NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1953 NCAA Championships

123 lb

Champion Dick Mueller, Minnesota.

There is no bracket drawing for this weight yet. Every recorded bout is listed below by round.

Place winners

  1. 1Dick MuellerMINN
  2. 2Donald ReeceOU
  3. 3Pat McCarronUNI
  4. 4John Lee Jr.HARV

Championship

Round of 32 · 3 bouts

  1. Al Crancer, Arkansas State over Bob Homan, Penn State — Dec 10–2 · View bout
  2. Pat McCarron, Northern Iowa over Bob Karns, Army (NY) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. Richard Hockley, Wyoming over Donald Stubblebine, Springfield (MA) — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Al Crancer, Arkansas State over Arnold Wilson, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 8–1 · View bout
  2. Bob Mancuso Sr., Kansas State over Rex Boda, Cornell (NY) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  3. Dick Mueller (3), Minnesota over Joe Lobaugh, Oklahoma State — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  4. Donald Reece (1), Oklahoma over Ted Bredehoft, Cornell College (IA) — Fall 8:45 · View bout
  5. Jack Herschend (4), Northwestern (IL) over Alex McCord, Lehigh (PA) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  6. John Lee Jr. (2), Harvard (MA) over Glenn Flegal, Millersville (PA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  7. Pat McCarron, Northern Iowa over Paul Boyko, Toledo (OH) — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  8. Richard Hockley, Wyoming over Dick Gibson, Washington State — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dick Mueller (3), Minnesota over Al Crancer, Arkansas State — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Donald Reece (1), Oklahoma over Bob Mancuso Sr., Kansas State — Fall 5:34 · View bout
  3. John Lee Jr. (2), Harvard (MA) over Richard Hockley, Wyoming — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  4. Pat McCarron, Northern Iowa over Jack Herschend (4), Northwestern (IL) — Dec 5–4 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dick Mueller (3), Minnesota over John Lee Jr. (2), Harvard (MA) — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  2. Donald Reece (1), Oklahoma over Pat McCarron, Northern Iowa — Dec 3–0 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Dick Mueller (3), Minnesota over Donald Reece (1), Oklahoma — Fall 4:45 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Al Crancer, Arkansas State over Bob Mancuso Sr., Kansas State — Dec 9–4 · View bout
  2. Ted Bredehoft, Cornell College (IA) over Joe Lobaugh, Oklahoma State — Dec 4–3 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. John Lee Jr. (2), Harvard (MA) over Al Crancer, Arkansas State — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  2. Pat McCarron, Northern Iowa over Ted Bredehoft, Cornell College (IA) — Dec (no score) · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Pat McCarron, Northern Iowa over John Lee Jr. (2), Harvard (MA) — Dec 3–2 · View bout