NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2025

1953 NCAA Championships

Unlimited lb

Champion Dan McNair, Auburn (AL).

Placers

Places 1 to 8 as the record has them.

  1. 1Dan McNairAuburn (AL)
  2. 2Gene NicksOKST
  3. 3Eldred KraemerPITT
  4. 4Jack Ellena Sr.California-Los Angeles

Championship

Round of 16 · 3 bouts

  1. Ed Husmann (2), Nebraska over Dick Beyer, Syracuse (NY) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
  2. Henry Littlefield, Columbia (NY) over Willis Wood (4), Minnesota — Fall 8:28 · View bout
  3. Jack Ellena Sr., California-Los Angeles over Jack McNicol, Virginia Tech — Fall 5:35 · View bout

Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

  1. Dan McNair, Auburn (AL) over Tom Megele, Hofstra (NY) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
  2. Ed Husmann (2), Nebraska over Bernard Lloyd, City College (NY) — Dec 15–5 · View bout
  3. Gene Nicks (1), Oklahoma State over Eldred Kraemer, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
  4. Jack Ellena Sr., California-Los Angeles over Henry Littlefield, Columbia (NY) — Fall 0:40 · View bout

Semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Dan McNair, Auburn (AL) over Ed Husmann (2), Nebraska — Dec · View bout
  2. Gene Nicks (1), Oklahoma State over Jack Ellena Sr., California-Los Angeles — Fall 4:59 · View bout

Final · 1 bout

  1. Dan McNair, Auburn (AL) over Gene Nicks (1), Oklahoma State — Dec 0–0 · View bout

Consolation

Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

  1. Eldred Kraemer, Pittsburgh (PA) over Ed Husmann (2), Nebraska — Dec 6–4 · View bout
  2. Jack Ellena Sr., California-Los Angeles over Tom Megele, Hofstra (NY) — n/r · View bout

Placement bouts

3rd-place bout · 1 bout

  1. Eldred Kraemer, Pittsburgh (PA) over Jack Ellena Sr., California-Los Angeles — Dec 4–3 · View bout

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