NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1953 NCAA Championships

191 lb

Champion Hud Samson, Penn State.

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Hud SamsonPSU
  2. 2Charles WeberWest Chester (PA)
  3. 3Dick TorioToledo (OH)
  4. 4Gus GattoUNI

Championship

Round of 16 · 7 bouts

  1. Charles Weber (1), West Chester (PA) over Pete Veldman, Minnesota — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  2. Darlon 'Doc' Hearon, Oklahoma over Richard 'Jim' Macaleer, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
  3. Dick Torio (2), Toledo (OH) over Harold 'Hal' Hunter Jr., Pittsburgh (PA) — Fall 8:06 · View bout
  4. Gus Gatto (4), Northern Iowa over Alan Evans, South Dakota State — Dec 6–0 · View bout
  5. Hud Samson (3), Penn State over Lew Williams, Oregon State — Fall 3:40 · View bout
  6. Mel Walden, Iowa State over Louis Stadler, Arkansas State — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  7. Streeter Shining, Iowa over Bob Drake, Maryland — Dec 11–6 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Charles Weber (1), West Chester (PA) over Darlon 'Doc' Hearon, Oklahoma — Fall 8:08 · View bout
  2. Dick Torio (2), Toledo (OH) over Alex Sotir, Springfield (MA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  3. Gus Gatto (4), Northern Iowa over Streeter Shining, Iowa — Fall 8:41 · View bout
  4. Hud Samson (3), Penn State over Mel Walden, Iowa State — Dec 6–1 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Charles Weber (1), West Chester (PA) over Gus Gatto (4), Northern Iowa — Dec 5–2 · View bout
  2. Hud Samson (3), Penn State over Dick Torio (2), Toledo (OH) — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Hud Samson (3), Penn State over Charles Weber (1), West Chester (PA) — Fall 4:15 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

  1. Darlon 'Doc' Hearon, Oklahoma over Mel Walden, Iowa State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
  2. Pete Veldman, Minnesota over Lew Williams, Oregon State — Dec 2–0 · View bout

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dick Torio (2), Toledo (OH) over Darlon 'Doc' Hearon, Oklahoma — Dec 5–1 · View bout
  2. Gus Gatto (4), Northern Iowa over Pete Veldman, Minnesota — Dec · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Dick Torio (2), Toledo (OH) over Gus Gatto (4), Northern Iowa — Dec 3–1 · View bout

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