49th EIWA Tournament At Princeton 3/13-3/14/53 1953 Team Champion Outstanding Wrestler Fletcher Award Sheridan Award Penn State - 31 Points Frank Bettucci - Cornell None None Final Team Scores Number of Individual Champs in parentheses 1 Penn State 31 (2) 2 Cornell 25 (3) 3 Lehigh 22 (2) 4 Army 18 (1) 5 Syracuse 13 6 Navy 12 7 Princeton 5 7 Harvard 5 7 Brown 5 10 Yale 3 10 Columbia 3 12 Rutgers 2 13 Temple 1 13 Franklin & Marshall 1 15 Virginia 0 15 Pennsylvania 0 Champions and Place Winners Wrestler's seed in brackets, [US] indicates unseeeded. 123 1st: Alex McCord [US] - Lehigh (WBF 8:19) 2nd: John Lee [3] - Harvard 3rd: Bob Karns [2] - Army (6-1) 4th: Art Helf [US] - Franklin & Marshall 130 1st: Dick Lemyre [1] - Penn State (14-4) 2nd: Art Jesser [2] - Navy 3rd: Bruce Blackman [3] - Cornell (7-1) 4th: George Mulligan [4] - Rutgers 137 1st: Gerry Maurey [1] - Penn State (WBF 8:07) 2nd: Charles Debellis [US] - Syracuse 3rd: Ken Faust [2] - Lehigh (4-2) 4th: Angus MacLean [4] - Brown 147 1st: Frank Bettucci [1] - Cornell (WBF 4:39) 2nd: Don Frey [3] - Penn State 3rd: Ted Ferriter [US] - Brown (10-6) 4th: Jim Karns [US] - Army 157 1st: Ken Hunt [2] - Cornell (9-5) 2nd: Donald Rumsfeld [4] - Princeton 3rd: Ed Rooney [1] - Syracuse (6-3) 4th: Ed Mahoney [US] - Lehigh 167 1st: Don Dickason [4] - Cornell (8-3) 2nd: Gerry Tebben [3] - Army 3rd: Joe Lemyre [1] - Penn State (7-4) 4th: Dana Eastham [2] - Brown 177 1st: Al Paulekas [1] - Army (8-6) 2nd: Peter Blair [3] - Navy 3rd: Jack Downey [2] - Yale (9-2) 4th: Joe Comly [4] - Lehigh UNL 1st: Werner Seel [1] - Lehigh (2-1) 2nd: Dick Beyer [3] - Syracuse 3rd: Hud Samson [2] - Penn State (4-0) 4th: Henry Littlefield [US] - Columbia
1953 EIWA Championship Page 1 of 4 123 Weight Class Bob Homan, Penn State [1] Jim Kurfess, Brown Art Helf, Franklin & Marshall Bill Holtz, Navy Mike Gvardijan, Columbia [3] Charles Young, Virginia Alex McCord, Lehigh Bob Hillman, Syracuse Bob Karns, Army [2] John Castle, Princeton Bob Theriault, Yale Rex Boda, Cornell Bob Homan 14-2 Art Helf 5-3 Mike Gvardijan Fall 2:13 Alex McCord Fall 4:43 Bob Karns Fall 1:25 Bob Theriault 6-4 Art Helf 8-5 Alex McCord 6-2 Bob Karns 8-4 Alex McCord 8-2 Alex McCord Fall 8:19 John Lee, Harvard [4] Gene Casserino, Rutgers Bob McCreary, Temple George Evans, Pennsylvania John Lee Fall 4:22 Bob McCreary Fall 1:59 John Lee 3-0 John Lee 1-0 Bob Karns 6-1 130 Weight Class Dick Lemyre, Penn State [1] John Morrison, Lehigh Robert Mead, Yale Frank Yatsu, Brown George Mulligan, Rutgers [3] Jim Mackey, Temple Duff Green, Virginia John Eckhardt, Army Art Jesser, Navy [2] Tom Jones, Pennsylvania Ed Meloni, Columbia Bye Dick Lemyre Fall 3:44 Robert Mead 6-3 George Mulligan Fall 8:02 Duff Green 5-0 Art Jesser 6-1 Ed Meloni Dick Lemyre 18-6 George Mulligan 9-5 Art Jesser 6-2 Dick Lemyre 13-5 Dick Lemyre 14-4 Bruce Blackman, Cornell [4] Bob Campbell, Syracuse Richard Dillon, Princeton Dick Adams, Harvard Bruce Blackman RD Dick Adams 5-4 Bruce Blackman 7-0 Art Jesser 6-1 Bruce Blackman 7-1
1953 EIWA Championship Page 2 of 4 137 Weight Class Gerry Maurey, Penn State [1] David Dibbell, Yale Leo Cirino, Columbia Bob Long, Temple Angus MacLean, Brown [3] Tucker Gordon, Princeton Arlon Adams, Harvard Nate Pond, Cornell Ken Faust, Lehigh [2] Fred Bobcock, Virginia Tom Riglin, Franklin & Marshall George Shea, Pennsylvania Gerry Maurey Fall 2:44 Bob Long 10-5 Angus MacLean 9-1 Arlon Adams 8-1 Ken Faust Fall 2:08 Tom Riglin 6-4 Gerry Maurey Fall 4:39 Angus MacLean 8-1 Ken Faust Fall 8:30 Gerry Maurey Fall 3:37 Gerry Maurey Fall 8:07 Fred Futchko, Rutgers [4] Paul Feidler, Navy Pete Fikaris, Army Charles Debellis, Syracuse Fred Futchko 9-1 Charles Debellis 8-5 Charles Debellis 5-3 Charles Debellis RD Ken Faust 4-2 147 Weight Class Frank Bettucci, Cornell [1] Carl Lorenz, Temple Dick Deets, Columbia James Seabrook, Princeton Stan DuBelle, Franklin & Marshall [3] Lee Harston, Virginia Jim Karns, Army Lou Gettleman, Pennsylvania Bob Bury, Syracuse [2] Bob Allcroft, Rutgers Ted Ferriter, Brown Francis DeWar, Harvard Frank Bettucci Fall 2:11 Dick Deets 7-2 Stan DuBelle 6-2 Jim Karns 6-0 Bob Bury Fall 5:35 Ted Ferriter 9-2 Frank Bettucci Fall 2:47 Jim Karns 6-5 Ted Ferriter DFT Frank Bettucci Fall 2:29 Frank Bettucci Fall 4:39 Don Frey, Penn State [4] Dale Crosier, Navy Bob White, Yale Wilson Klein, Lehigh Don Frey Fall 5:45 Wilson Klein 6-4 Don Frey Fall 2:32 Don Frey 9-1 Ted Ferriter 10-6
1953 EIWA Championship Page 3 of 4 157 Weight Class Ed Rooney, Syracuse [1] Loren Samsel, Brown Hugh Chandler, Harvard Harvie Fitzgerald, Virginia Donald Rumsfeld, Princeton [3] John DiFiore, Temple Dale Ward, Army Edward Agnew, Pennsylvania Ken Hunt, Cornell [2] Ed Abdelmoor, Yale Carl Bemiller, Franklin & Marshall Bob Hamilton, Navy Ed Rooney Fall 4:10 Hugh Chandler 7-6 Donald Rumsfeld Fall 5:36 Dale Ward 10-3 Ken Hunt 9-2 Carl Bemiller 7-2 Ed Rooney 8-4 Donald Rumsfeld 5-4 Ken Hunt 5-0 Donald Rumsfeld 6-4 Ken Hunt 9-5 Doug Frey, Penn State [4] John Dramesi, Rutgers Ed Mahoney, Lehigh Tom Chrystie, Columbia Doug Frey 4-0 Ed Mahoney 6-0 Ed Mahoney 2-1 Ken Hunt 6-2 Ed Rooney 6-3 167 Weight Class Joe Lemyre, Penn State [1] Bill Marchio, Franklin & Marshall Jack Platt, Lehigh John Kousi, Yale Don Dickason, Cornell [3] Robert Sherry, Columbia Mebane Turner, Virginia Joe Hubbard, Harvard Dana Eastham, Brown [2] Bye Henry Gobetz, Syracuse Russell Down, Pennsylvania Joe Lemyre Fall 3:33 John Kousi 9-4 Don Dickason 10-4 Mebane Turner 8-3 Dana Eastham Henry Gobetz 9-2 Joe Lemyre Fall 7:33 Don Dickason Fall 5:59 Dana Eastham 13-4 Don Dickason RD Don Dickason 8-3 Gerry Tebben, Army [4] Charles Scudder, Rutgers Joe Gattuso, Navy Calton MacDonald, Princeton Gerry Tebben Fall 7:30 Joe Gattuso Fall 8:23 Gerry Tebben Fall 5:05 Gerry Tebben 9-6 Joe Lemyre 7-4
1953 EIWA Championship Page 4 of 4 177 Weight Class Al Paulekas, Army [1] Richard Herrett, Rutgers Ken Culbert, Harvard John Keener, Franklin & Marshall Joe Comly, Lehigh [3] Jim Harrell, Brown Enzo Marinelli, Syracuse Hay Walker, Pennsylvania Jack Downey, Yale [2] Sam Karavolis, Columbia Dick Soars, Cornell George Dvorozniak, Penn State Al Paulekas Fall 4:25 Ken Culbert 10-8 Joe Comly Fall 4:10 Enzo Marinelli 8-0 Jack Downey Fall 2:45 Dick Soars 4-2 Al Paulekas Fall 4:34 Joe Comly 2-0 Jack Downey 4-0 Al Paulekas 8-1 Al Paulekas 8-6 Peter Blair, Navy [4] Ronald Berger, Temple Leslie Wilson, Princeton John Bragdon, Virginia Peter Blair Fall 0:15 Leslie Wilson 7-1 Peter Blair Fall 3:35 Peter Blair Fall 8:32 Jack Downey 9-2 UNL Weight Class Werner Seel, Lehigh [1] Hugh Webster, Navy Tom Muench, Franklin & Marshall MacCollum Reinhoff, Yale Gerry Lodge, Army [3] Joe Arnold, Cornell Henry Littlefield, Columbia Hulon Warwich, Virginia Hud Samson, Penn State [2] Robert Ride, Rutgers Donald Seifert, Brown Charles Assiff, Pennsylvania Werner Seel 6-0 Tom Muench 3-0 Gerry Lodge 5-2 Henry Littlefield Fall 2:59 Hud Samson Fall 6:29 Charles Assiff RD Werner Seel Fall 6:27 Henry Littlefield 7-6 Hud Samson Fall 4:12 Werner Seel 4-3 Werner Seel 2-1 Dick Beyer, Syracuse [3] Jim Rule, Temple Jim Macaleer, Princeton George Bates, Harvard Dick Beyer Fall 0:55 Jim Macaleer 4-0 Dick Beyer 8-1 Dick Beyer 2-1 Hud Samson 4-0