1953 NCAA Championships

NCAA D1

Individual championship awards, preserved source match rows, independently reviewed bracket topology where available, and team standings reconstructed from the recorded match rows under the era’s scoring rules, reconciled against the NCAA’s published totals. This page does not infer official individual placements.

10weights

10individual champions

205recorded matches

205recorded outcomes

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Individual champions

1953 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
115	Hugh Peery	Pittsburgh (PA)	Source final	Recorded final
123	Dick Mueller	Minnesota	Source final	Recorded final
130	Norvard 'Snip' Nalan	Michigan	Source final	Recorded final
137	Len DeAugustino	Lock Haven (PA)	Source final	Recorded final
147	Frank Bettucci	Cornell (NY)	Source final	Recorded final
157	Jim Harmon	Northern Iowa	Source final	Recorded final
167	Don Dickason	Cornell (NY)	Source final	Recorded final
177	Ned Blass	Oklahoma State	Source final	Recorded final
191	Hud Samson	Penn State	Source final	Recorded final
Unlimited	Dan McNair	Auburn (AL)	Source final	Recorded final

Team standings (reconstructed)

Points are recomputed from this year’s recorded match rows under the 1941 rule set: advancement (including bye advancement), bonus, and guaranteed-place increments, plus any curated adjustments. 50 of 53 program-years match the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book totals exactly; 3 differ from the published total.

1953 reconstructed team standings
Rank	Program	Points	Bonus	Placement
1	Penn State	21	5	16
2	Oklahoma	15	4	11
3	Cornell (NY)	13	1	12
4	Oklahoma State	11	1	10
4	Northern Iowa	11	2	9
6	Pittsburgh (PA)	9	0	9
7	Michigan	8	2	6
8	Michigan State	7	1	6
8	Minnesota	7	1	6
10	Auburn (AL)	6	0	6
10	Colorado State	6	2	4
10	Illinois	6	0	6
10	Lock Haven (PA)	6	0	6
14	Army (NY)	5	1	4
14	Northwestern (IL)	5	1	4
14	West Chester (PA)	5	1	4
14	Toledo (OH)	5	2	3
18	California-Los Angeles	3	2	1
19	Brown (RI)	2	1	1
19	Iowa State	2	0	2
19	Ithaca (NY)	2	0	2
19	Washington State	2	2	0
23	Colorado	1	1	0
23	Columbia (NY)	1	1	0
23	Franklin & Marshall (PA)	1	0	1
23	Harvard (MA)	1	0	1
23	Indiana (IN)	1	1	0
23	Lehigh (PA)	1	1	0
23	Syracuse (NY)	1	1	0
23	Cornell College (IA)	1	1	0
31	Arkansas State	0	0	0
31	Brigham Young (UT)	0	0	0
31	City College (NY)	0	0	0
31	Hofstra (NY)	0	0	0
31	Iowa	0	0	0
31	Kansas State	0	0	0
31	Kent State (OH)	0	0	0
31	Lincoln (PA)	0	0	0
31	Maryland	0	0	0
31	Millersville (PA)	0	0	0
31	Minnesota-Mankato	0	0	0
31	Nebraska	0	0	0
31	Oregon State	0	0	0
31	Princeton (NJ)	0	0	0
31	San Diego State (CA)	0	0	0
31	South Dakota State	0	0	0
31	Southern Illinois Carbondale	0	0	0
31	Springfield (MA)	0	0	0
31	Ursinus (PA)	0	0	0
31	Virginia Military	0	0	0
31	Virginia Tech	0	0	0
31	Wesleyan (CT)	0	0	0
31	Wyoming	0	0	0

Published standings: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1953. Programs the book lists without an archive entry that year are not shown.

Recorded matches

Results remain grouped by the archive’s documented round display order unless a weight links to a verified, approved bracket. Source round counts alone do not establish advancement routes.

1953 recorded NCAA championship matches
Year	Round	Recorded sides	Method	Recorded seeds	Match link
115
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Art Helf vs Ruben Shehigian	Dec 3–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Bill Cramp vs Billy Jackson	Dec 3–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Bob Christensen vs Gary McClain	Dec 6–2	0 · recorded zero / No. 3	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Hugh Peery vs Richard Meeks	Dec 9–4	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Bob Christensen vs Bill Cramp	Fall 5:01	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Ed Dawkins vs Chas Ofsthun	Dec 6–5	0 · recorded zero / No. 4	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Hugh Peery vs Art Helf	Dec 6–2	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Robert Whelan vs George Custer	Dec 9–5	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Semifinal Champ 4	Bob Christensen vs Robert Whelan	Dec 4–2	0 · recorded zero / No. 2	Open
1953	Semifinal Champ 4	Hugh Peery vs Ed Dawkins	Dec 11–1	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Championship final 1st	Hugh Peery vs Bob Christensen	Dec 5–1	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #1	Art Helf vs Bill Cramp	Dec 4–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #1	Richard Meeks vs Gary McClain	Dec 12–0	0 · recorded zero / No. 3	Open
1953	Consi 4 #2	Art Helf vs Robert Whelan	Dec 4–0	0 · recorded zero / No. 2	Open
1953	Consi 4 #2	Richard Meeks vs Ed Dawkins	Dec 12–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Third-place bout 3rd	Richard Meeks vs Art Helf	Dec 7–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
123
1953	Round of 32 Champ 32	Al Crancer vs Bob Homan	Dec 10–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 32 Champ 32	Pat McCarron vs Bob Karns	Dec 4–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 32 Champ 32	Richard Hockley vs Donald Stubblebine	Dec 4–3	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Al Crancer vs Arnold Wilson	Dec 8–1	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Bob Mancuso Sr. vs Rex Boda	Dec 6–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Dick Mueller vs Joe Lobaugh	Dec 3–0	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Donald Reece vs Ted Bredehoft	Fall 8:45	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Jack Herschend vs Alex McCord	Dec 6–4	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	John Lee Jr. vs Glenn Flegal	Dec 4–0	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Pat McCarron vs Paul Boyko	Dec 4–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Richard Hockley vs Dick Gibson	Dec 6–4	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Dick Mueller vs Al Crancer	Dec 5–2	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Donald Reece vs Bob Mancuso Sr.	Fall 5:34	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	John Lee Jr. vs Richard Hockley	Dec 4–2	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Pat McCarron vs Jack Herschend	Dec 5–4	0 · recorded zero / No. 4	Open
1953	Semifinal Champ 4	Dick Mueller vs John Lee Jr.	Dec 7–1	No. 3 / No. 2	Open
1953	Semifinal Champ 4	Donald Reece vs Pat McCarron	Dec 3–0	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Championship final 1st	Dick Mueller vs Donald Reece	Fall 4:45	No. 3 / No. 1	Open
1953	Consi 4 #1	Al Crancer vs Bob Mancuso Sr.	Dec 9–4	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #1	Ted Bredehoft vs Joe Lobaugh	Dec 4–3	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #2	John Lee Jr. vs Al Crancer	Dec 5–0	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #2	Pat McCarron vs Ted Bredehoft	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Third-place bout 3rd	Pat McCarron vs John Lee Jr.	Dec 3–2	0 · recorded zero / No. 2	Open
130
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Bob Datteri vs Dick Robinson	Dec 12–3	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Jim Howard Sr. vs Phil Duggan	Dec 8–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre vs Ed Casalicchio	Fall 0:49	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Ken Faust vs Al Motley Jr.	Fall 5:13	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Linn Long vs Gary Rollins	Fall 7:50	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Norvard 'Snip' Nalan vs Maris Williams	Fall 7:11	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Richard Leffler vs Raymond Downey	Dec 11–4	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Bob Datteri vs Ken Faust	Fall 8:16	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Harold Reece vs Linn Long	Fall 4:22	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre vs Jim Howard Sr.	Dec 6–5	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Norvard 'Snip' Nalan vs Richard Leffler	Dec 7–2	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Semifinal Champ 4	Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre vs Harold Reece	Dec	0 · recorded zero / No. 3	Open
1953	Semifinal Champ 4	Norvard 'Snip' Nalan vs Bob Datteri	Dec 7–4	No. 1 / No. 4	Open
1953	Championship final 1st	Norvard 'Snip' Nalan vs Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre	Dec 7–5	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #1	Ed Casalicchio vs Maris Williams	Dec 6–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #1	Jim Howard Sr. vs Richard Leffler	Dec 7–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #2	Ed Casalicchio vs Bob Datteri	Fall	0 · recorded zero / No. 4	Open
1953	Consi 4 #2	Jim Howard Sr. vs Harold Reece	Dec 2–1	0 · recorded zero / No. 3	Open
1953	Third-place bout 3rd	Jim Howard Sr. vs Ed Casalicchio	Dec 2–1	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
137
1953	Round of 32 Champ 32	Benny Jordan vs Eddison Hairston	Dec 6–1	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 32 Champ 32	George Matthews vs Wes Sterner	Dec 12–5	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Benny Jordan vs Gerry Maurey	Dec 7–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Delance Duncan vs John Woodward	Fall 8:03	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Donald Thompson vs Bill Miller	Dec 5–1	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Gerry Maurey vs Sam Ruzic	Dec 3–1	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Len DeAugustino vs Donald Austin	Dec 11–1	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Norton Compton vs George Matthews	Dec 9–3	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Rod Norris vs Orin 'Clet' Blegen	Dec 8–6	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Ron Scott vs Andrew Kaul	Dec 6–5	0 · recorded zero / No. 4	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Donald Thompson vs Rod Norris	Dec 4–3	0 · recorded zero / No. 3	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Len DeAugustino vs Gerry Maurey	Dec 4–2	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Norton Compton vs Delance Duncan	Dec 7–0	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Ron Scott vs Benny Jordan	Dec 7–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Semifinal Champ 4	Len DeAugustino vs Ron Scott	Dec 9–6	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Semifinal Champ 4	Norton Compton vs Donald Thompson	Dec 5–0	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Championship final 1st	Len DeAugustino vs Norton Compton	Dec 3–1	No. 1 / No. 2	Open
1953	Consi 4 #1	Bill Miller vs Donald Austin	Dflt	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #1	Gerry Maurey vs Delance Duncan	Dec 4–1	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #2	Gerry Maurey vs Donald Thompson	Dec 6–3	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #2	Ron Scott vs Bill Miller	Dec 11–1	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Third-place bout 3rd	Gerry Maurey vs Ron Scott	Dec 10–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
147
1953	Round of 32 Champ 32	Bryan Rayburn vs Bill Garland	Dec 9–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 32 Champ 32	Frank Bettucci vs Warren DePrenger	Dec 8–2	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 32 Champ 32	Joe Scandura vs Matt Midea	Fall 5:02	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Bob Hoke vs Clayton Carothers	Dec 10–3	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Bob Morris vs Bryan Rayburn	Dec 6–3	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Charles 'Chully' Uram vs Bill Elwood	Dec 6–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Don Frey vs Jerry Bains	Dec 6–1	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Ed Brown vs Robert Steck	Dec 7–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Frank Bettucci vs Leo Ballinger	Fall 5:14	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Ian MacEwan vs Joe Scandura	Dec 6–4	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Tom Titsworth vs Delbert Lockwood	Dec 2–1	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Bob Hoke vs Tom Titsworth	Dec	0 · recorded zero / No. 3	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Bob Morris vs Ed Brown	Fall 5:33	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Don Frey vs Ian MacEwan	Dec 6–0	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Frank Bettucci vs Charles 'Chully' Uram	Dec 5–3	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Semifinal Champ 4	Bob Hoke vs Bob Morris	Dec 3–0	0 · recorded zero / No. 2	Open
1953	Semifinal Champ 4	Frank Bettucci vs Don Frey	Dec 7–3	No. 1 / No. 4	Open
1953	Championship final 1st	Frank Bettucci vs Bob Hoke	Dec 6–3	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 8 #1	Leo Ballinger vs Warren DePrenger	Dec 2–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #1	Charles 'Chully' Uram vs Tom Titsworth	Dec 7–0	0 · recorded zero / No. 3	Open
1953	Consi 4 #1	Leo Ballinger vs Clayton Carothers	Dec 4–1	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #2	Charles 'Chully' Uram vs Bob Morris	Dec 4–1	0 · recorded zero / No. 2	Open
1953	Consi 4 #2	Don Frey vs Leo Ballinger	Fall 5:40	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Third-place bout 3rd	Don Frey vs Charles 'Chully' Uram	Dec 1–1	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
157
1953	Round of 32 Champ 32	Don Strevey vs Gerald Tebben	Dec 6–4	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 32 Champ 32	Doug Frey vs Bill Bock	Dec 8–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 32 Champ 32	Ed 'John' Mahoney vs Ron Larsen	Dec 4–1	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 32 Champ 32	Ed Rooney vs Budd Whitehill	Fall 4:47	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 32 Champ 32	Edward 'John' Eagleton vs Jim Miller	Dec 4–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 32 Champ 32	Jim Ellis vs Donald Rumsfield	Dec 6–4	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 32 Champ 32	Jim Harmon vs Bill Turley	Dec 4–0	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 32 Champ 32	Vito Perrone vs Bob Cobbins	Dec 11–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Bob Fischer vs Byron Nelson	Dec 7–1	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Dan Sniff vs Bill Berry	Fall 4:04	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Ed Rooney vs Doug Frey	Dec 4–3	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Edward 'John' Eagleton vs Don Strevey	Dec 7–1	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Jim Ellis vs Ed 'John' Mahoney	Dflt	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Jim Harmon vs Vito Perrone	Dec 8–6	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Joe Solomon vs Joe Arnold	Dec 13–7	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Miles Lee vs Leslie Kramer	Dec 13–9	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Dan Sniff vs Edward 'John' Eagleton	Dec	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Jim Ellis vs Miles Lee	Dec 11–9	0 · recorded zero / No. 3	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Jim Harmon vs Bob Fischer	Dec 7–5	No. 2 / No. 4	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Joe Solomon vs Ed Rooney	Dec 9–5	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Semifinal Champ 4	Dan Sniff vs Joe Solomon	Dec 6–1	No. 4 / No. 1	Open
1953	Semifinal Champ 4	Jim Harmon vs Jim Ellis	Dec 3–2	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Championship final 1st	Jim Harmon vs Dan Sniff	Dec 6–4	No. 2 / No. 4	Open
1953	Consi 4 #1	Edward 'John' Eagleton vs Bob Fischer	Dflt	0 · recorded zero / No. 4	Open
1953	Consi 4 #1	Vito Perrone vs Bill Turley	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #2	Edward 'John' Eagleton vs Jim Ellis	Dec 8–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #2	Vito Perrone vs Bill Berry	Dec 8–1	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Third-place bout 3rd	Edward 'John' Eagleton vs Vito Perrone	Dec 7–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
167
1953	Round of 32 Champ 32	Del McGhee vs Fred Loffredo	Fall 7:27	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 32 Champ 32	Don Dickason vs Ken Nordquist	Dec 3–0	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 32 Champ 32	Ernie Fischer vs Robert Hockley	Dec 7–4	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 32 Champ 32	Frank Marks vs Charles Pankow Jr.	Dec 6–3	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Brien 'Dale' Ward vs Jerry Cooper	Dec 9–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Carl Wood vs Del McGhee	Dec 6–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Don Dickason vs James 'Dana' Eastham	Dec	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Don Wem vs George Dyer	Dec 13–1	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Ernie Fischer vs Harold Broughton	Dec 10–5	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Frank Marks vs Andy Lentvorsky	Dec 6–2	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Joe Lemyre vs George 'Miles' Nowitzky	Fall 4:09	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Warren Sonneman vs Cochrane Chase	Dec 6–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Don Dickason vs Brien 'Dale' Ward	Dec 7–5	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Ernie Fischer vs Don Wem	Dec 8–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Frank Marks vs Warren Sonneman	Dec 3–1	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Joe Lemyre vs Carl Wood	Dec 9–2	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Semifinal Champ 4	Don Dickason vs Joe Lemyre	Dec 2–2	No. 2 / No. 3	Open
1953	Semifinal Champ 4	Frank Marks vs Ernie Fischer	Dec	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Championship final 1st	Don Dickason vs Frank Marks	Dec 1–1	No. 2 / No. 1	Open
1953	Consi 8 #2	Andy Lentvorsky vs Charles Pankow Jr.	Dec 6–5	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 8 #2	James 'Dana' Eastham vs Ken Nordquist	Fall 2:34	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #1	James 'Dana' Eastham vs Brien 'Dale' Ward	Dec 6–2	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #1	Warren Sonneman vs Andy Lentvorsky	Fall 3:57	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #2	James 'Dana' Eastham vs Ernie Fischer	Dec 6–5	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #2	Joe Lemyre vs Warren Sonneman	Dec 9–5	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Third-place bout 3rd	Joe Lemyre vs James 'Dana' Eastham	Dec 6–2	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
177
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Al Paulekas vs Ed Lanzi	Dec 13–4	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Bob Craig vs Otis Keller	Dec 12–8	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Dick O'Shaughnessy vs George Dvorozniak	Dec 8–1	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Robert McCullough vs Keith Kelley	Dec	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Al Paulekas vs Don Lindell	Fall 8:32	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Bob Wirds vs Bob Craig	Dec 11–4	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Dick O'Shaughnessy vs Jack Shanahan	Dec 10–1	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Ned Blass vs Robert McCullough	Dec 5–3	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Semifinal Champ 4	Al Paulekas vs Dick O'Shaughnessy	Dec 4–0	No. 1 / No. 4	Open
1953	Semifinal Champ 4	Ned Blass vs Bob Wirds	Dec 16–8	No. 3 / No. 2	Open
1953	Championship final 1st	Ned Blass vs Al Paulekas	Dec 8–4	No. 3 / No. 1	Open
1953	Consi 4 #1	Robert McCullough vs Don Lindell	Dec 4–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #2	Bob Wirds vs Robert McCullough	Dec 6–4	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #2	Ed Lanzi vs Dick O'Shaughnessy	Dec 7–2	0 · recorded zero / No. 4	Open
1953	Third-place bout 3rd	Bob Wirds vs Ed Lanzi	Dec 7–2	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
191
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Charles Weber vs Pete Veldman	Dec 6–1	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Darlon 'Doc' Hearon vs Richard 'Jim' Macaleer	Dec 7–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Dick Torio vs Harold 'Hal' Hunter Jr.	Fall 8:06	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Gus Gatto vs Alan Evans	Dec 6–0	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Hud Samson vs Lew Williams	Fall 3:40	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Mel Walden vs Louis Stadler	Dec 6–5	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Streeter Shining vs Bob Drake	Dec 11–6	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Charles Weber vs Darlon 'Doc' Hearon	Fall 8:08	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Dick Torio vs Alex Sotir	Dec 5–0	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Gus Gatto vs Streeter Shining	Fall 8:41	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Hud Samson vs Mel Walden	Dec 6–1	No. 3 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Semifinal Champ 4	Charles Weber vs Gus Gatto	Dec 5–2	No. 1 / No. 4	Open
1953	Semifinal Champ 4	Hud Samson vs Dick Torio	Dec 2–0	No. 3 / No. 2	Open
1953	Championship final 1st	Hud Samson vs Charles Weber	Fall 4:15	No. 3 / No. 1	Open
1953	Consi 4 #1	Darlon 'Doc' Hearon vs Mel Walden	Dec 4–3	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #1	Pete Veldman vs Lew Williams	Dec 2–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #2	Dick Torio vs Darlon 'Doc' Hearon	Dec 5–1	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Consi 4 #2	Gus Gatto vs Pete Veldman	Dec	No. 4 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Third-place bout 3rd	Dick Torio vs Gus Gatto	Dec 3–1	No. 2 / No. 4	Open
Unlimited
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Ed Husmann vs Dick Beyer	Dec 6–5	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Henry Littlefield vs Willis Wood	Fall 8:28	0 · recorded zero / No. 4	Open
1953	Round of 16 Champ 16	Jack Ellena Sr. vs Jack McNicol	Fall 5:35	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Dan McNair vs Tom Megele	Dec 5–0	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Ed Husmann vs Bernard Lloyd	Dec 15–5	No. 2 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Gene Nicks vs Eldred Kraemer	Dec 6–1	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Quarterfinal Champ 8	Jack Ellena Sr. vs Henry Littlefield	Fall 0:40	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Semifinal Champ 4	Dan McNair vs Ed Husmann	Dec	0 · recorded zero / No. 2	Open
1953	Semifinal Champ 4	Gene Nicks vs Jack Ellena Sr.	Fall 4:59	No. 1 / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Championship final 1st	Dan McNair vs Gene Nicks	Dec 0–0	0 · recorded zero / No. 1	Open
1953	Consi 4 #2	Eldred Kraemer vs Ed Husmann	Dec 6–4	0 · recorded zero / No. 2	Open
1953	Consi 4 #2	Jack Ellena Sr. vs Tom Megele	n/r	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open
1953	Third-place bout 3rd	Eldred Kraemer vs Jack Ellena Sr.	Dec 4–3	0 · recorded zero / 0 · recorded zero	Open