1941 NCAA Wrestling Championships | |
Alt: | Taylor Gym at Lehigh University |
Sport: | College wrestling |
Location: | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
Start Date: | March 21, 1941 |
End Date: | March 22, 1941 |
Host: | Lehigh |
Venues: | Taylor Gymnasium |
Champions: | Oklahoma A&M (12th title) |
Runners-Up1: | Michigan State |
Runners-Up2: | Minnesota |
Mvp: | Al Whitehurst (Oklahoma A&M) |
Previous: | 1940 |
Next: | 1942 |
The 1941 NCAA Wrestling Championships were the 14th NCAA Wrestling Championships to be held. Lehigh in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania hosted the tournament at Taylor Gymnasium.
Oklahoma A&M took home the team championship with 37 points and having four individual champions.[1]
Al Whitehurst of Oklahoma A&M was named the Outstanding Wrestler.[2]
Rank | School | Points | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Oklahoma A&M | 37 | |
2 | Michigan State | 26 | |
3 | Minnesota | 12 | |
4 | Yale | 8 | |
T-5 | Wisconsin | 7 | |
T-5 | Kent State | 7 | |
T-5 | Appalachian State Teachers College | 7 | |
T-8 | Penn | 6 | |
T-8 | Kansas State | 6 | |
T-10 | Iowa State Teachers College | 5 | |
T-10 | Iowa | 5 | |
T-10 | Franklin & Marshall | 5 | |
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Weight class | Championship match (champion in boldface) | |
---|---|---|
121 lbs | Merle Jennings, Michigan State DEC Calvin Mehlhorn, Oklahoma A&M, 9–5 | |
128 lbs | Burl Jennings, Michigan State MAJOR Mike Slepecky, Kent State, 16–6 | |
136 lbs | Al Whitehurst, Oklahoma A&M DEC Bill Maxwell, Michigan State | |
145 lbs | David Arndt, Oklahoma A&M DEC Vernon Hassman, Iowa State Teachers College, 8–3 | |
155 lbs | Earl van Bebber, Oklahoma A&M DEC Leland Porter, Kansas State, 3–1 | |
165 lbs | Virgil Smith, Oklahoma A&M MAJOR John Roberts, Wisconsin, 11–0 | |
175 lbs | Dick DiBatista, Penn DEC Al Crawford, Appalachian State Teachers College, 5–4 | |
UNL | Leonard Levy, Minnesota DEC Larry Pickett, Yale, 5–2 | |
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