NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1939 NCAA Championships

136 lb

Champion Archie Deutschman, Illinois.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 2nd place bout

  1. 1Archie DeutschmanILL
  2. 2Joe RomanIND

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Championship

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

14 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 6 bouts

    2 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Archie Deutschman, Illinois over Roger Isaacson, Northern Iowa — Dec · View bout
    2. Bob Craig, Lehigh (PA) over Virgil Mowry, Colorado State — Dec · View bout
    3. Chuck Leigh, Navy (MD) over William Luke, Nebraska — Dec · View bout
    4. Joe Roman, Indiana (IN) over Eldon Jackson, Oklahoma State — Dec · View bout
    5. Peter Culbertson, Minnesota over Bill Knowles, Springfield (MA) — Dec · View bout
    6. Warren Sperry, Illinois State over Bill Guttentag, Rutgers (NJ) — Fall 2:12 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Archie Deutschman, Illinois over Bob Craig, Lehigh (PA) — Dec · View bout
    2. Chuck Leigh, Navy (MD) over Warren Sperry, Illinois State — Dec · View bout
    3. Joe Roman, Indiana (IN) over Leonard Pomeroy, Kent State (OH) — Dec · View bout
    4. Peter Culbertson, Minnesota over Alfred Barshay, Temple (PA) — Dec · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Archie Deutschman, Illinois over Joe Roman, Indiana (IN) — Dec · View bout
    2. Peter Culbertson, Minnesota over Chuck Leigh, Navy (MD) — Dec · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Archie Deutschman, Illinois over Peter Culbertson, Minnesota — Dec · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

      1. Bob Craig, Lehigh (PA) over Roger Isaacson, Northern Iowa — Dec · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 1 bout

      1. Joe Roman, Indiana (IN) over Bob Craig, Lehigh (PA) — Dec · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Joe Roman, Indiana (IN) over Peter Culbertson, Minnesota — Dec · View bout