Akron, Ohio: January 7, 1956
(Armory) ... Bill Miller beat Dick Hutton ... Jim Grabmire and Irish Mike McGee beat King
Toby and Prince Omar ... George Macricostas vs Jimmy Mortinaro

Akron, Ohio: January 14, 1956
Bobo Brazil beat Bill Miller (cor) ... Irish McGee and Jim Grabmire beat Frank Marconi and
Dan Miller ... Sonny Kurgis beat Bill Hiers (dq)

Akron, Ohio: January 21, 1956
(Texas Death Match) Buddy Rogers beat Billy Darnell ... Billy “Red” Lyons and Don
Doginaro beat Don Stevens and Ray Stevens (dq) ... Bob Orton beat Cowboy Don Lee
(dq)

Akron, Ohio: January 28, 1956
Bob Orton beat Bill Miller (dq) ... King Toby beat Wild Bill Zim ... Sonny Kurgis and
Golden Terror beat Billy “Red” Lyons and Jim Grabmire

Akron, Ohio: February 4, 1956
Billy Darnell beat Paul “Tarzan” Orth ... Don Stevens and Ray Stevens beat Billy “Red”
Lyons and Shag “King Toby” Thomas ... Bob Orton drew with Cowboy Don Lee (double
cor)

Akron, Ohio: February 11, 1956
(Special referee: Joe Louis) Buddy Rogers nc Billy Darnell ... Cowboy Don Lee vs Bob
Orton ... Shag Thomas and Donn Lewin vs Frank Hurley and George Bruckman

Akron, Ohio: February 18, 1956
Billy Darnell beat Cowboy Don Lee ... The Golden Terror beat Bob Orton ... Billy “Red”
Lyons and Donn Lewin beat George Bruckman and Don Doginaro

Akron, Ohio: February 25, 1956
No wrestling

Akron, Ohio: March 3, 1956
(Boxing Match, Special referee: Jersey Joe Walcott) Billy Darnell beat Buddy Rogers (dq,
Walcott kayoed Rogers after four rounds) ... Shag Thomas and Donn Lewin drew with
Don Stevens and Ray Stevens ... Mark “Skip” Lewin beat Cowboy Don Lee

Akron, Ohio: March 10, 1956
Shag Thomas and Skip Lewin beat Karl von Albers and The Golden Terror ... Bill Heirs
drew with Jim Grabmire ... Whitey Walberg beat George Bruckman

Akron, Ohio: March 17, 1956
Buddy Rogers beat Frank Marconi (sub for Shag Thomas) ... Don Stevens and Ray
Stevens beat Skip Lewin and Dan Miller ... Karl von Albers beat The Golden Terror
(unmasked as Frank Marconi)

Akron, Ohio: March 24, 1956
(Wrestler vs Boxer) Buddy Rogers beat Jersey Joe Walcott (5th round) ... Cowboy Don
Lee drew with Billy Darnell ... Don Stevens and Ray Stevens nc Donn Lewin and Skip
Lewin

Akron, Ohio: March 31, 1956
(North American Tag Team Title Match*) Donn Lewin and Skip Lewin beat Don Stevens
and Ray Stevens ... Cowboy Don Lee beat Frank Townsend ... Benito Gardini beat Ed
Gardenia Faieta

Note: Skip Lewin and Donn Lewin beat Don Stevens and Ray Stevens on March 31, 1956
in Akron, Ohio to win the North American Tag Team Title.

Akron, Ohio: April 7, 1956
Donn Lewin and Skip Lewin beat Cowboy Don Lee and Karl von Albers ... Tony
Consenza beat Frank Hurley (sub for Antone Leone) ... Frank Hurley beat Dan Miller

Akron, Ohio: April 14, 1956
(Boxing Match) Jersey Joe Walcott beat Buddy Rogers ... Donn Lewin and Skip Lewin
beat Don Stevens and Ray Stevens (dq) ... Billy Darnell drew with Shag Thomas

Akron, Ohio: April 21, 1956
No wrestling

Akron, Ohio: April 28, 1956
Buddy Rogers beat Shag Thomas (cor) ... Joe Louis beat Cowboy Don Lee ... Al Kashey
drew with Benito Gardini ... Marion Motley vs Frank Hurley

Akron, Ohio: May 5, 1956
(Midgets) Tiny Tim beat Tom Thumb ... Dutch Schultz beat Jim “Black Panther” Mitchell ...
Nelson Royal beat Benny Truesdell ... Leon Graham and Silent Ratan beat Benito
Gardini and Bill Hires

Akron, Ohio: May 12, 1956
Bobo Brazil beat Gorgeous George ... (Colored Girls) Ethel Johnson and Marva Scott
beat Babs Wingo and Mae Provo ... Billy Fox drew with Dutch Schultz

Akron, Ohio: May 19, 1956
No wrestling

Akron, Ohio: May 26, 1956
Bobo Brazil beat Cowboy Don Lee ... Dutch Schultz beat Billy Fox ... Frankie Talaber and
Golden Greek beat Frank Hurley and Jack Wentworth

Akron, Ohio: June 2, 1956
Bobo Brazil beat Dutch Schultz ... Joe Scarpellopello and Nick Roberts beat Roberto Pico
and Ali Pasha ... Shag Thomas beat Jim Grabmire

Akron, Ohio: June 9, 1956
Mystery Man nc Joe Scarpellopello ... Al Kashey beat Bill McDonald ... Jim Martinero and
Frank Townsend beat Cowboy Don Lee and Frank Hurley

Note: No wrestling until September.

Akron, Ohio: September 29, 1956
Frankie Talaber beat Ray Stevens (dq) ... (Ladies) Barbara Baker beat Betty Hawkins ...
Jim Martinero and Bill McDonald beat Cowboy Don Lee and Hercules McIntyre (dq)

Akron, Ohio: October 6, 1956
Silent Jim Martinero and Frank Townsend beat Chief White Owl and Hercules (Don)
McIntyre ... (Ladies) Lois Johnson beat Therese Theis ... Irish McGee beat Pat Sleffel

Akron, Ohio: October 13, 1956
No wrestling

Akron, Ohio: October 20, 1956
Don Eagle nc Francois Miquet ... Billy Two Rivers beat Ian Campbell ... Irish McGee and
Bill Gallion drew with Frankie Talaber and The Kentuckian

Akron, Ohio: October 27, 1956
Don Eagle beat Francois Miquet ... Ian Campbell drew with Frank Townsend ... Irish
McGee beat The Kentuckian ... Billy Two Rivers beat Bill Gallion

Akron, Ohio: November 3, 1956
Billy Two Rivers and Frankie Talaber beat Don Stevens and Ian Campbell ... Frank
Townsend beat Bill McDonald ... Irish McGee beat Charley Hoover

Akron, Ohio: November 10, 1956
Luther Lindsay beat Chest Bernard (dq) ... Louis Papineau and The Kentuckian beat
Chief White Owl and Tom Clark ... Doug Grant beat Jim Grabmire

Akron, Ohio: November 17, 1956
Jim Hady drew with Louis Papineau ... Frank Townsend beat Irish McGee ... Ian Campbell
and Jim Bernard beat Joe Scarpello and The Kentuckian

Akron, Ohio: November 24, 1956
Jim Hady beat Louis Papineau ... Frank Townsend beat Jim Bernard (dq) ... Mike McCall
and Leon Graham beat Ali Pasha and Charley Hoover (dq)

Akron, Ohio: December 1, 1956
No wrestling

Akron, Ohio: December 8, 1956
Jim Hady beat Joe Scarpello ... Frank Townsend and Frankie Talaber beat Charley
Hoover and Wild Bill Zimm ... Louis Papineau beat Leon Graham

Akron, Ohio: December 15, 1956
Jim Hady beat Louis Papineau ... Ian Campbell nc Jim Bernard ... Cowboy Don Lee and
Don Stevens beat Frankie Talaber and Irish McGee

Akron, Ohio: December 22, 1956
Irish McGee and The Kentuckian beat Don Lee (Don Stevens failed to show) ... Chief
White Owl beat Tony Borne (dq) ... (Ladies) Elaine Ellis beat Patty Neff

Akron, Ohio: December 29, 1956
Tom Clark, Wild Bill Gallion and Frank Allman nc Bill McDonald, Doug Grant and Mike
McCall ... Chief White Owl beat Wild Bill Zimm


Research by Don Luce
Akron Wrestling Results - 1956