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1953 NCAA Championships

130 lb

Champion Norvard 'Snip' Nalan, Michigan.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Norvard 'Snip' NalanMICH
  2. 2Joseph 'Dick' LemyrePSU
  3. 3Jim Howard Sr.ITHA
  4. 4Ed CasalicchioMSU

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

15 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 7 bouts

    1 byes into the quarterfinal

    1. Bob Datteri (4), Colorado State over Dick Robinson, San Diego State (CA) — Dec 12–3 · View bout
    2. Jim Howard Sr., Ithaca (NY) over Phil Duggan, Iowa — Dec 8–2 · View bout
    3. Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre (2), Penn State over Ed Casalicchio, Michigan State — Fall 0:49 · View bout
    4. Ken Faust, Lehigh (PA) over Al Motley Jr., Virginia Tech — Fall 5:13 · View bout
    5. Linn Long, Colorado over Gary Rollins, Brigham Young (UT) — Fall 7:50 · View bout
    6. Norvard 'Snip' Nalan (1), Michigan over Maris Williams, South Dakota State — Fall 7:11 · View bout
    7. Richard Leffler, Toledo (OH) over Raymond Downey, Auburn (AL) — Dec 11–4 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bob Datteri (4), Colorado State over Ken Faust, Lehigh (PA) — Fall 8:16 · View bout
    2. Harold Reece (3), Oklahoma over Linn Long, Colorado — Fall 4:22 · View bout
    3. Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre (2), Penn State over Jim Howard Sr., Ithaca (NY) — Dec 6–5 · View bout
    4. Norvard 'Snip' Nalan (1), Michigan over Richard Leffler, Toledo (OH) — Dec 7–2 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre (2), Penn State over Harold Reece (3), Oklahoma — Dec · View bout
    2. Norvard 'Snip' Nalan (1), Michigan over Bob Datteri (4), Colorado State — Dec 7–4 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Norvard 'Snip' Nalan (1), Michigan over Joseph 'Dick' Lemyre (2), Penn State — Dec 7–5 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Ed Casalicchio, Michigan State over Maris Williams, South Dakota State — Dec 6–0 · View bout
      2. Jim Howard Sr., Ithaca (NY) over Richard Leffler, Toledo (OH) — Dec 7–2 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Ed Casalicchio, Michigan State over Bob Datteri (4), Colorado State — Fall · View bout
      2. Jim Howard Sr., Ithaca (NY) over Harold Reece (3), Oklahoma — Dec 2–1 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Jim Howard Sr., Ithaca (NY) over Ed Casalicchio, Michigan State — Dec 2–1 · View bout