NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1940 NCAA Championships

136 lb

Champion Al Whitehurst, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Al WhitehurstOKST
  2. 2Roger IsaacsonUNI

Championship

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Al Whitehurst (1), Oklahoma State over Charles Fischer, Ohio — Dec · View bout
  2. Bennie Riggs, Michigan State over Herbert Trapp, Dubuque (IA) — Fall 6:45 · View bout
  3. Fortune Masdeo, San Jose State (CA) over Harry Boyer Jr., Lehigh (PA) — Dec · View bout
  4. Frank Gleason Jr., Penn State over Leonard Pomeroy, Kent State (OH) — Dec · View bout
  5. Joe Roman (2), Indiana (IN) over C 'Tom' Fuller, Washington & Lee (VA) — Dec · View bout
  6. Roger Isaacson, Northern Iowa over George Casparian, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec · View bout
  7. Verle McClellan (3), Kansas State over Ray Greening, Northwestern (IL) — Dec · View bout
  8. Willis Kuhn, Iowa State over Paul Petry, Illinois — Dec · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Al Whitehurst (1), Oklahoma State over Roger Isaacson, Northern Iowa — Dec · View bout
  2. Joe Roman (2), Indiana (IN) over Bennie Riggs, Michigan State — Dec · View bout
  3. Verle McClellan (3), Kansas State over Frank Gleason Jr., Penn State — Dec · View bout
  4. Willis Kuhn, Iowa State over Fortune Masdeo, San Jose State (CA) — Dec · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Al Whitehurst (1), Oklahoma State over Willis Kuhn, Iowa State — Dflt · View bout
  2. Joe Roman (2), Indiana (IN) over Verle McClellan (3), Kansas State — Dec · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Al Whitehurst (1), Oklahoma State over Joe Roman (2), Indiana (IN) — Dec · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

  1. Roger Isaacson, Northern Iowa over Charles Fischer, Ohio — Fall 8:30 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

  1. Roger Isaacson, Northern Iowa over Willis Kuhn, Iowa State — Dflt · View bout

Placement bouts

2nd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Roger Isaacson, Northern Iowa over Joe Roman (2), Indiana (IN) — Dec · View bout

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