NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1942 NCAA Championships

121 lb

Champion Merle Jennings, Michigan State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Merle JenningsMSU
  2. 2Malcolm 'Mickey' McDonaldPUR
  3. 3Charley RidenourPSU
  4. 4Dick KopelMICH

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

9 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 1 bout

    7 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Cecil Mott, Northern Iowa over Don Rippberger, Kent State (OH) — Dec 11–1 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Charley Ridenour (2), Penn State over Mel Stiefel, Kansas State — Fall 3:21 · View bout
    2. Dick Kopel, Michigan over Gaylord Bales (4), Iowa State — Dec 7–6 · View bout
    3. Malcolm 'Mickey' McDonald (3), Purdue (IN) over Cecil Mott, Northern Iowa — Dec 4–3 · View bout
    4. Merle Jennings (1), Michigan State over Bill Tomaras, Illinois — Fall 8:01 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Malcolm 'Mickey' McDonald (3), Purdue (IN) over Charley Ridenour (2), Penn State — Dec 8–3 · View bout
    2. Merle Jennings (1), Michigan State over Dick Kopel, Michigan — Dec 22–5 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Merle Jennings (1), Michigan State over Malcolm 'Mickey' McDonald (3), Purdue (IN) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 5 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation semifinal

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Charley Ridenour (2), Penn State over Cecil Mott, Northern Iowa — Fall 4:44 · View bout
      2. Dick Kopel, Michigan over Bill Tomaras, Illinois — Dec 4–2 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Charley Ridenour (2), Penn State over Dick Kopel, Michigan — Fall 5:42 · View bout