NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1939 NCAA Championships

165 lb

Champion Henry Matthes, Lehigh (PA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Henry MatthesLEH
  2. 2James 'Boyd' NelsonOKST

Championship

Round of 16 · 7 bouts

  1. Al Reiser, Temple (PA) over Robert Slye, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec · View bout
  2. Chauncey McDaniel, Indiana (IN) over George Papushak, Kent State (OH) — Dec · View bout
  3. Curtis Fritchman, Colorado State over Edward Kimble, West Virginia — Fall 3:29 · View bout
  4. George Raab, Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Frank Morgan, Michigan — Dec · View bout
  5. Henry Matthes, Lehigh (PA) over Clarence Claugus, Ohio — Fall 8:32 · View bout
  6. James 'Boyd' Nelson, Oklahoma State over Bill Perry, Lafayette (PA) — Fall 3:43 · View bout
  7. Wesley Leverich, Illinois over August Bolinski, Northern Iowa — Dec · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Chauncey McDaniel, Indiana (IN) over Wesley Leverich, Illinois — Dec · View bout
  2. Don Bachman, Penn State over Curtis Fritchman, Colorado State — Fall 7:48 · View bout
  3. George Raab, Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Al Reiser, Temple (PA) — Fall 5:41 · View bout
  4. Henry Matthes, Lehigh (PA) over James 'Boyd' Nelson, Oklahoma State — Dec · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Don Bachman, Penn State over George Raab, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec · View bout
  2. Henry Matthes, Lehigh (PA) over Chauncey McDaniel, Indiana (IN) — Dflt · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Henry Matthes, Lehigh (PA) over Don Bachman, Penn State — Dec · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

  1. James 'Boyd' Nelson, Oklahoma State over Clarence Claugus, Ohio — Dec · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

  1. James 'Boyd' Nelson, Oklahoma State over Chauncey McDaniel, Indiana (IN) — MFF · View bout

Placement bouts

2nd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. James 'Boyd' Nelson, Oklahoma State over Don Bachman, Penn State — MFF · View bout

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