NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1940 NCAA Championships

128 lb

Champion Harold Byrd, Oklahoma.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Harold ByrdOU
  2. 2Dale HansonMINN
  3. 3Bob KittOKST
  4. 4John HessSouthwestern Oklahoma

Championship

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Ben Wilson (3), Indiana (IN) over Milton Gaskill, Appalachian State (NC) — Fall 6:55 · View bout
  2. Bob Kitt, Oklahoma State over Ray Stone, Iowa State — Dec · View bout
  3. Dale Hanson (1), Minnesota over Robert McArdie, West Virginia — Fall 7:45 · View bout
  4. Ed Dillon, Illinois over Lindo Nangeroni, Rutgers (NJ) — Fall 8:35 · View bout
  5. Harold Byrd (2), Oklahoma over Phillip Geib, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec · View bout
  6. John Hess, Southwestern Oklahoma over Clarence Shapiro, City College (NY) — Dec · View bout
  7. Milton Conzett, Dubuque (IA) over Harold Northrup, Wyoming — Fall 7:07 · View bout
  8. Peter Bernardino, Temple (PA) over Bob Birch, Cornell College (IA) — Dec · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Ben Wilson (3), Indiana (IN) over Milton Conzett, Dubuque (IA) — Dec · View bout
  2. Bob Kitt, Oklahoma State over Peter Bernardino, Temple (PA) — Fall 7:17 · View bout
  3. Dale Hanson (1), Minnesota over Ed Dillon, Illinois — Dec · View bout
  4. Harold Byrd (2), Oklahoma over John Hess, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dale Hanson (1), Minnesota over Bob Kitt, Oklahoma State — Fall 7:50 · View bout
  2. Harold Byrd (2), Oklahoma over Ben Wilson (3), Indiana (IN) — Dec · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Harold Byrd (2), Oklahoma over Dale Hanson (1), Minnesota — Dec · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Ed Dillon, Illinois over Robert McArdie, West Virginia — Dec · View bout
  2. John Hess, Southwestern Oklahoma over Phillip Geib, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bob Kitt, Oklahoma State over Ed Dillon, Illinois — Dec · View bout
  2. John Hess, Southwestern Oklahoma over Ben Wilson (3), Indiana (IN) — Dec · View bout

Placement bouts

2nd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Dale Hanson (1), Minnesota over John Hess, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec · View bout

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Bob Kitt, Oklahoma State over John Hess, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec · View bout

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