NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1953 NCAA Championships

157 lb

Champion Jim Harmon, Northern Iowa.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Jim HarmonUNI
  2. 2Dan SniffColorado State
  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 · 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 · 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

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