NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1953 NCAA Championships

137 lb

Champion Len DeAugustino, Lock Haven (PA).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  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

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