Hammond IN: February 26, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Edouard Carpentier vs Gino Angelo ... Reggie Lisowski vs Nicolai
Volkoff ... Gypsy Joe vs Jerry Christy ... Jerry Gordet vs Don DeCortez

Hammond IN: March 5, 1957
(Civic Center) … Wilbur Snyder vs Angelo Poffo … Jack Allen & Don DeCortez vs Carl
Engstrom & Gypsy Joe … Gino Angelo vs Larry Williams

Hammond IN: March 12, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Reggie Lisowski & Stan Lisowski vs Carl Engstrom & Jerry Gordet ...
(Midgets) Baby Doe vs Carol Bennett ... Emil Dupre vs Tom Zaharias

Hammond IN: March 19, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Boris Volkoff & Nicolai Volkoff vs Reggie Lisowski & Stan Lisowski ...
Gypsy Joe vs Larry Williams ... Zack Malkov vs Don DeCortez

Hammond IN: March 26, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Bill Melby vs Boris Volkoff ... Nicolai Volkoff vs Gino Angelo ... Hans
Hermann vs Jerry Gordet ... Emil Dupre vs Don Pollack

Hammond IN: April 2, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Dick the Bruiser & Hans Schmidt vs Boris Volkoff & Nicolai Volkoff ...
Reggie Lisowski vs Jerry Gordet ... Edouard Carpentier vs Don DeCortez

Hammond IN: April 9, 1957
(CC, att. 3,600) … Boris Volkoff & Nicolai Volkoff drew Reggie Lisowski & Stan Lisowski

Hammond IN: April 16, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Dick the Bruiser vs Angelo Poffo ... Boris Volkoff vs Emil Dupre ... Frank
Hickey (as Bozo Brown) vs Jerry Gordet ... (Ladies) Rose Roman vs Ada Ash

Hammond IN: April 23, 1957
(Civic Center) … (Battle Royal) to feature Stan Lisowski, Reggie Lisowski, Bronko Lubich,
Gino Angelo, Larry Williams, Angelo Poffo, Frank Hickey (as Bobo Brown), Carl Engstrom
... NOTE: "American Ambulance will be stationed in front of Civic Center during Wrestling
Session"

Hammond IN: April 30, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Reggie Lisowski vs Carl Engstrom ... (Ladies) Rose Roman & Shirley
Strimple vs Ada Ash & Ramona Te Selle ... Stan Lisowski vs Frank Hickey (as Bozo
Brown)

Hammond IN: May 7, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Verne Gagne vs Angelo Poffo ... Reggie Lisowski vs Jerry Gordet ...
Gypsy Joe vs Jack Wilson ... Gino Angelo vs Zack Malkov

Hammond IN: May 14, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Verne Gagne vs Reggie Lisowski ... Boris Volkoff & Nicolai Volkoff vs
Zack Malkov & Jack Wilson ... Bill Melby vs Carl Engstrom

Hammond IN: May 21, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Reggie Lisowski & Stan Lisowski vs Hans Schmidt & Angelo Poffo ...
Pedro Godoy vs Gino Angelo ... Jerry Christy vs Jerry Gordet

Hammond IN: May 28, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Boris Volkoff & Nicolai Volkoff vs Reggie Lisowski & Stan Lisowski ... The
Sheik vs Pedro Godoy ... Bill Melby vs Al Szasz

Hammond IN: June 4, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Reggie Lisowski & Stan Lisowski & Hans Schmidt vs Nicolai Volkoff &
Boris Volkoff & Angelo Poffo ... The Sheik vs Pedro Godoy ... Bronko Lubich vs Mitch
Lassen ... NOTE: Ringside seats were $1.50, general admission was $1.20 and student
tickets were 50 cents

Hammond IN: September 10, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Verne Gagne vs Angelo Poffo ... Don Leo Jonathan vs Hans Schmidt ...
(plus two other bouts) ... Promoter: Balk Estes ... NOTE: This show marks the resumption
of wrestling since it was shut down for the summer months in order for workmen to
replace the Civic Center floor

Hammond IN: September 17, 1957
(Civic Center) ... (Midgets) Farmer McGregor & Red Feather vs Tom Thumb & Pee Wee
James ... Angelo Poffo vs Larry Dean ... Dean Volkoff vs Dan Ferrazza

Hammond IN: September 24, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Don Leo Jonathan vs Boris Volkoff ... (Ladies) Rose Roman vs Joan
Ballard ... Pedro Godoy vs Doug Lindsay ... Frank Hickey (as Bozo Brown) vs Zack Malkov

Hammond IN: October 1, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Don Leo Jonathan vs Angelo Poffo ... The Sheik & Gypsy Joe vs Jack
Allen & Carl Engstrom ... Frank Hickey (as Bozo Brown) vs Don DeCortez

Hammond IN: October 8, 1957
(Civic Center) ... (Handicap) Don Leo Jonathan vs Angelo Poffo & Bronko Lubich (60:00
time limit) ... Nicolai Volkoff vs Gypsy Joe ... Gino Angelo vs Billy Two Rivers

Hammond IN: October 10, 1957 (Thursday)
(TV, Channel 9, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.) ... (Ladies) Ramona Ta Selle vs Sharon Lass ...
Angelo Poffo vs Jerry Christy ... Verne Gagne vs Rudy Kay

Hammond IN: October 15, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Boris Volkoff vs Don Leo Jonathan ... Nicolai Volkoff vs Frank Hickey (as
Bozo Brown) ... Angelo Poffo vs Buddy Hack ... Billy Two Rivers vs Don DeCortez

Hammond IN: October 22, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Wilbur Snyder vs Angelo Poffo ... The Sheik vs Billy Two Rivers ...
Bobby Managoff vs Carl Engstrom ... Frank Hickey (as Bozo Brown) vs Tony Silipini

Hammond IN: October 29, 1957
(Civic Center) … Reggie Lisowski & Stan Lisowski beat Larry Chene & Billy Two Rivers …
Bobby Managoff beat Gino Angelo (dq) … Tony Silipini drew Carl Engstrom

Hammond IN: November 5, 1957
(Civic Center) … Reggie Lisowski & Stan Lisowski vs Boris Volkoff & Nicolai Volkoff …
Jack Allen vs The Sheik … Bobby Managoff vs Carl Engstrom

Hammond IN: November 12, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Dick the Bruiser vs Bobby Managoff ... Boris Volkoff & Nicolai Volkoff vs
Pedro Godoy & Alberto Godoy ... The Sheik vs George Drake

Hammond IN: November 19, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Don Leo Jonathan vs The Sheik ... Alberto Godoy & Pedro Godoy vs
Angelo Poffo & Don DeCortez ... (Ladies) Ramona Te Selle vs Barbara Baker

Hammond IN: November 25, 1957 (Monday)
(Civic Center) ... Wilbur Snyder & Alberto Godoy & Pedro Godoy vs Dick the Bruiser &
Boris Volkoff & Nicolai Volkoff ... Bobby Managoff vs Angelo Poffo ... Bronko Lubich vs
Buddy Hack ... NOTE: Hammond Fraternal Order of Police Youth benefit show ... This is
the organization which a young Dorrance (Dory) Funk served as treasurer during its
founding year, 1936

Hammond IN: December 2, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Bobby Managoff vs Wilbur Snyder ... Angelo Poffo vs Carl Engstrom ...
Ivan the Terrible vs Gino Angelo ... Tony Silipini vs Buddy Hack

Hammond IN: December 9, 1957
(Civic Center) ... The Sheik vs Bobby Managoff ... (Ladies) Sharon Lass vs Mae Maston
... Gino Angelo vs Alberto Godoy ... Jack Wilson vs Jack Allen

Hammond IN: December 16, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Boris Volkoff & Nicolai Volkoff vs Dick the Bruiser & The Sheik ... Bobby
Managoff vs Gino Angelo ... Alberto Godoy vs Jack Wilson

Hammond IN: December 23, 1957
(Civic Center) ... Angelo Poffo & The Sheik vs Bobby Managoff & Alberto Godoy ... Luis
Martinez vs Gypsy Joe ... Ivan the Terrible vs Doug Lindsay

Hammond IN: December 30, 1957
(Civic Center) ... (Battle Royal) featuring Ivan the Terrible, Luis Martinez, Alberto Godoy,
Angelo Poffo, Gypsy Joe, Jack Wilson, Bob Konovsky & Carl Engstrom ... NOTE: "Plus
four sensational matches"



Research by J Michael Kenyon
October 25, 2010
Hammond Wrestling Results - 1957