1941 NCAA Wrestling Championships

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 Most Outstanding Wrestler.^[2]

Team results

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
Reference:^[2]

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
Reference:^[2]

↑ "Wrestling" (PDF). NCAA.ord. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
1 2 3 "14th NCAA Wrestling Tournament" (PDF). wrestlingstats.com. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

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