1939 NCAA Championships

NCAA D1

Individual champions, team standings, and every recorded bout by weight. Placements are shown only where the record supports them.

8weights

8individual champions

124recorded matches

Individual champions

1939 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
121	Joe McDaniel	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
128	Dale Hanson	Minnesota all-time	Source final	Recorded final
136	Archie Deutschman	Illinois all-time	Source final	Recorded final
145	Harold Nichols	Michigan all-time	Source final	Recorded final
155	Stanley Henson	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
165	Henry Matthes	Lehigh (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
175	Chris Traicoff	Indiana (IN) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
Unlimited	Johnny Harrell	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final

Places and points as published by the NCAA.

1939 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Oklahoma State all-time	33
2	Lehigh (PA) all-time	12
3	Illinois all-time	11
T4	Franklin & Marshall (PA) all-time	9
T4	Indiana (IN) all-time	9
T4	Michigan all-time	9
T4	Minnesota all-time	9
8	Penn State all-time	5
9	City College (NY) all-time	4
10	Appalachian State (NC) all-time	3
11	Cornell College (IA) all-time	2
T12	Illinois State all-time	1
T12	Kent State (OH) all-time	1
T12	Navy (MD) all-time	1
Not in the published standings
12*	Colorado State all-time	1*
16*	Chicago (IL) all-time	0*
16*	Haverford (PA) all-time	0*
16*	Iowa all-time	0*
16*	Lafayette (PA) all-time	0*
16*	Massachusetts Tech all-time	0*
16*	Michigan State all-time	0*
16*	Nebraska all-time	0*
16*	Northern Iowa all-time	0*
16*	Ohio all-time	0*
16*	Ohio State all-time	0*
16*	Rutgers (NJ) all-time	0*
16*	Springfield (MA) all-time	0*
16*	Temple (PA) all-time	0*
16*	West Virginia all-time	0*
16*	Yale (CT) all-time	0*

* Reconstructed from the recorded matches under the 1939 scoring rules. The NCAA’s published standings do not list this program.