23rd NCAA Wrestling Tournament 3/28/1953 to 3/29/1953 at Penn State

23rd NCAA Wrestling Tournament 3/28/1953 to 3/29/1953 at Penn State 1953 Team Champion Outstanding Wrestler Penn State - 21 Points Frank Bettucci - Cornell Top Ten Team Scores Number of Individual Champs in parentheses. 1 Penn State 21 (1) 2 Oklahoma 15 3 Cornell 13 (2) 4 Oklahoma State 11 (1) 4 Northern Iowa 11 (1) 6 Pittsburgh 9 (1) 7 Michigan 8 (1) 8 Minnesota 7 (1) 8 Michigan State 7 10 Lock Haven 6 (1) 10 Illinois 6 10 Colorado State 6 10 Auburn 6 (1) Champions and Place Winners Wrestler's seed in brackets, [US] indicates unseeeded. 115 1st: Hugh Peery [1] - Pittsburgh (5-1) 2nd: Bob Christensen [US] - Northwestern 3rd: Richard Meeks [US] - Illinois (7-2) 4th: Art Helf [US] - Franklin & Marshall 123 1st: Dick Mueller [3] - Minnesota (WBF 4:45) 2nd: Donald Reece [1] - Oklahoma 3rd: Pat McCarron [4] - Northern Iowa (3-2) 4th: John Lee [2] - Harvard 130 1st: Norvard Nalan [1] - Michigan (7-5) 2nd: Dick Lemyre [2] - Penn State 3rd: Jim Howard [US] - Ithaca (2-1) 4th: Ed Casalicchio [US] - Michigan State 137 1st: Len DeAugustino [1] - Lock Haven (3-1) 2nd: Norton Compton [2] - Illinois 3rd: Gerry Maurey [US] - Penn State (10-2) 4th: Ron Scott [4] - Oklahoma 147 1st: Frank Bettucci [1] - Cornell (6-3) 2nd: Bob Hoke [US] - Michigan State 3rd: Don Frey [4] - Penn State (1-1 RD) 4th: Charles Uram [US] - Pittsburgh 157 1st: Jim Harmon [2] - Northern Iowa (6-4) 2nd: Dan Sniff [4] - Colorado State 3rd: John Eagleton [US] - Oklahoma (7-2) 4th: Vito Perrone [US] - Michigan State 167 1st: Don Dickason [2] - Cornell (1-1 RD) 2nd: Frank Marks [1] - Oklahoma 3rd: Joe Lemyre [3] - Penn State (6-2) 4th: Dana Eastham [US] - Brown 177 1st: Ned Blass [3] - Oklahoma State (8-4) 2nd: Al Paulekas [1] - Army 3rd: Bob Wirds [2] - Iowa State (7-2) 4th: Ed Lanzi [US] - Toledo 191 1st: Hud Samson [3] - Penn State (WBF 4:15) 2nd: Charles Weber [1] - West Chester 3rd: Dick Torio [2] - Toledo (3-1) 4th: Gus Gatto [4] - Northern Iowa UNL 1st: Dan McNair [US] - Auburn (0-0 RD) 2nd: Gene Nicks [1] - Oklahoma State 3rd: Eldred Kraemer [US] - Pittsburgh (4-3) 4th: Jack Ellena [US] - UCLA

1953 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 1 of 20 Ed Dawkins, Ursinus Ed Dawkins 115 Weight Class Charles Ofsthun, Minnesota [4] Ed Dawkins 6-5 Charles Ofsthun Hugh Peery 11-1 Ruben Shehigian, Michigan State Art Helf, Franklin & Marshall Art Helf 3-2 Hugh Peery, Pittsburgh [1] Hugh Peery 6-2 Richard Meeks, Illinois Hugh Peery 9-4 Bill Cramp, Penn State Hugh Peery 5-1 Billy Jackson, Arkansas State Bill Cramp 3-0 Bob Christensen, Northwestern Bob Christensen Fall 5:01 Gary McClain, Oregon State [3] Bob Christensen 6-2 Bob Christensen 4-2 Robert Whelan, SIU-Carbondale [2] Robert Whelan George Custer, Lock Haven Robert Whelan 9-5 George Custer

1953 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 2 of 20 115 Consolation Bracket Cramp, Penn State Cramp Helf 4-0 Helf, Franklin & Marshall Helf 4-0 Whelan, SIU-Carbondale Meeks, Illinois Meeks Meeks 12-0 McClain, Oregon State Meeks 12-2 Dawkins, Ursinus Third Place: Richard Meeks, Illinois 7-2 Fourth Place: Art Helf, Franklin & Marshall

1953 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 3 of 20 Ted Bredehoft, Cornell Iowa Donald Reece, Oklahoma [1] Bob Mancuso, Kansas State Yukio Matsumoto, Illinois Rex Boda, Cornell Alex McCord, Lehigh Jack Herschend, Northwestern Paul Boyko, Toledo Bob Karns, Army Pat McCarron, Northern Iowa [4] Ted Bredehoft Donald Reece Bob Mancuso Rex Boda RD Alex McCord Jack Herschend Paul Boyko Pat McCarron 4-2 Donald Reece Fall 8:45 Bob Mancuso 6-0 Jack Herschend 6-4 Pat McCarron 4-2 Donald Reece Fall 5:34 Pat McCarron 5-4 123 Weight Class Donald Reece 3-0 Dick Gibson, Washington State Donald Stubblebine, Springfield Richard Hockley, Wyoming Glenn Flegal, Millersville John Lee, Harvard [2] Arnold Wilson, Brigham Young Al Crancer, Arkansas State Bob Homan, Penn State Joe Lobaugh, Oklahoma State Dick Mueller, Minnesota [3] Dick Gibson Richard Hockley 4-3 Glenn Flegal John Lee Arnold Wilson Al Crancer 10-2 Joe Lobaugh Dick Mueller Richard Hockley 6-4 John Lee 4-0 Al Crancer 8-1 Dick Mueller 3-0 John Lee 4-2 Dick Mueller 5-2 Dick Mueller Fall 4:45 Dick Mueller 7-1

1953 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 4 of 20 123 Consolation Bracket Mancuso, Kansas State Mancuso Crancer 9-4 Crancer, Arkansas State Lee 5-0 Lee, Harvard Lobaugh, Oklahoma State Lobaugh Bredehoft 4-3 Bredehoft, Cornell Iowa McCarron RD McCarron, Northern Iowa Third Place: Pat McCarron, Northern Iowa 3-2 Fourth Place: John Lee, Harvard

1953 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 5 of 20 Ken Faust, Lehigh Al Motley, Virginia Tech Ken Faust Fall 5:13 130 Weight Class Bob Datteri, Colorado State [4] Bob Datteri Fall 8:16 Dick Robinson, San Diego State Bob Datteri 12-3 Norvard Nalan 7-4 Richard Leffler, Toledo Raymond Downey, Auburn Richard Leffler 11-4 Maris Williams, South Dakota State Norvard Nalan 7-2 Norvard Nalan, Michigan [1] Norvard Nalan Fall 7:11 Dick Lemyre, Penn State [2] Norvard Nalan 7-5 Ed Casalicchio, Michigan State Dick Lemyre Fall 0:49 Phil Duggan, Iowa Dick Lemyre 6-5 Jim Howard, Ithaca Jim Howard 8-2 Dick Lemyre 6-6 RD Jerry Rollins, Brigham Young Linn Long, Colorado Linn Long Fall 7:50 Harold Reece, Oklahoma [3] Harold Reece Fall 4:22 Harold Reece

1953 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 6 of 20 130 Consolation Bracket Leffler, Toledo Leffler Howard 7-2 Howard, Ithaca Howard 2-1 Reece, Oklahoma Casalicchio, Michigan State Casalicchio Casalicchio 6-0 Williams, South Dakota State Casalicchio Fall Datteri, Colorado State Third Place: Jim Howard, Ithaca 2-1 Fourth Place: Ed Casalicchio, Michigan State

1953 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 7 of 20 Don Austin, Arkansas State Len DeAugustino, Lock Haven [1] Sam Ruzic, Iowa State Gerry Maurey, Penn State Andrew Kaul, Michigan Ron Scott, Oklahoma [4] Mark Murray, Cornell Iowa Eddison Hairston, Lincoln Benny Jordan, Brigham Young Don Austin Len DeAugustino Sam Ruzic Gerry Maurey Andrew Kaul Ron Scott Mark Murray Benny Jordan 6-1 Len DeAugustino 11-1 Gerry Maurey 3-1 Ron Scott 6-5 Benny Jordan 7-2 Len DeAugustino 4-2 Ron Scott 7-0 137 Weight Class Len DeAugustino 9-6 Norton Compton, Illinois [2] George Matthews, Pittsburgh Wes Sterner, Northern Iowa John Woodward, Colorado State Delance Duncan, Washington State Rod Norris, Maryland [3] Cletus Blegen, Minnesota State-Mankato Bill Miller, Toledo Donald Thompson, Oklahoma State Norton Compton George Matthews 12-5 John Woodward Delance Duncan Rod Norris Cletus Blegen Bill Miller Donald Thompson Norton Compton 9-3 Delance Duncan Fall 8:03 Rod Norris 8-6 Donald Thompson 5-1 Norton Compton 7-0 Donald Thompson 4-3 Len DeAugustino 3-1 Norton Compton 5-0

1953 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 8 of 20 137 Consolation Bracket Miller, Toledo Miller Miller DFT Austin, Arkansas State Scott 11-1 Scott, Oklahoma Duncan, Washington State Duncan Maurey 4-1 Maurey, Penn State Maurey 6-3 Thompson, Oklahoma State Third Place: Gerry Maurey, Penn State 10-2 Fourth Place: Ron Scott, Oklahoma

1953 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 9 of 20 Charles Uram, Pittsburgh Bill Ellwood, Northwestern Leo Ballinger, Wyoming Frank Bettucci, Cornell [1] Warren DePrenger, Cornell Iowa Don Frey, Penn State [4] Jerry Bains, Auburn Ian MacEwan, Kent State Matt Midea, Lock Haven Joe Scandura, Michigan Charles Uram Bill Ellwood Leo Ballinger Frank Bettucci 8-2 Don Frey Jerry Bains Ian MacEwan Joe Scandura Fall 5:02 Charles Uram 6-0 Frank Bettucci Fall 5:14 Don Frey 6-1 Ian MacEwan 6-4 Frank Bettucci 5-3 Don Frey 6-0 147 Weight Class Frank Bettucci 7-3 Bob Morris, Northern Iowa [2] Bryan Rayburn, Oklahoma Bill Garland, Indiana Ed Brown, Virginia Military Robert Speck, Brigham Young Bob Hoke, Michigan State Clayton Carothers, Lincoln Tom Titsworth, Oklahoma State [3] Delbert Lockwood, Colorado State Bob Morris Bryan Rayburn 9-0 Ed Brown Robert Speck Bob Hoke Clayton Carothers Tom Titsworth Delbert Lockwood Bob Morris 6-3 Ed Brown 7-0 Bob Hoke 10-3 Tom Titsworth 2-1 Bob Morris Fall 5:33 Bob Hoke RD Frank Bettucci 6-3 Bob Hoke 3-0

1953 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 10 of 20 147 Consolation Bracket Titsworth, Oklahoma State Titsworth Uram 7-0 Uram, Pittsburgh Uram 4-1 Morris, Northern Iowa Ballinger, Wyoming Ballinger 2-0 DePrenger, Cornell Iowa Ballinger 4-1 Carothers, Lincoln Frey Fall 5:40 Frey, Penn State Third Place: Don Frey, Penn State 1-1 RD Fourth Place: Charles Uram, Pittsburgh

1953 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 11 of 20 Joe Solomon, Pittsburgh [1] Joe Arnold, Cornell Doug Frey, Penn State Bill Bock, Springfield Ed Rooney, Syracuse Budd Whitehill, Lock Haven Dan Sniff, Colorado State [4] Bill Berry, Virginia Military John Eagleton, Oklahoma Jim Miller, Cornell Iowa Don Strevey, Oklahoma State Gerry Tebben, Army Joe Solomon Joe Arnold Doug Frey 8-0 Ed Rooney Fall 4:47 Dan Sniff Bill Berry John Eagleton 4-0 Don Strevey 6-4 Joe Solomon 13-7 Ed Rooney 4-3 Dan Sniff Fall 4:04 John Eagleton 7-1 Joe Solomon 9-5 Dan Sniff RD 157 Weight Class Dan Sniff 6-1 Jim Ellis, Indiana Donald Rumsfeld, Princeton Ed Mahoney, Lehigh Ron Larsen, Iowa State Miles Lee, Michigan [3] Leslie Kramer, Kansas State Jim Harmon, Northern Iowa [2] Bill Turley, Hofstra Vito Perrone, Michigan State Bob Cobbins, Lincoln Byron Nelson, Washington State Bob Fischer, Maryland Jim Ellis 6-4 Ed Mahoney 4-1 Miles Lee Leslie Kramer Jim Harmon 4-0 Vito Perrone 11-2 Byron Nelson Bob Fischer Jim Ellis DFT Miles Lee 13-9 Jim Harmon 8-6 Bob Fischer 7-1 Jim Ellis 11-9 Jim Harmon 7-5 Jim Harmon 6-4 Jim Harmon 3-2

1953 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 12 of 20 157 Consolation Bracket Fischer, Maryland Fischer Eagleton DFT Eagleton, Oklahoma Eagleton 8-0 Ellis, Indiana Turley, Hofstra Turley Perrone RD Perrone, Michigan State Perrone 8-1 Berry, Virginia Military Third Place: John Eagleton, Oklahoma 7-2 Fourth Place: Vito Perrone, Michigan State

1953 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 13 of 20 Don Wem, Toledo George Dyer, Springfield Harold Broughton, Colorado State Robert Hockley, Wyoming Ernie Fischer, Maryland [4] Cochrane Chase, Wesleyan Warren Sonnenman, Cornell Iowa Andy Lentvorsky, Lock Haven Frank Marks, Oklahoma [1] Charles Pankow, Indiana Don Wem George Dyer Harold Broughton Ernie Fischer 7-4 Cochrane Chase Warren Sonnenman Andy Lentvorsky Frank Marks 6-3 Don Wem 13-1 Ernie Fischer 10-5 Warren Sonnenman 6-2 Frank Marks 6-2 Ernie Fischer 8-2 Frank Marks 3-1 167 Weight Class Frank Marks RD Dana Eastham, Brown Don Dickason, Cornell [2] Dale Nordquist, Illinois Jerry Cooper, Lincoln Dale Ward, Army Carl Wood, Oklahoma State Fred Loffredo, Northern Iowa Del McGhee, Washington State Myles Nowitzky, Virginia Military Joe Lemyre, Penn State [3] Dana Eastham Don Dickason 3-0 Jerry Cooper Dale Ward Carl Wood Del McGhee Fall 7:27 Myles Nowitzky Joe Lemyre Don Dickason RD Dale Ward 9-0 Carl Wood 6-2 Joe Lemyre Fall 4:09 Don Dickason 7-5 Joe Lemyre 9-2 Don Dickason 1-1 RD Don Dickason 2-2 RD

1953 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 14 of 20 167 Consolation Bracket Lentvorsky, Lock Haven Lentvorsky 6-5 Pankow, Indiana Sonnenman Fall 3:57 Sonnenman, Cornell Iowa Lemyre 9-5 Lemyre, Penn State Eastham, Brown Eastham Fall 2:34 Nordquist, Illinois Eastham 6-2 Ward, Army Eastham 6-5 Fischer, Maryland Third Place: Joe Lemyre, Penn State 6-2 Fourth Place: Dana Eastham, Brown

1953 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 15 of 20 Jack Shanahan, Maryland Jack Shanahan 177 Weight Class George Dvorozniak, Penn State Dick O'Shaughnessy 10-1 Dick O'Shaughnessy, Michigan [4] Dick O'Shaughnessy 8-1 Al Paulekas 4-0 Don Lindell, Cornell Iowa Don Lindell Ed Lanzi, Toledo Al Paulekas Fall 8:32 Al Paulekas, Army [1] Al Paulekas 13-4 Keith Kelley, Oklahoma Ned Blass 8-4 Bob McCullough, Wyoming Bob McCullough RD Ned Blass, Oklahoma State [3] Ned Blass 5-3 Ned Blass Ned Blass 16-8 Bob Craig, Lock Haven Otis Keller, Cornell Bob Craig 12-8 Bob Wirds, Iowa State [2] Bob Wirds 11-4 Bob Wirds

1953 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 16 of 20 177 Consolation Bracket Lanzi Lanzi, Toledo Lanzi 7-2 O'Shaughnessy, Michigan McCullough, Wyoming McCullough McCullough 4-0 Lindell, Cornell Iowa Wirds 6-4 Wirds, Iowa State Third Place: Bob Wirds, Iowa State 7-2 Fourth Place: Ed Lanzi, Toledo

1953 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 17 of 20 Jim Macaleer, Princeton Doc Hearon, Oklahoma Doc Hearon 7-0 191 Weight Class Charles Weber, West Chester [1] Charles Weber Fall 8:08 Pete Veldman, Minnesota Charles Weber 6-1 Charles Weber 5-2 Alan Evans, South Dakota State Gus Gatto, Northern Iowa [4] Gus Gatto 6-0 Bob Drake, Maryland Gus Gatto Fall 8:41 Streeter Shining, Iowa Streeter Shining 11-6 Lou Williams, Oregon State Hud Samson Fall 4:15 Hud Samson, Penn State [3] Hud Samson Fall 3:40 Mel Walden, Iowa State Hud Samson 6-1 Louis Stadler, Arkansas State Mel Walden 6-5 Hud Samson 2-0 Dick Torio, Toledo [2] Harold Hunter, Pittsburgh Dick Torio Fall 8:06 Alex Sotir, Springfield Dick Torio 5-0 Alex Sotir

1953 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 18 of 20 191 Consolation Bracket Veldman, Minnesota Veldman Veldman 2-0 Williams, Oregon State Gatto RD Gatto, Northern Iowa Hearon, Oklahoma Hearon Hearon 4-3 Walden, Iowa State Torio 5-1 Torio, Toledo Third Place: Dick Torio, Toledo 3-1 Fourth Place: Gus Gatto, Northern Iowa

Gene Nicks, Oklahoma State [1] 1953 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 19 of 20 Gene Nicks UNL Weight Class Eldred Kraemer, Pittsburgh Gene Nicks 6-1 Eldred Kraemer Gene Nicks Fall 4:59 Henry Littlefield, Columbia Willis Wood, Minnesota [4] Henry Littlefield Fall 8:28 Jack Ellena, UCLA Jack Ellena Fall 0:40 Jack McNicol, Virginia Tech Jack Ellena Fall 5:35 Ed Husmann, Nebraska [2] Dan McNair 0-0 RD Dick Beyer, Syracuse Ed Husmann 6-5 Bernard Lloyd, CCNY Ed Husmann 15-5 Bernard Lloyd Dan McNair RD Dan McNair, Auburn Dan McNair Tom Megele, Hofstra Dan McNair 5-0 Tom Megele

1953 NCAA Wrestling Championship Page 20 of 20 UNL Consolation Bracket Megele Megele, Hofstra Ellena Ellena, UCLA Kraemer Kraemer, Pittsburgh Kraemer 6-4 Husmann, Nebraska Third Place: Eldred Kraemer, Pittsburgh 4-3 Fourth Place: Jack Ellena, UCLA