NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1942 NCAA Championships

165 lb

Champion Virgil Smith, Oklahoma State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Virgil SmithOKST
  2. 2Bill CarmichaelNAVY
  3. 3Bill CourtrightMICH
  4. 4Robert BaderKent State (OH)

Championship

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Bill Carmichael (3), Navy (MD) over Robert Bader, Kent State (OH) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
  2. Bill Courtright (4), Michigan over Dale Thomas, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout
  3. Norman Anthonisen (2), Illinois over Vince Murray, Rutgers (NJ) — Fall 5:38 · View bout
  4. Virgil Smith (1), Oklahoma State over Cecil Hospelhorn, Illinois State — Dec 7–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Carmichael (3), Navy (MD) over Norman Anthonisen (2), Illinois — Dec 5–4 · View bout
  2. Virgil Smith (1), Oklahoma State over Bill Courtright (4), Michigan — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Virgil Smith (1), Oklahoma State over Bill Carmichael (3), Navy (MD) — Dec 2–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Courtright (4), Michigan over Cecil Hospelhorn, Illinois State — Fall 5:09 · View bout
  2. Robert Bader, Kent State (OH) over Norman Anthonisen (2), Illinois — MFF · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Bill Courtright (4), Michigan over Robert Bader, Kent State (OH) — Dec 5–1 · View bout

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