NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1942 NCAA Championships

145 lb

Champion David Arndt, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1David ArndtOKST
  2. 2Manly JohnsonMICH
  3. 3Glenn AlexanderPSU
  4. 4Newton CoppleNEB

Championship

Round of 16 · 4 bouts

  1. David Arndt (1), Oklahoma State over Newton Copple, Nebraska — Dec 13–3 · View bout
  2. Glenn Alexander (3), Penn State over Warren Johnson, Denver (CO) — Dec 9–2 · View bout
  3. Santo Paterno, Rutgers (NJ) over John Marrs, Michigan State — Dec 8–3 · View bout
  4. Vern 'Earl' Thompson, Illinois over Bill Hess, Ohio — Dec 12–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Arlo Ellison, Cornell College (IA) over Warren Gregory (4), Purdue (IN) — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  2. David Arndt (1), Oklahoma State over Santo Paterno, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 13–3 · View bout
  3. Glenn Alexander (3), Penn State over Vern 'Earl' Thompson, Illinois — Dec 7–3 · View bout
  4. Manly Johnson (2), Michigan over Lucian Bowman, Illinois State — Dec 8–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. David Arndt (1), Oklahoma State over Arlo Ellison, Cornell College (IA) — Fall 7:36 · View bout
  2. Manly Johnson (2), Michigan over Glenn Alexander (3), Penn State — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. David Arndt (1), Oklahoma State over Manly Johnson (2), Michigan — Dec 18–5 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

  1. Newton Copple, Nebraska over Santo Paterno, Rutgers (NJ) — Dec 7–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Glenn Alexander (3), Penn State over Lucian Bowman, Illinois State — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  2. Newton Copple, Nebraska over Arlo Ellison, Cornell College (IA) — MFF · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Glenn Alexander (3), Penn State over Newton Copple, Nebraska — Dec 6–4 · View bout

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