Boston, Massachusetts: Tuesday, January 6, 1953 (Boston Arena) … Verne Gagne b. Bob Orton (2/3) … Don Leo Jonathan b. “Wild” Bull Curry … Manuel Cortez and Tiger Tasker drew … Rebel Bob Russell b. Les Ruffin … (promoter: Paul Bowser) … (4,000 fans) Boston, Massachusetts: Tuesday, January 13, 1953 (Boston Arena) … AWA/East Coast Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. Johnny Valentine (2/3) … Ethel Brown and Bonnie Watson b. Carol Carota and Millie Stafford (17:25) … Manuel Cortez b. Abe Coleman … Don Prata and Les Ruffin drew (20:00) … (promoter: Paul Bowser) Note: Johnny Valentine, according to the January 13, 1953 edition of the Boston Herald, played three years on the Washington football team, at center, and also played basketball. He majored in electrical engineering. Boston, Massachusetts: Tuesday, January 20, 1953 (Boston Arena) … Sonny Myers b. Jack “Sky-Hi” Lee (2/3) Note: Lee was billed as an Apache Indian from Texas Boston, Massachusetts: Tuesday, January 27, 1953 (Boston Arena) … The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) b. Manuel Cortez and Don Leo Jonathan (2/3) … Johnny Valentine b. Wee Willie Davis (DQ) … Rene Florent b. Tony Angelo … Abe Coleman and Les Ruffin drew … (promoter: Paul Bowser) Boston, Massachusetts: Tuesday, February 3, 1953 (Boston Arena) … Yvon Robert b. Buddy Rogers to capture the East Coast Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Rogers knocked himself out during the final fall and was carried from the ring) … Gene Dubuque and Tiger Tasker drew (20:00) … Wee Willie Davis b. Rene Florent … Terry Major b. Barbara Baker … (promoter: Paul Bowser) Notes: Robert was called the “Canadian Champion.” Florent was from France. Boston, Massachusetts: Tuesday, February 10, 1953 (Boston Arena) … The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) b. Manuel Cortez and Don Leo Jonathan … Sammy Berg b. Wally Dern … Kayo Yama b. Joe Swinick … Gene Dubuque b. John Hiedman … (promoter: Paul Bowser) Boston, Massachusetts: Tuesday, February 17, 1953 (Boston Arena) … Manuel Cortez, Don Leo Jonathan and Yvon Robert b. The Dusek Brothers (Emil, Ernie and Rudy Dusek) (2-0) (first fall by DQ) … Gene Dubuque vs. Bob “Legs” Langevin … Les Ryan vs. Kato Tama … Art LaGrande vs. Dan Prata … (promoter: Paul Bowser) … (referee: Jack Sharkey) Notes: Dubuque was “Mr. New York City.” Prata was from Providence. Boston, Massachusetts: Tuesday, February 24, 1953 (Boston Arena) … Yvon Robert b. Bob “Legs” Langevin (2-0) … Don Leo Jonathan and Yukon Eric drew … The Masked Marvel b. Dan Prata … Bobo Brazil b. Tiger Tasker … (promoter: Paul Bowser) Boston, Massachusetts: Tuesday, March 3, 1953 (Boston Arena) … East Coast Heavyweight Champion Yvon Robert b. Don Leo Jonathan (2/3) … Chief Little Moose and Les Ryan drew … The Masked Marvel b. Ken Ackles … Bobo Brazil b. Kato Yama … (promoter: Paul Bowser) Boston, Massachusetts: Tuesday, March 10, 1953 (Boston Arena) … Verne Gagne b. Bill Melby (2/3) … Mars Bennett and Bella Drummond b. Donna Brekman and Lynn Livingston … The Masked Marvel b. George Scott … Kato Yamo b. Abe Coleman … (promoter: Paul Bowser) … (5,000 fans) Boston, Massachusetts: Tuesday, March 17, 1953 (Boston Arena) … East Coast Heavyweight Champion Yvon Robert b. Sonny Myers (2/3) … Mars Bennett and Mae Young b. Gloria Barrattini and Donna Diekman … Adrian Bailargeon b. The Masked Marvel (DQ) … Kato Yama b. Arnold Skaaland … (promoter: Paul Bowser) … (3,500 fans) Boston, Massachusetts: Tuesday, March 24, 1953 (Boston Arena) … East Coast Heavyweight Champion Yvon Robert b. Yukon Eric (2/3) … Women’s World Champion Mildred Burke b. Mae Young … Mighty Goliath b. Les Ruffin (Ruffin was a substitute for Dan Prata) … The Masked Marvel b. Tiger Tasker … (promoter: Paul Bowser) … (3,000 fans) Boston, Massachusetts: Tuesday, April 7, 1953 (Boston Garden) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz and Verne Gagne drew (1-1) (60:00) (Thesz won the first fall in 20:45 and Gagne won the second in 8:10) … East Coast Heavyweight Champion Yvon Robert b. “Killer” Joe Christie (12:14) … Bill Melby b. Kato Yama (18: 20) … Sky Low Low and Tuffy McCrae b. Fuzzy Cupid and Vittorio Gonzales … Masked Marvel b. Rudy Kay … (promoter: Paul Bowser) … (referee: Jack Dempsey) … (8,000 fans) … (benefit for the Archbishop Cushing Nazareth Fund) Boston, Massachusetts: Tuesday, April 28, 1953 (Boston Garden) … Hans Schmidt b. Bill Melby (2/3) … East Coast Heavyweight Champion Yvon Robert b. Joe Muscato … Sandor Kovacs and Larry Moquin drew (20:00) … George Scott b. John Heidman … (promoter: Paul Bowser) … (4,000 fans) Boston, Massachusetts: Tuesday, October 13, 1953 (Mechanics Building) … Don Leo Jonathan vs. Killer Kowalski … Larry Moquin vs. Angelo Savoldi … Sandor Kovacs vs. Vincent Lopez … Hans Hermann vs. Arnold Skaaland … (promoter: Paul Bowser) Research by Tim Hornbaker January 2, 2008 |
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