NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1953 NCAA Championships

137 lb

Champion Len DeAugustino, Lock Haven (PA).

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

Place winners

  1. 1Len DeAugustinoLH
  2. 2Norton ComptonILL
  3. 3Gerry MaureyPSU
  4. 4Ron ScottOU

Championship

Round of 32 · 2 bouts

  1. Benny Jordan, Brigham Young (UT) over Eddison Hairston, Lincoln (PA) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. George Matthews, Pittsburgh (PA) over Wes Sterner, Northern Iowa — Dec 12–5 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Benny Jordan, Brigham Young (UT) over Gerry Maurey, Penn State — Dec 7–2 · View bout
  2. Delance Duncan, Washington State over John Woodward, Colorado State — Fall 8:03 · View bout
  3. Donald Thompson, Oklahoma State over Bill Miller, Toledo (OH) — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  4. Gerry Maurey, Penn State over Sam Ruzic, Iowa State — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  5. Len DeAugustino (1), Lock Haven (PA) over Donald Austin, Arkansas State — Dec 11–1 · View bout
  6. Norton Compton (2), Illinois over George Matthews, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 9–3 · View bout
  7. Rod Norris (3), Maryland over Orin 'Clet' Blegen, Minnesota-Mankato — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  8. Ron Scott, Oklahoma over Andrew Kaul (4), Michigan — Dec 6–5 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Donald Thompson, Oklahoma State over Rod Norris (3), Maryland — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Len DeAugustino (1), Lock Haven (PA) over Gerry Maurey, Penn State — Dec 4–2 · View bout
  3. Norton Compton (2), Illinois over Delance Duncan, Washington State — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  4. Ron Scott, Oklahoma over Benny Jordan, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 7–0 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Len DeAugustino (1), Lock Haven (PA) over Ron Scott, Oklahoma — Dec 9–6 · View bout
  2. Norton Compton (2), Illinois over Donald Thompson, Oklahoma State — Dec 5–0 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Len DeAugustino (1), Lock Haven (PA) over Norton Compton (2), Illinois — Dec 3–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Bill Miller, Toledo (OH) over Donald Austin, Arkansas State — Dflt · View bout
  2. Gerry Maurey, Penn State over Delance Duncan, Washington State — Dec 4–1 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Gerry Maurey, Penn State over Donald Thompson, Oklahoma State — Dec 6–3 · View bout
  2. Ron Scott, Oklahoma over Bill Miller, Toledo (OH) — Dec 11–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Gerry Maurey, Penn State over Ron Scott, Oklahoma — Dec 10–2 · View bout