NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1953 NCAA Championships

147 lb

Champion Frank Bettucci, Cornell (NY).Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Frank BettucciCOR
  2. 2Bob HokeMSU
  3. 3Don FreyPSU
  4. 4Charles 'Chully' UramPITT

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Championship

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Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

19 byes into the round of 32

    Round of 32 · 3 bouts

    13 byes into the round of 16

    1. Bryan Rayburn, Oklahoma over Bill Garland, Indiana (IN) — Dec 9–0 · View bout
    2. Frank Bettucci (1), Cornell (NY) over Warren DePrenger, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 8–2 · View bout
    3. Joe Scandura, Michigan over Matt Midea, Lock Haven (PA) — Fall 5:02 · View bout

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Bob Hoke, Michigan State over Clayton Carothers, Lincoln (PA) — Dec 10–3 · View bout
    2. Bob Morris (2), Northern Iowa over Bryan Rayburn, Oklahoma — Dec 6–3 · View bout
    3. Charles 'Chully' Uram, Pittsburgh (PA) over Bill Elwood, Northwestern (IL) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
    4. Don Frey (4), Penn State over Jerry Bains, Auburn (AL) — Dec 6–1 · View bout
    5. Ed Brown, Virginia Military over Robert Steck, Brigham Young (UT) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
    6. Frank Bettucci (1), Cornell (NY) over Leo Ballinger, Wyoming — Fall 5:14 · View bout
    7. Ian MacEwan, Kent State (OH) over Joe Scandura, Michigan — Dec 6–4 · View bout
    8. Tom Titsworth (3), Oklahoma State over Delbert Lockwood, Colorado State — Dec 2–1 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Bob Hoke, Michigan State over Tom Titsworth (3), Oklahoma State — Dec · View bout
    2. Bob Morris (2), Northern Iowa over Ed Brown, Virginia Military — Fall 5:33 · View bout
    3. Don Frey (4), Penn State over Ian MacEwan, Kent State (OH) — Dec 6–0 · View bout
    4. Frank Bettucci (1), Cornell (NY) over Charles 'Chully' Uram, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 5–3 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Bob Hoke, Michigan State over Bob Morris (2), Northern Iowa — Dec 3–0 · View bout
    2. Frank Bettucci (1), Cornell (NY) over Don Frey (4), Penn State — Dec 7–3 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Frank Bettucci (1), Cornell (NY) over Bob Hoke, Michigan State — Dec 6–3 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 3 · 1 bout

      1. Leo Ballinger, Wyoming over Warren DePrenger, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 2–0 · View bout

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Charles 'Chully' Uram, Pittsburgh (PA) over Tom Titsworth (3), Oklahoma State — Dec 7–0 · View bout
      2. Leo Ballinger, Wyoming over Clayton Carothers, Lincoln (PA) — Dec 4–1 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Charles 'Chully' Uram, Pittsburgh (PA) over Bob Morris (2), Northern Iowa — Dec 4–1 · View bout
      2. Don Frey (4), Penn State over Leo Ballinger, Wyoming — Fall 5:40 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Don Frey (4), Penn State over Charles 'Chully' Uram, Pittsburgh (PA) — Dec 1–1 · View bout