NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1953 NCAA Championships

177 lb

Champion Ned Blass, Oklahoma State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Ned BlassOKST
  2. 2Al PaulekasARMY
  3. 3Bob WirdsISU
  4. 4Ed LanziTOL

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Championship

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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. Al Paulekas (1), Army (NY) over Ed Lanzi, Toledo (OH) — Dec 13–4 · View bout
    2. Bob Craig, Lock Haven (PA) over Otis Keller, Cornell (NY) — Dec 12–8 · View bout
    3. Dick O'Shaughnessy (4), Michigan over George Dvorozniak, Penn State — Dec 8–1 · View bout
    4. Robert McCullough, Wyoming over Keith Kelley, Oklahoma — Dec · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Al Paulekas (1), Army (NY) over Don Lindell, Cornell College (IA) — Fall 8:32 · View bout
    2. Bob Wirds (2), Iowa State over Bob Craig, Lock Haven (PA) — Dec 11–4 · View bout
    3. Dick O'Shaughnessy (4), Michigan over Jack Shanahan, Maryland — Dec 10–1 · View bout
    4. Ned Blass (3), Oklahoma State over Robert McCullough, Wyoming — Dec 5–3 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Al Paulekas (1), Army (NY) over Dick O'Shaughnessy (4), Michigan — Dec 4–0 · View bout
    2. Ned Blass (3), Oklahoma State over Bob Wirds (2), Iowa State — Dec 16–8 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Ned Blass (3), Oklahoma State over Al Paulekas (1), Army (NY) — Dec 8–4 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    1 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 1 bout

      1 byes into the consolation semifinal

      1. Robert McCullough, Wyoming over Don Lindell, Cornell College (IA) — Dec 4–0 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Bob Wirds (2), Iowa State over Robert McCullough, Wyoming — Dec 6–4 · View bout
      2. Ed Lanzi, Toledo (OH) over Dick O'Shaughnessy (4), Michigan — Dec 7–2 · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Bob Wirds (2), Iowa State over Ed Lanzi, Toledo (OH) — Dec 7–2 · View bout