NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1938 NCAA Championships

135 lb

Champion David Matthews, Oklahoma.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 2nd place bout

  1. 1David MatthewsOU
  2. 2Archie DeutschmanILL

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Championship

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

13 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 5 bouts

    3 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Archie Deutschman, Illinois over Bruce Minnick, Amherst (MA) — Dec · View bout
    2. Bill Renfro, Southwestern Oklahoma over Jack Fiebig, San Jose State (CA) — Dec · View bout
    3. Fred Parkey, Oklahoma State over Bryon 'Dale' Ball, Michigan State — Fall 4:17 · View bout
    4. Ivan Moore, Northern Iowa over Harold Masem, Lehigh (PA) — Dec · View bout
    5. Pete Conrad, Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Marshall Gates, Penn State — Fall 3:19 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Archie Deutschman, Illinois over Pete Conrad, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec · View bout
    2. Dale Brand, Cornell College (IA) over Bill Renfro, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec · View bout
    3. David Matthews, Oklahoma over Earle Lancaster, West Virginia — Fall 8:15 · View bout
    4. Fred Parkey, Oklahoma State over Ivan Moore, Northern Iowa — Dec · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. David Matthews, Oklahoma over Archie Deutschman, Illinois — Dec · View bout
    2. Fred Parkey, Oklahoma State over Dale Brand, Cornell College (IA) — Dec · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. David Matthews, Oklahoma over Fred Parkey, Oklahoma State — Dflt · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 5 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation semifinal

      Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

      1. Archie Deutschman, Illinois over Earle Lancaster, West Virginia — FF · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Archie Deutschman, Illinois over Fred Parkey, Oklahoma State — FF · View bout