NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1940 NCAA Championships

165 lb

Champion Gene Grenard, Colorado State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Gene GrenardColorado State
  2. 2Clay Albright Jr.OKST

Championship

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Ben 'Joseph' Schrader, Lehigh (PA) over James 'JT' Cunningham, Appalachian State (NC) — Fall 7:15 · View bout
  2. Bill Perry, Lafayette (PA) over Sam Linn, Iowa State — Fall 7:10 · View bout
  3. Chauncey McDaniel (1), Indiana (IN) over Keith Collins, Kansas State — Dec · View bout
  4. Clay Albright Jr., Oklahoma State over James Galles (3), Michigan — Dec · View bout
  5. Dick Moore, Southwestern Oklahoma over Quentin Joy, Cornell College (IA) — Dec · View bout
  6. Gene Grenard (2), Colorado State over Bob Rhinehart, Temple (PA) — Fall 4:44 · View bout
  7. Joe Demasi, Rutgers (NJ) over Norm Willey, Purdue (IN) — Dec · View bout
  8. Ken Berry, Illinois over Phillip Lewandowski, Ohio — Dec · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Ben 'Joseph' Schrader, Lehigh (PA) over Bill Perry, Lafayette (PA) — Dec · View bout
  2. Chauncey McDaniel (1), Indiana (IN) over Dick Moore, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec · View bout
  3. Clay Albright Jr., Oklahoma State over Joe Demasi, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec · View bout
  4. Gene Grenard (2), Colorado State over Ken Berry, Illinois — Dec · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Chauncey McDaniel (1), Indiana (IN) over Ben 'Joseph' Schrader, Lehigh (PA) — Dec · View bout
  2. Gene Grenard (2), Colorado State over Clay Albright Jr., Oklahoma State — Dec · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Gene Grenard (2), Colorado State over Chauncey McDaniel (1), Indiana (IN) — Fall 7:47 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

  1. Bob Rhinehart, Temple (PA) over Ken Berry, Illinois — Dflt · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

  1. Clay Albright Jr., Oklahoma State over Bob Rhinehart, Temple (PA) — Fall 9:30 · View bout

Placement bouts

2nd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Clay Albright Jr., Oklahoma State over Chauncey McDaniel (1), Indiana (IN) — Dec · View bout

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