NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1953 NCAA Championships

191 lb

Champion Hud Samson, Penn State.Verified bracket Source bracket ↗

All-Americans

From the final and the 3rd place bout

  1. 1Hud SamsonPSU
  2. 2Charles WeberWCU
  3. 3Dick TorioTOL
  4. 4Gus GattoUNI

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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. Charles Weber (1), West Chester (PA) over Pete Veldman, Minnesota — Dec 6–1 · View bout
    2. Darlon 'Doc' Hearon, Oklahoma over Richard 'Jim' Macaleer, Princeton (NJ) — Dec 7–0 · View bout
    3. Dick Torio (2), Toledo (OH) over Harold 'Hal' Hunter Jr., Pittsburgh (PA) — Fall 8:06 · View bout
    4. Gus Gatto (4), Northern Iowa over Alan Evans, South Dakota State — Dec 6–0 · View bout
    5. Hud Samson (3), Penn State over Lew Williams, Oregon State — Fall 3:40 · View bout
    6. Mel Walden, Iowa State over Louis Stadler, Arkansas State — Dec 6–5 · View bout
    7. Streeter Shining, Iowa over Bob Drake, Maryland — Dec 11–6 · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. Charles Weber (1), West Chester (PA) over Darlon 'Doc' Hearon, Oklahoma — Fall 8:08 · View bout
    2. Dick Torio (2), Toledo (OH) over Alex Sotir, Springfield (MA) — Dec 5–0 · View bout
    3. Gus Gatto (4), Northern Iowa over Streeter Shining, Iowa — Fall 8:41 · View bout
    4. Hud Samson (3), Penn State over Mel Walden, Iowa State — Dec 6–1 · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Charles Weber (1), West Chester (PA) over Gus Gatto (4), Northern Iowa — Dec 5–2 · View bout
    2. Hud Samson (3), Penn State over Dick Torio (2), Toledo (OH) — Dec 2–0 · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Hud Samson (3), Penn State over Charles Weber (1), West Chester (PA) — Fall 4:15 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Darlon 'Doc' Hearon, Oklahoma over Mel Walden, Iowa State — Dec 4–3 · View bout
      2. Pete Veldman, Minnesota over Lew Williams, Oregon State — Dec 2–0 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. Dick Torio (2), Toledo (OH) over Darlon 'Doc' Hearon, Oklahoma — Dec 5–1 · View bout
      2. Gus Gatto (4), Northern Iowa over Pete Veldman, Minnesota — Dec · View bout

      Placement bouts

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Dick Torio (2), Toledo (OH) over Gus Gatto (4), Northern Iowa — Dec 3–1 · View bout