Monday, September 10, 1951 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Dr. Gallagher vs. the Sheik of Araby
2- Tugger Zeke vs. Al Warshawski
3- Tor Yamata vs. Martini Angelo

Friday, September 14, 1951 at the Chesterfield Arena in East Detroit:
1- Louis Klein vs. Danny Ferrazza
2-the Sheik of Araby vs. Larry Chene
3- Johnny Gates vs. Ted Marshall
4- Prince Halasie vs. Vito Gonzales

Monday, September 17, 1951 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Bert Ruby defeated  Dr. Gallagher
2- the Jungle Boy vs. Ferenz Sixsay
3- Gypsy Joe vs. Chief Lone Eagle
4- Prince Halasie vs. Vito Gonzales
Promoter Harry Light celebrated his 49th birthday

Friday, September 21, 1951 at the Chesterfield Arena in East Detroit:
1- Chief Lone Eagle vs. Lefty Pacer – 1 hour
2- Larry Chene vs. the Sheik of Araby – 1 hour
3- Tor Yamata vs. Al Warshawski
4- Ferenz Sixsay vs. Bob Wallis

Friday, September 28, 1951 at the Chesterfield Arena in East Detroit:
1- the Jungle Boy vs. Al Warshawski
2- Chief Lone Eagle vs. Bobby Wallis
3- Louis Klein vs. Ray Clark
4- Russ Bishop vs. Ferenz Sixsay

Monday, October 1, 1951 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Don Eagle defeated Dr. Gallagher
2- the Jungle Boy defeated Scotty McWilliams
3- Larger Lawson defeated Ray Clark
4- Eddie Lee defeated Al Warshawski

Friday, October 5, 1951 at the Chesterfield Arena in East Detroit:
1- Fuzzy Cupid & Tom Thumb vs. Jimmy Little & Tiny Roe – midget tag match
2- Angelo Martino vs. Tor Yamata
3- Russ Bishop vs. Bob Wallis

Monday, October 8, 1951 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Scotty McWilliams vs. the Jungle Boy
2- Larger Lawson & Tugger Zeke vs. the Sheik of Araby & Martini Angelo.
3- Eddie Lee vs. Russ Bishop

Friday, October 12, 1951 at the Chestefield Arena in East Detroit:
1- Angelo Martino & Danny Ferrazza vs. Scotty McWilliams & Ferenz Sixsay
2- the Jungle Boy vs. Billy Fox
3- Eddie Lee vs. Johnny Gates

Monday, October 15, 1951 at the Fairview gardens in Detroit:
1- the Great Balbo defeated Tommy Martindale
2- Chief Lone Eagle defeated the Satan
3- Scotty McWilliams defeated Tor Yamata
4- Eddie Lee defeated Bobby Wallis

Friday, October 19, 1951 at the Chesterfield Arena in East Detroit:
1- Larry Chene vs. the Sheik of Araby

Monday, October 22, 1951 at the Fairview gardens in Detroit:
1- Don Eagle defeated Ivan Rasputin.
2- Jilly Little defeated Fuzzy Cupid – midget match.
3- Martini Angelo vs. Scotty McWilliams – drew.
4- Danny Ferrazza vs. Tor Yamata – drew.

Friday, October 26, 1951 at the Chesterfield Arena in East Detroit:
1- Wrestle Royal featuring: Tor Yamata, Ferenz Sixsay, Scotty McWilliams, Steve Zold,
Eddie Lee & Steve Nenoff.
Plus three single matches

Monday, October 29, 1951 at the Fairview gardens in Detroit:
1- Buddy ‘Nature Boy’ Rogers defeated Jackie Nichols (his 12th straight win in Detroit)
2- Eddie Lee & El Capitan defeated Johnny Gates & Tor Yamata
3- the Sheik of Araby vs. Billy Fox – drew

Friday, November 2, 1951 at the Chesterfield Arena in East Detroit:
1- Chief Lone Eagle vs. Joe Dempsey
2- El Capitan vs. Billy Fox
3- Eddie Lee vs. Ted Marshall
4- Tor Yamata vs. Johnny Gates

Monday, November 5, 1951 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Marvin ‘Atomic’ Mercer defeated Ali Pasha
2- Scotty McWilliams vs. Martini Angelo – drew
3- El Capitan defeated Bobby Wallis
4- Steve Nenoff vs. Ferenz Sixsay – drew

Friday, November 9, 1951 at the Chesterfield Arena in East Detroit:
1- Larry Chene & Eddie Lee vs. Laddie Holleck & Johnny Gates
Plus two other matches

Monday, November 12, 1951 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Gene Stanlee defeated Paul orth.
2- Louis Klein defeated Martini Angelo.
3- Ferenz Sixsay vs. El Capitan – drew.
4- the Hungarian Angel vs. Danny Ferrazza – drew.

Friday, November 16, 1951 at the Chesterfield Arena in East Detroit:
1- Chief Lone Eagle vs. Danny Ferrazza
2- Billy Sandow vs. Scotty McWliiams
3- Larry Chene & Eddie Lee vs. Johnny Gates & Bobby Wallis

Monday, November 19, 1951 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- The Great balbo vs. Gypsy Joe – drew
2- Louis Klein defeated Scotty McWilliams
3- Chief Lone Eagle & Tugger Zeke defeated Paul Orth & Martini Angelo – disqualification

Monday, November 26, 1951 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Lou Thesz (NWA World Champion) defeated Louis Klein – 2/3 falls
2- Jan Gotch defeated Ferenz Sixsay – 2 straight falls
3- Billy Fox defeated Steve Nenoff
4- Eddie Lee vs. Bobby Wallis – drew

Wednesday, November 29, 1951 at the Olympia Stadium in Detroit:
1- Gene Stanlee defeated Killer Joe Christy - 2/3 falls – special referee Rocky Marciano
2- Eddie Lee defeated Jack Britton
3- the Ghost defeated Ray Clark
4- Bert Ruby & Larry Chene vs. the Sheik of Araby & Jan Gotch – drew
Plus two Sumo type matches:
5- the Great Maedayama vs. Oauimi
6- Yakatayama vs. Fujitayama
This card was a fund-raiser sponsored by the Detroit Times newspaper to raise funds for
injured Korean War veterans.
Attendance: 1,500; gate: $2,960

Monday, December 3, 1951 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Don Eagle defeated Jan Gotch
2- Larry Chene defeated Johnny Gates
3- Ted Marshall defeated El Capitan
4- Bert Ruby vs. Scotty McWilliams – drew

Friday, December 7, 1951 at the Chesterfield Arena in East Detroit:
1- Paul Orth & Bobby Wallis vs. Jan Gotch & Johnny Gates
2- Scotty McWilliams vs. Ray Clark
3- Ferenz Sixsay vs. Al Warshawski

Monday, December 10, 1951 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Benito Feata vs. Billy Fox - drew
2- Chief Lone Eagle defeated Johnny Gates (replaced the Satan)
3- Bert Ruby & Scotty McWilliams defeated the Sheik of Araby & Martini Angelo

Tuesday, December 11, 1951 at the Andreas VFW Post 1794 in Mt Clemens:
1- Larry Chene vs. the Sheik of Araby
This was a Goodfellows benefit card

Friday, December 14, 1951 at the Chesterfield Arena in East Detroit:
1- Tugger Zeke vs. Chief Lone Eagle
Plus two other matches.

Monday, December 17, 1951 at the Fairview Gardens in Detroit:
1- Louis Klein won an 8 man battle royal. The first two eliminated were done for the
evening; the next four were paired in matches; the last two remaining wrestled each
other. Klein defeated Jan Gotch.
2- Scotty McWilliams vs. Martini Angelo – drew
3- Ferenz Sixsay vs. Eddie Gardini – drew

Monday, December 24, 1951 at the Fairview Gardens:
1- Larry Chene & Louis Klein defeated Jan Gotch & Paul Orth
2- Martini Angelo defeated Tor Yamata
3- the Ghost defeated Eddie Wolf
4- Vito Gonzales defeated Farmer Pete
5- Billy Sandow vs. Danny Ferrazza – drew
6- Johnny King vs. Te Marshall – drew
This was a benefit card which raised $421.20 for Ted Perva to defray the cost of a jaw
operation.


Research by Jim Mandl
Detroit Wrestling Results - 1951