1953 NCAA Championships

NCAA D1

Individual champions, team standings, and every recorded bout by weight. Placements are shown only where the record supports them.

10weights

10individual champions

205recorded matches

Individual champions

1953 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
115	Hugh Peery	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
123	Dick Mueller	Minnesota all-time	Source final	Recorded final
130	Norvard 'Snip' Nalan	Michigan all-time	Source final	Recorded final
137	Len DeAugustino	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
147	Frank Bettucci	Cornell (NY) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
157	Jim Harmon	Northern Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
167	Don Dickason	Cornell (NY) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
177	Ned Blass	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
191	Hud Samson	Penn State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
Unlimited	Dan McNair	Auburn (AL) all-time	Source final	Recorded final

Places and points as published by the NCAA.

1953 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Penn State all-time	21
2	Oklahoma all-time	15
3	Cornell (NY) all-time	13
4	Oklahoma State all-time	11
5	Northern Iowa all-time	10
6	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	9
7	Michigan all-time	8
T8	Michigan State all-time	7
T8	Minnesota all-time	7
T10	Auburn (AL) all-time	6
T10	Colorado State all-time	6
T10	Illinois all-time	6
T10	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	6
T14	Army (NY) all-time	5
T14	Northwestern (IL) all-time	5
T14	West Chester (PA) all-time	5
17	Toledo (OH) all-time	4
T18	Brown (RI) all-time	3
T18	California-Los Angeles all-time	3
T20	Iowa State all-time	2
T20	Ithaca (NY) all-time	2
T20	Washington State all-time	2
T23	Colorado all-time	1
T23	Columbia (NY) all-time	1
T23	Franklin & Marshall (PA) all-time	1
T23	Harvard (MA) all-time	1
T23	Indiana (IN) all-time	1
T23	Lehigh (PA) all-time	1
T23	Syracuse (NY) all-time	1
Not in the published standings
23*	Cornell College (IA) all-time	1*
31*	Arkansas State all-time	0*
31*	Brigham Young (UT) all-time	0*
31*	City College (NY) all-time	0*
31*	Hofstra (NY) all-time	0*
31*	Iowa all-time	0*
31*	Kansas State all-time	0*
31*	Kent State (OH) all-time	0*
31*	Lincoln (PA) all-time	0*
31*	Maryland all-time	0*
31*	Millersville (PA) all-time	0*
31*	Minnesota-Mankato all-time	0*
31*	Nebraska all-time	0*
31*	Oregon State all-time	0*
31*	Princeton (NJ) all-time	0*
31*	San Diego State (CA) all-time	0*
31*	South Dakota State all-time	0*
31*	Southern Illinois Carbondale all-time	0*
31*	Springfield (MA) all-time	0*
31*	Ursinus (PA) all-time	0*
31*	Virginia Military all-time	0*
31*	Virginia Tech all-time	0*
31*	Wesleyan (CT) all-time	0*
31*	Wyoming all-time	0*

* Reconstructed from the recorded matches under the 1953 scoring rules. The NCAA’s published standings do not list this program.