NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1941 NCAA Championships

165 lb

Champion Virgil Smith, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Virgil SmithOKST
  2. 2John RobertsWIS
  3. 3Charles HutsonMSU
  4. 4Sam LinnISU

Championship

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bill Courtright, Michigan over Bill Lyman, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  2. Charles Hutson (3), Michigan State over Bob Rhinehart, Temple (PA) — Fall 4:25 · View bout
  3. Charles Rohrer, Penn State over Harry Traster, Indiana (IN) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  4. Hank Juran, Idaho over George Hund, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  5. John Roberts (1), Wisconsin over George Papushak, Kent State (OH) — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  6. Neal McKinstry, Northern Colorado over Vincent 'Barth' Schuman, Springfield (MA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  7. Sam Linn (4), Iowa State over Art Byrne Jr., Lehigh (PA) — Fall 7:28 · View bout
  8. Virgil Smith (2), Oklahoma State over Wally Johnson, Minnesota — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Charles Hutson (3), Michigan State over Hank Juran, Idaho — Fall 4:25 · View bout
  2. John Roberts (1), Wisconsin over Neal McKinstry, Northern Colorado — Dec 12–2 · View bout
  3. Sam Linn (4), Iowa State over Charles Rohrer, Penn State — Fall 2:56 · View bout
  4. Virgil Smith (2), Oklahoma State over Bill Courtright, Michigan — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. John Roberts (1), Wisconsin over Sam Linn (4), Iowa State — Dec 21–6 · View bout
  2. Virgil Smith (2), Oklahoma State over Charles Hutson (3), Michigan State — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Virgil Smith (2), Oklahoma State over John Roberts (1), Wisconsin — Dec 11–0 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Courtright, Michigan over Wally Johnson, Minnesota — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. George Papushak, Kent State (OH) over Neal McKinstry, Northern Colorado — Dec 7–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Charles Hutson (3), Michigan State over Bill Courtright, Michigan — Dec 11–9 · View bout
  2. Sam Linn (4), Iowa State over George Papushak, Kent State (OH) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Charles Hutson (3), Michigan State over Sam Linn (4), Iowa State — Dec 4–0 · View bout

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