Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, January 2, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown b. Bobby Bruns (2/3) …
Ray Villmer b. Ernie Dusek (2/3) … Ed Virag b. Karl Von Herbert … Jack Hader b. Cal
Reese (crab hold) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) …
(sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, January 9, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … Everette Marshall b. Bobby Bruns (2/3) … Ray Schwarz and Lee
Wykoff drew (45:00) (1-1) … George Becker b. Karl Von Herbert (Becker was billed as
the Pacific Coast Champion) … Joe Adelman b. Jack Hader (DQ) … (promoter:  George
D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, January 16, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown b. Everette Marshall
(2-0) (second fall by DQ) … George Becker and Ernie Dusek drew (45:00) (1-1) … Ray
Schwarz b. Bill Bartush (15:12) … Paul Nelson b. Bad Boy Brown (12:32) … (promoter:  
George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)
… (4,000 fans)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, January 23, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown and George Becker
drew at the midnight closing (1-1) (Becker won the first fall in 29:12, Brown won the
second in 31:34) … Ray Schwartz b. Lou Newman (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Gene
Bowman and Lee Wykoff drew (30:00) … Bill Bartush b. Joe Marsh (22:28) (backbreaker
submission) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) …
(sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, January 30, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown b. Everette Marshall
(2/3) … George Becker b. Ray Schwarz (2-0) … Tom Zaharias b. Frank Jares … Charles
Harben b. Scotty Dawkins … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (sponsored by:  
American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, February 6, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … George Becker b. Tom Zaharias (2/3) (Becker was billed as the Pacific
Coast Champion) (Zaharias was billed as the Rocky Mountain Champion) … Jack
Kennedy and Ray Schwarz drew (45:00) (1-1) … Ed Virag b. Bill Bartush (9:48) … Leo
Jensen b. Frank Jares … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Jack League) …
(sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, February 13, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown b. Everette Marshall
(2/3) … Wee Willie Davis b. Jack Kennedy (26:12) … Ray Schwarz b. Karl Davis (DQ) …
Vic Christy and Dan O’Connor drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) …
(sponsored by:  American Legion) … (4,241 fans)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, February 20, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … George Becker b. Wee Willie Davis (2/3) … Vic Christy b. Dan O’
Connor (2/3) … Jack Kennedy b. Karl Davis … Ray Schwarz b. Leo Jensen (14:29) …
(promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) … (sponsored by:  
American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, February 27, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown b. George Becker
(2/3) … Vic Christy b. Wee Willie Davis (2/3) … Jack Kennedy and Dan O’Connor drew
(30:00) … Ray Schwarz b. Billy Bartush (DQ) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) …
(referee:  Louis Spandle) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, March 6, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … Vic Christy b. George Becker (2/3) … Marvin Jones b. Jack Kennedy
(2/3) … Dan O’Connor b. Ray Schwarz … Bill Bartush b. Cal Rees … (promoter:  George
D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, March 13, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … Marvin Jones b. Jack Kennedy (2/3) … Vic Christy b. Roy Graham
(2/3) … Dan O’Connor b. Carlos Rodriquez … Michele Leone b. Buck Fanning …
(promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, March 20, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Vic Christy b. Marvin Jones (2-0)
… Roy Graham b. Dan O’Connor (2/3) … Jack Kennedy b. Bill Bartush … Albert Alexinis
and Michele Leone drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (sponsored by:  
American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, March 27, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Vic Christy b. Orville Brown (2/3)
… Roy Graham b. Jack Kennedy (2/3) … Dan O’Connor b. Abe Yourist … El Pulpo and
Michele Leone drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis
Spandle) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, April 3, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … Vic Christy b. Orville Brown (2-0) (second fall by DQ) … MWA World
Heavyweight Champion Roy Graham b. George Thomas (2/3) … Dan O’Connor b. Jack
Kennedy … Albert Alexinis and Abe Yourist drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George D.
Simpson) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, April 10, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … Orville Brown b. Roy Graham to capture the MWA World Heavyweight
Title (2/3) … Vic Christy b. Dan O’Connor (2-0) … Tuffy Truesdale b. A Florida Aligator
(7:00) … Michele Leone b. El Pulpo (14:10) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) …
(referee:  Louis Spandle) … (sponsored by:  American Legion) … (4,227 fans)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, April 17, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … Vic Christy b. Roy Graham (2-0) … Dan O’Connor b. Michele Leone
(2/3) … Ed “Strangler” White b. George Thomas (toehold) … The Great Mephisto b.
Albert Alexinis … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, April 24, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyewight Champion Orville Brown b. Vic Christy (2/3)
… Ralph Garibaldi b. Dan O’Connor (2/3) … Warren Bockwinkel b. Ed White (stepover
toehold) … George Thomas b. Billy Bartush (DQ) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) …
(referee:  Jack League) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, May 1, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown b. Vic Christy (2/3)
(during the third fall, Christy suffered a shoulder injury) … Ralph Garibaldi b. Michele
Leone (2-0) … Frank Taylor and Lee Wykoff drew (30:00) … Ede Virag b. Abe Yourist …
(promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) … (sponsored by:  
American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, May 8, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown b. Vic Christy (2-0)
… Ralph Garibaldi and Jack McDonald drew (45:00) (1-1) … Dan O’Connor b. Ray
Schwarz … Michele Leone b. George Thomas … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) …
(referee:  Louis Spandle) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, May 15, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … The Swedish Angel b. Ralph Garibaldi (2/3) … Vic Christy b. Jack
McDonald (2/3) (Christy won the third fall by DQ) … Dan O’Connor b. Abe Yourist … Ed
White b. Michele Leone (DQ) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis
Spandle) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, June 5, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown b. The Swedish
Angel (2/3) … Ralph Garibaldi b. Jack McDonald (2/3) (Garibaldi won the third fall by DQ)
… Tug Carlson b. Dan O’Connor … Jack Hader b. Jack Page … (promoter:  George D.
Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, June 12, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown b. Lee Wykoff (2/3)
… Sailor Fred Blassie b. Jack McDonald (2/3) (Blassie won the third fall by DQ) … Ralph
Garibaldi and Jack Hader drew (30:00) … The Great Mephisto b. Jack Page …
(promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) … (sponsored by:  
American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, June 19, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … Lee Wykoff b. Jack McDonald (2-0) (Wykoff won the second fall by
DQ) … Tug Carlson b. Jack Hader (2/3) … Sailor Fred Blassie and Wally Dusek drew (30:
00) … Ralph Garibaldi b. Jack Page … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  
Louis Spandle) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, June 26, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown b. Jack McDonald
(2/3) (no disqualification, no time-limit match) … Wally Dusek b. Fred Blassie with one fall
in a 45-minute limit (Dusek won the only fall in 31:17) … Tug Carlson b. Ralph Garibaldi
… Jack Hader b. Jack Page … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (sponsored by:  
American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, July 10, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown b. Wally Dusek (2-0)
(Brown won the first fall in 22:17, Brown won the match when Dusek was unable to
continue) … Tug Carlson and Jack McDonald drew (45:00) (1-1) … Fred Blassie b. Rudy
Strongberg … Marshall Esteppe and Jack Hader drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George D.
Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, July 17, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … Tug Carlson b. Jack McDonald (2/3) … The Cardiff Giant b. Fred
Blassie (2-0) (both falls in 3:45) (Giant used a bearhug) … Wally Dusek and Ronnie
Etchison drew (30:00) … Jack Hader b. Rudy Strongberg … (promoter:  George D.
Simpson) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, July 24, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown b. Tug Carlson (2/3)
… The Cardiff Giant b. Ronnie Etchison (2-0) … Jack McDonald b. Terry McGinnis …
Fred Blassie and Jack Hader drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) …
(referee:  Louis Spandle) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, July 31, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … The Cardiff Giant b. Jack McDonald (2-0) … Tug Carlson b. Wally
Dusek (2/3) … Warren Bockwinkel b. Jack Hader … Fred Blassie and Ronnie Etchison
drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) …
(sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, August 7, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … The Cardiff Giant b. Tug Carlson (2-0) … Warren Bockwinkel b. Jack
McDonald (2-0) … Fred Blassie b. Wally Dusek (DQ) … Ronnie Etchison and Jack Hader
drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Hollie Havley) …
(sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, August 14, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … The Cardiff Giant b. Warren Bockwinkel (2/3) … Jack McDonald b. Tug
Carlson with one-fall in 45-minutes … Wally Dusek b. Carlos Rodriquez … Fred Blassie
and Finnis Hall drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Hollie
Havley) … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, August 21, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown b. Cardiff Giant (2/3)
… Warren Bockwinkel b. Wally Dusek (2/3) … Tug Carlson and Jay Steele drew (30:00)
… Jack McDonald b. Fred Blassie … (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis
Spandle) … (sponsored by:  American Legion) … (3,807 fans)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, August 28, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … Warren Bockwinkel b. The Cardiff Giant (2/3) … Antone Leone b. Tug
Carlson (2-0) … Jack McDonald and Dick Trout drew (30:00) … Jay Steele b. Cal Rees
… (promoter:  George D. Simpson) … (referee:  Louis Spandle) … (sponsored by:  
American Legion)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, September 4, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … Tournament … Warren Bockwinkel b. Lee Wykoff (DQ) … Jay Steele
b. Roberto Pico … Dick Trout b. The Cardiff Giant (DQ) … Antone Leone b. Jack
McDonald … Warren Bockwinkel b. Jay Steele … Antone Leone b. Dick Trout … Warren
Bockwinkel b. Antone Leone in the finals to earn a MWA World Title match (23:40) …
(promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, September 11, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown and Warren
Bockwinkel wrestled to a no contest (1-1) (the third fall ended in controversy when the
referee was knocked out, and then Bockwinkel pinned Brown) (the fall was disallowed,
and the match continued, where then Brown pinned his opponent) (neither fall was
counted, and the match was declared a no contest) … Rudy Strongberg b. The Cardiff
Giant (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Jack O’Brien b. Jay Steele (1:03) … Antone Leone and
Dick Trout drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, September 18, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown b. Warren
Bockwinkel (35:17) (match was resumed from the week before with both men having
been awarded a fall) (Brown used an Indian deathlock) … Jack O’Brien b. Antone Leone
(2/3) … The Cardiff Giant b. Mile High Ross (14:40) (bearhug) … Rudy Strongberg b. Jay
Steele (18:22) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, September 25, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … Joe Dusek b. The Cardiff Giant (2/3) … Emil Dusek and Jack O’Brien
drew (45:00) (1-1) … Ernie Dusek b. Dick Trout (19:37) … Antone Leone b. Hank
Metheny (25:40) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, October 2, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown b. Joe Dusek (2/3)
(during the first fall, Jack Dempsey gave an uppercut to Brown’s jaw when he refused to
release a hold cleanly; after that, both men stayed clear of him) (Brown used an Indian
Deathlock) … Jack O’Brien b. The Cardiff Giant (2/3) … Antone Leone and Paul Stanlee
drew (30:00) … Henry Piers b. Jay Steele (18:35) … (promoter:  George Simpson) …
(referee:  Jack Dempsey) … (4,000 fans)
Note:  Piers was billed as the “Flying Dutchman” from the Netherlands.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, October 9, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown b. Jack O’Brien (2-0)
… Paul Stanlee b. Antone Leone (2-0) … Ronnie Etchison b. Henry Piers (18:35) …
Rudy Strongberg b. Jay Steele (countout) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  
Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, October 16, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … Ernie Dusek b. Warren Bockwinkel (2/3) … Sonny Myers b. The Cardiff
Giant (2/3) … Terry McGinnis b. Pete Schuh (14:40) … Paul Stanlee b. Henry Piers (17:
16) (crabhold) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, October 23, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … Sonny Myers b. Ernie Dusek (2/3) … Terry McGinnis b. Jack O’Brien
(2/3) … Ronnie Etchison and Eric Holmback drew (30:00) … Lou Laird b. Antone Leone
(14:00) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, October 30, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … Sonny Myers b. Terry McGinnis (2/3) … Ronnie Etchison b. The
Cardiff Giant (2/3) … Eric Holmback b. Jack O’Brien … Lou Laird b. Tom George (12:00)
… (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Lou Spandle)
Notes:  Holmback was billed as being from Fairbanks, Alaska, George from Nashville, and
Laird from Baltimore.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, November 6, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown and Sonny Myers
wrestled to a draw at the midnight closing (1-1) (Myers won the first fall in 57:00, Brown
won the second in 33:00) (referee: Jack Dempsey) (the local newspaper stated that
Myers launched one of the most sensational offensive “attacks” in a decade, and nearly
stole the match) (fans, according to the paper, sensed an upset) … Ronnie Etchison and
Terry McGinnis drew (45:00) (1-1) … Eric Holmback b. Paul Stanlee … Lou Laird b. Pete
Schuh (17:20) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (4,000 fans)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, November 13, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown and Sonny Myers
wrestled to a draw at the midnight closing (1-1) (Brown won the first fall in 1:05:00, and
Myers took the second in 30:15 with an Australian crabhold) (according to the
newspaper, many fans proclaimed Myers the “real” champion after the draw) … Eric
Holmback b. Terry McGinnis (2-0) … Ronnie Etchison b. Natie Brown (23:17) … Bill
Sledge and Larry Tillman drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Lou
Spandle) … (4,200 fans)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, November 20, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … Sonny Myers b. Eric Holmback (2-0) (first fall by DQ) (Myers remained
the top contender to the MWA Title) … Ronnie Etchison b. Lou Laird (2-0) … Al Lovelock
b. Paul Stanlee (19:45) … Bill Sledge b. Tom George (17:00) … (promoter:  George
Simpson) … (referee:  Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, November 27, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown b. Sonny Myers
(2/3) (Brown was disqualifed in the first fall after using three illegal piledrivers in 55:00,
Myers was unable to continue for the second and third falls, and lost by default) (a group
of fans ran into the ring and attempted to punch Brown, and a riot ensued) (police broke
up the riot, and protected Brown away from the ring) (Myers was carried from the ring on
a stretcher) … Ronnie Etchison and Al Lovelock drew (45:00) (1-1) … Eric Holmback b.
Natie Brown (17:43) … Jack Hader and Bill Sledge drew (30:00) … (promoter:  George
Simpson)
Notes:  Lovelock was billed as being from Columbus, and Sledge was from Thornton,
Texas.

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, December 4, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown b. Sonny Myers
(2/3) (the local newspaper stated that Myers was “overanxious,” and caused his own
loss) (the referee stopped the match during the third fall when Myers was unable to
continue after sailing over the top ropes with a missed dropkick) … Al Lovelock b. Eric
Holmback (2/3) … Ronnie Etchison b. Fred Blassie (31:35) … Bill Sledge b. Larry Tillman
(DQ) (20:00) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Lou Spandle) … (4,180 fans)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, December 11, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … The Swedish Angel b. Ronnie Etchison (2/3) … Al Lovelock and Sonny
Myers drew (no falls) (45:00) … Fred Blassie and Eric Holmback drew (30:00) … Bill
Sledge b. Natie Brown (18:00) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas:  Thursday, December 18, 1947
(Memorial Hall) … MWA World Heavyweight Champion Orville Brown b. Al Lovelock (2/3)
… Fred Blassie b. Eric Holmback (2/3) … Ronnie Etchison b. Bill Sledge (19:00) … Larry
Tillman b. Natie Brown (17:36) … (promoter:  George Simpson) … (referee:  Lou
Spandle)
Notes:  Next show on January 8, 1948.  Promoter Simpson was going to take advantage
of the time off to spend five days touring the northwest and Rocky Mountain Region,
scouting for new talent.  Several new heavyweights had reportedly been brought to his
attention, compiling impressive records, and he wanted to interview them about possible
trips to Kansas City.



Research by Tim Hornbaker
September 6, 2010
Kansas City Wrestling Results - 1947