NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1942 NCAA Championships

121 lb

Champion Merle Jennings, Michigan State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Merle JenningsMSU
  2. 2Malcolm 'Mickey' McDonaldPUR
  3. 3Charley RidenourPSU
  4. 4Dick KopelMICH

Championship

Round of 16 · 1 bout

  1. Cecil Mott, Northern Iowa over Don Rippberger, Kent State (OH) — Dec 11–1 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Charley Ridenour (2), Penn State over Mel Stiefel, Kansas State — Fall 3:21 · View bout
  2. Dick Kopel, Michigan over Gaylord Bales (4), Iowa State — Dec 7–6 · View bout
  3. Malcolm 'Mickey' McDonald (3), Purdue (IN) over Cecil Mott, Northern Iowa — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  4. Merle Jennings (1), Michigan State over Bill Tomaras, Illinois — Fall 8:01 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Malcolm 'Mickey' McDonald (3), Purdue (IN) over Charley Ridenour (2), Penn State — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  2. Merle Jennings (1), Michigan State over Dick Kopel, Michigan — Dec 22–5 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Merle Jennings (1), Michigan State over Malcolm 'Mickey' McDonald (3), Purdue (IN) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Charley Ridenour (2), Penn State over Cecil Mott, Northern Iowa — Fall 4:44 · View bout
  2. Dick Kopel, Michigan over Charley Ridenour (2), Penn State — Dec 4–2 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Charley Ridenour (2), Penn State over Dick Kopel, Michigan — Fall 5:42 · View bout

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