Atchison, Kansas:  Saturday, January 31, 1953
(Memorial Hall) … Central States Heavyweight Champion David Sims b. Bobby Lane (2/3)
… Pancho the Bull b. Salie Halasie … Pee Wee James b. Vito Gonzales … Pancho the
Bull and Pee Wee James vs. Salie Halasie and Vito Gonzales (2/3) … (promoter:  Gust
Karras) … (2,000 fans)

Atchison, Kansas:  Saturday, February 21, 1953
(Memorial Hall) … Larry Hamilton b. Roy Graham (2/3) (Hamilton won the final fall by
disqualification) … Jim Wright b. Reyes Nacho (2/3) … Joe Adelman and Bill Gillette drew
… (promoter:  Gust Karras) … (1,000 fans)
Note:  During the Adelman-Gillette match, a nine year old child fell to the ring ropes from
40-feet above and falling through a false ceiling.

Atchison, Kansas:  Saturday, March 14, 1953
(Memorial Hall) … Central States Heavyweight Champion Dave Sims b. Joe Dusek (2/3)
… Walter Sirois b. Reyes Nacho … Jim Wright b. The Great Mephisto … Walter Sirois
and Jim Wright b. The Great Mephisto and Reyes Nacho

Atchison, Kansas:  Saturday, April 11, 1953
(Memorial Hall) … Red Berry vs. Larry Hamilton … Matt Murphy vs. Jim Wright … Billy
Gillette vs. Walter Sirois


Atchison, Kansas:  Saturday, December 5, 1953
(Memorial Hall) … Bobby Lane vs. Sonny Myers … Hans Hermann vs. Frank Hewitt …
Dick Hutton vs. Bruce Ozenberger … (sponsored by:  Junior Chamber of Commerce)




Research by Tim Hornbaker
September 12, 2010
Atchison Wrestling Results - 1953