January 1, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
No card

January 8, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Danno McDonald d. (DQ) Toi Yamato (2-0)
Dick Torio drew Blackie Miller (1-1)
Jim LaRock d. Dale Kiser

January 15, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
5-man battle royal
Danno McDonald d. Kurt Von Poppenheim (Pacific Coast light heavyweight champ) (1-0,
non-title)
Blackie Miller drew George Strickland (1-1)

McDonald subbed for Dick Torio. Fifth man was Dale Kiser

January 22, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Danno McDonald/Dick Torio d. Blackie Miller/Kurt Von Poppenheim (2-1)
Eric Pedersen d. Don Moore
Jerry Woods drew Don Kindred

January 29, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Danno McDonald/Dick Torio vs. Blackie Miller/Kurt Von Poppenheim
Eric Pedersen vs. Don Kindred
Jim LaRock vs. Don Moore

Part of January 31 Eugene Register missing online

February 5, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Dick Torio d. (DQ) Leo Wallick (2-1)
Pepper Gomez d. Gene Detton
Tommy Martindale drew Jim LaRock
Tommy Martindale d. Don Moore

February 12, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Gino Nicolini d. Red Vagnone (2-0)
Dick Torio drew Eric Pedersen (1-1)
Dmitri Kontos drew George Strickland
Leo Wallick d. Jim LaRock

February 19, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Dick Torio d. (DQ) Eric Pedersen (2-1, earns a shot at Kurt Von Poppenheim)
Gino Nicolini d. Don Kindred (2-0)
George Strickland drew Jim LaRock (1-1)

February 26, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
6-man battle royal
Con Bruno d. Gene Detton
Blackie Miller drew Dick Torio
Bulldog Curtis d. Pepper Gomez

Bruno and Detton were not in the battle royal. The fifth and sixth men were Joe Tomasso
& Gino Nicolini

March 5, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Pepper Gomez/Dick Torio d. (DQ) Bulldog Curtis/Blackie Miller (2-1)
Jim LaRock drew Con Bruno
Jerry Woods won his match

Woods was listed in the preview as facing Bruno and LaRock was to face Red McKim, but
his opponent wasn’t named in the results.

March 12, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Mr. Sakata/Great Togo d. Pepper Gomez/Jack Kiser (2-1)
Tommy Martindale drew Red McKim (1-1)
Danny O’Rourke d. George Strickland

Kiser subbed for Gino Nicolini

March 19, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Mr. Sakata/Great Togo drew George Dusette/John Paul Henning (1-1)
Dick Torio d. Blackie Miller
Con Bruno d. George Strickland

March 26, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Bud Curtis d. George Dusette (2-1)
Red McKim d. Blackie Miller (1-0)
Eric Pedersen d. Dmitri Kontos
Tommy Martindale drew Danno McDonald

April 2, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Bulldog Curtis d. Dick Torio
Otto Graham/Sky Low Low d. Tito Infante/Tiny Tim
Jack Kiser d. Blackie Miller
Con Bruno d. John Pavich

April 9, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Luther Lindsay d. (DQ) Mr. Sakata (2-1)
Pepper Gomez (Pacific Coast junior heavyweight champ) drew Jack Kiser (1-1)
Tommy Martindale d. Danno McDonald

April 16, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
6-man battle royal
George Dusette drew Tommy Martindale (1-1)
Red McKim d. Maurice LaChappelle
Jerry Woods drew Danno McDonald

April 23, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Jack Kiser d. (DQ) Eric Pedersen (2-1)
Red McKim d. Bill Curry (2-1)
Luther Lindsay drew Gino Nicolini

April 30, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
6-man battle royal (Gorgeous George, Jack Kiser, Luther Lindsay, Danny O’Rourke, Eric
Pedersen, & Red McKim)

No Eugene papers exist for May 1955

June 4, 1955 Eugene, OR
No card found or any card stuff through the rest of June. The season likely ended at
about this time.

August 20, 1955 Heppner, OR (Rodeo field)
Doug Donovan/Henry Lenz vs. Jack Kiser/John Arjon
Two more matches

September 24, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
7-man battle royal
Kurt Von Poppenheim drew Dick Torio (1-1)
Henry Lenz d. Tatara Sasaki
Luigi Macera drew Johnny Demchuk

Seventh man was George Drake. This was the first card of the season.

October 1, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Luigi Macera/Dick Torio (northwest tag champs) d. Henry Lenz/Kurt Von Poppenheim (2-
1)
Johnny Demchuk d. Alex Perez (2-0)

October 8, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Kurt Von Poppenheim d. Luigi Macera (2-1)
Jack Kiser drew Johnny Demchuk (1-1)
Jack Claybourne d. George Drake

October 15, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Scotty Williams d. (DQ) Kurt Von Poppenheim (2-1)
Luigi Macera d. Johnny Demchuk
Thor Hagen d. Dale Kiser

October 22, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Luigi Macera d. (DQ) Bill Savage (2-1)
Cowboy Bradley/Brown Panther d. Otto Bowman/Tom Thumb
Scotty Williams d. Jim Hardy

October 29, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Dale Kiser won a 6-man battle royal for $300
Bill Savage d. Dale Kiser (2-1)
Luigi Macera drew Buck Weaver (1-1)
John Paul Henning d. Johnny Demchuk

November 5, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Luigi Macera d. (DQ) Bill Savage (2-1)
John Paul Henning drew Kurt Von Poppenheim (1-1)
Reggie Siki d. Johnny Demchuk

November 12, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
John Paul Henning/Luigi Macera d. Henry Lenz/Bill Savage (2-1)
Jack Kiser drew Alex Perez (1-1)

November 19, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
John Paul Henning/Luigi Macera d. (DQ) Henry Lenz/Bill Savage (reverse decision)
Scotty Williams d. Dale Kiser (2-1)

November 26, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Luigi Macera d. Henry Lenz (1-1, Lenz unable to continue for third fall)
Bill Savage d. Scotty Williams (1-0)
Jack Kiser drew Danny O’Rourke (1-1)

December 3, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
6-man battle royal
Don Moore d. (DQ) Maurice LaChappelle
Buck Weaver drew Scotty Williams
Bill Savage d. Luigi Macera

December 10, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Don Kindred d. (DQ) Bill Savage (2-1)
Luigi Macera d. Buck Weaver (1-0)
Regi Seki drew Scotty Williams

December 17, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
John Paul Henning (northwest champ) d. Don Kindred (2-0)
Maurice LaChappelle d. Jack Kiser (1-0)
Dale Kiser drew Danny O’Rourke

No cards until January 7

December 24, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
No card

December 31, 1955 Eugene, OR (Armory)
No card


Research by Becky Taylor
Eugene Wrestling Results - 1955