NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1953 NCAA Championships

115 lb

Champion Hugh Peery, Pittsburgh (PA).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Hugh PeeryPITT
  2. 2Bob ChristensenNW
  3. 3Richard MeeksILL
  4. 4Art HelfF&M

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

12 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 4 bouts

    4 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Art Helf, Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Ruben Shehigian, Michigan State — Dec 3–2 · View bout
    2. Bill Cramp, Penn State over Billy Jackson, Arkansas State — Dec 3–0 · View bout
    3. Bob Christensen, Northwestern (IL) over Gary McClain (3), Oregon State — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    4. Hugh Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Richard Meeks, Illinois — Dec 9–4 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bob Christensen, Northwestern (IL) over Bill Cramp, Penn State — Fall 5:01 · View bout
    2. Ed Dawkins, Ursinus (PA) over Chas Ofsthun (4), Minnesota — Dec 6–5 · View bout
    3. Hugh Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Art Helf, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec 6–2 · View bout
    4. Robert Whelan (2), Southern Illinois Carbondale over George Custer, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 9–5 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bob Christensen, Northwestern (IL) over Robert Whelan (2), Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 4–2 · View bout
    2. Hugh Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Ed Dawkins, Ursinus (PA) — Dec 11–1 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Hugh Peery (1), Pittsburgh (PA) over Bob Christensen, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 5–1 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Art Helf, Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Bill Cramp, Penn State — Dec 4–0 · View bout
      2. Richard Meeks, Illinois over Gary McClain (3), Oregon State — Dec 12–0 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Art Helf, Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Robert Whelan (2), Southern Illinois Carbondale — Dec 4–0 · View bout
      2. Richard Meeks, Illinois over Ed Dawkins, Ursinus (PA) — Dec 12–2 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Richard Meeks, Illinois over Art Helf, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec 7–2 · View bout