall · View bout

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