NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1941 NCAA Championships

121 lb

Champion Merle Jennings, Michigan State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Merle JenningsMSU
  2. 2Calvin MehlhornOKST
  3. 3Bill ShermanIOWA
  4. 4Charles ParksAPP

Championship

Round of 16 · 7 bouts

  1. Bill Sherman, Iowa over Frank Wolinski, Minnesota — n/r · View bout
  2. Calvin Mehlhorn (1), Oklahoma State over Jacob Twersky, City College (NY) — n/r · View bout
  3. Charles Parks (2), Appalachian State (NC) over Milton Kuska, Nebraska — n/r · View bout
  4. Charley Ridenour (4), Penn State over Ted Schoenberg, Harvard (MA) — Dec 17–5 · View bout
  5. John Kanavas, Dubuque (IA) over John 'Ed' Stehman, Lock Haven (PA) — n/r · View bout
  6. Merle Jennings (3), Michigan State over Charles 'Irving' Adams, Springfield (MA) — n/r · View bout
  7. Tony Carcione, Lehigh (PA) over Merle Smith, Wyoming — Dec 8–3 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Calvin Mehlhorn (1), Oklahoma State over Bill Sherman, Iowa — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Charles Parks (2), Appalachian State (NC) over Tony Carcione, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 10–4 · View bout
  3. Charley Ridenour (4), Penn State over John Kanavas, Dubuque (IA) — Dec 14–11 · View bout
  4. Merle Jennings (3), Michigan State over Reynold Greenberg Jr., Lafayette (PA) — Fall 7:38 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Calvin Mehlhorn (1), Oklahoma State over Charley Ridenour (4), Penn State — Dec 9–7 · View bout
  2. Merle Jennings (3), Michigan State over Charles Parks (2), Appalachian State (NC) — Fall 1:59 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Merle Jennings (3), Michigan State over Calvin Mehlhorn (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 9–5 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Sherman, Iowa over Jacob Twersky, City College (NY) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  2. Charles 'Irving' Adams, Springfield (MA) over Reynold Greenberg Jr., Lafayette (PA) — FF · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Sherman, Iowa over Charley Ridenour (4), Penn State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  2. Charles Parks (2), Appalachian State (NC) over Charles 'Irving' Adams, Springfield (MA) — Dec 8–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Bill Sherman, Iowa over Charles Parks (2), Appalachian State (NC) — Fall 3:10 · View bout

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