NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1953 NCAA Championships

167 lb

Champion Don Dickason, Cornell (NY).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Don DickasonCOR
  2. 2Frank MarksOU
  3. 3Joe LemyrePSU
  4. 4James 'Dana' EasthamBRWN

Championship

Round of 32 · 4 bouts

  1. Del McGhee, Washington State over Fred Loffredo, Northern Iowa — Fall 7:27 · View bout
  2. Don Dickason (2), Cornell (NY) over Ken Nordquist, Illinois — Dec 3–0 · View bout
  3. Ernie Fischer, Maryland over Robert Hockley, Wyoming — Dec 7–4 · View bout
  4. Frank Marks (1), Oklahoma over Charles Pankow Jr., Indiana (IN) — Dec 6–3 · View bout

Round of 16 · 8 bouts

  1. Brien 'Dale' Ward, Army (NY) over Jerry Cooper, Lincoln (PA) — Dec 9–0 · View bout
  2. Carl Wood, Oklahoma State over Del McGhee, Washington State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  3. Don Dickason (2), Cornell (NY) over James 'Dana' Eastham, Brown (RI) — Dec · View bout
  4. Don Wem, Toledo (OH) over George Dyer, Springfield (MA) — Dec 13–1 · View bout
  5. Ernie Fischer, Maryland over Harold Broughton, Colorado State — Dec 10–5 · View bout
  6. Frank Marks (1), Oklahoma over Andy Lentvorsky, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  7. Joe Lemyre (3), Penn State over George 'Miles' Nowitzky, Virginia Military — Fall 4:09 · View bout
  8. Warren Sonneman, Cornell College (IA) over Cochrane Chase, Wesleyan (CT) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Don Dickason (2), Cornell (NY) over Brien 'Dale' Ward, Army (NY) — Dec 7–5 · View bout
  2. Ernie Fischer, Maryland over Don Wem, Toledo (OH) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
  3. Frank Marks (1), Oklahoma over Warren Sonneman, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 3–1 · View bout
  4. Joe Lemyre (3), Penn State over Carl Wood, Oklahoma State — Dec 9–2 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Don Dickason (2), Cornell (NY) over Joe Lemyre (3), Penn State — Dec 2–2 · View bout
  2. Frank Marks (1), Oklahoma over Ernie Fischer, Maryland — Dec · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Don Dickason (2), Cornell (NY) over Frank Marks (1), Oklahoma — Dec 1–1 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 4 · 2 bouts

  1. Andy Lentvorsky, Lock Haven (PA) over Charles Pankow Jr., Indiana (IN) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  2. James 'Dana' Eastham, Brown (RI) over Ken Nordquist, Illinois — Fall 2:34 · View bout

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. James 'Dana' Eastham, Brown (RI) over Brien 'Dale' Ward, Army (NY) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
  2. Warren Sonneman, Cornell College (IA) over Andy Lentvorsky, Lock Haven (PA) — Fall 3:57 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. James 'Dana' Eastham, Brown (RI) over Ernie Fischer, Maryland — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  2. Joe Lemyre (3), Penn State over Warren Sonneman, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 9–5 · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Joe Lemyre (3), Penn State over James 'Dana' Eastham, Brown (RI) — Dec 6–2 · View bout

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