NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1953 NCAA Championships

157 lb

Champion Jim Harmon, Northern Iowa.

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

Place winners

  1. 1Jim HarmonUNI
  2. 2Dan SniffCOST
  3. 3Edward 'John' EagletonOU
  4. 4Vito PerroneMSU

Championship

Round of 32 · 8 bouts

  1. Don Strevey, Oklahoma State over Gerald Tebben, Army (NY) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  2. Doug Frey, Penn State over Bill Bock, Springfield (MA) — Dec 8–0 · View bout
  3. Ed 'John' Mahoney, Lehigh (PA) over Ron Larsen, Iowa State — Dec 4–1 · View bout
  4. Ed Rooney, Syracuse (NY) over Budd Whitehill, Lock Haven (PA) — Fall 4:47 · View bout
  5. Edward 'John' Eagleton, Oklahoma over Jim Miller, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  6. Jim Ellis, Indiana (IN) over Donald Rumsfield, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  7. Jim Harmon (2), Northern Iowa over Bill Turley, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 4–0 · View bout
  8. Vito Perrone, Michigan State over Bob Cobbins, Lincoln (PA) — Dec 11–2 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Bob Fischer (4), Maryland over Byron Nelson, Washington State — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  2. Dan Sniff (4), Colorado State over Bill Berry, Virginia Military — Fall 4:04 · View bout
  3. Ed Rooney, Syracuse (NY) over Doug Frey, Penn State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  4. Edward 'John' Eagleton, Oklahoma over Don Strevey, Oklahoma State — Dec 7–1 · View bout
  5. Jim Ellis, Indiana (IN) over Ed 'John' Mahoney, Lehigh (PA) — Dflt · View bout
  6. Jim Harmon (2), Northern Iowa over Vito Perrone, Michigan State — Dec 8–6 · View bout
  7. Joe Solomon (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Joe Arnold, Cornell (NY) — Dec 13–7 · View bout
  8. Miles Lee (3), Michigan over Leslie Kramer, Kansas State — Dec 13–9 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dan Sniff (4), Colorado State over Edward 'John' Eagleton, Oklahoma — Dec (no score) · View bout
  2. Jim Ellis, Indiana (IN) over Miles Lee (3), Michigan — Dec 11–9 · View bout
  3. Jim Harmon (2), Northern Iowa over Bob Fischer (4), Maryland — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  4. Joe Solomon (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Ed Rooney, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 9–5 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dan Sniff (4), Colorado State over Joe Solomon (1), Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Jim Harmon (2), Northern Iowa over Jim Ellis, Indiana (IN) — Dec 3–2 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Jim Harmon (2), Northern Iowa over Dan Sniff (4), Colorado State — Dec 6–4 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Edward 'John' Eagleton, Oklahoma over Bob Fischer (4), Maryland — Dflt · View bout
  2. Vito Perrone, Michigan State over Bill Turley, Hofstra (NY) — Dec (no score) · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Edward 'John' Eagleton, Oklahoma over Jim Ellis, Indiana (IN) — Dec 8–0 · View bout
  2. Vito Perrone, Michigan State over Bill Berry, Virginia Military — Dec 8–1 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Edward 'John' Eagleton, Oklahoma over Vito Perrone, Michigan State — Dec 7–2 · View bout