NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1942 NCAA Championships

175 lb

Champion Dick DiBatista, Pennsylvania.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Dick DiBatistaPENN
  2. 2Leon MartinUNI
  3. 3Paul ChronisterKansas State
  4. 4Ken BerryILL

Championship

Round of 16 · 1 bout

  1. Paul Chronister, Kansas State over John Spalink (4), Michigan State — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dick DiBatista (1), Pennsylvania over Herman Cox, Illinois State — Dec 11–0 · View bout
  2. James Galles (2), Michigan over Quentin Joy, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  3. Leon Martin (3), Northern Iowa over Ken Berry, Illinois — Fall 7:10 · View bout
  4. Paul Chronister, Kansas State over Tracy Young, Oklahoma State — Dec 5–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dick DiBatista (1), Pennsylvania over Paul Chronister, Kansas State — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  2. Leon Martin (3), Northern Iowa over James Galles (2), Michigan — Dec 8–5 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Dick DiBatista (1), Pennsylvania over Leon Martin (3), Northern Iowa — Dec 5–5 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Ken Berry, Illinois over James Galles (2), Michigan — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Paul Chronister, Kansas State over Herman Cox, Illinois State — Dec 6–0 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Paul Chronister, Kansas State over Ken Berry, Illinois — Dec 13–9 · View bout

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