NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1953 NCAA Championships

123 lb

Champion Dick Mueller, Minnesota.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  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 · 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

Bouts as the source workbook records them, in round order. No bracket positions or byes are inferred.