Kansas City Wrestling Results

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, January 3, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Heart of America Champion Bob Orton Sr. b. The Masked Monster (2/3)
(Orton forced the mask of the “Monster,” revealing Slim Zimbleman) … Chief Big Heart and
Dutch Hefner drew in 45-minutes (1-1) … Jim Coffield b. Dick Hatcher (22:15) … Roberto
Cruz and Jack Hader drew … (promoter: George D. Simpson) … (referees: Miller, Lou
Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, January 10, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Chief Big Heart b. Dutch Hefner (2-0) (Heart won the second fall by
countout) … Ray Eckert and Bob Orton Sr. drew (1-1) … Alo Leilani b. Tiny Zimbleman (8:
07) … Al Massey b. Jim Coffield … Fred Blassie and Roberto Cruz drew … (promoter:
George D. Simpson) … (referees: Miller, Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, January 17, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Bob Orton Sr. b. Ray Eckert (2-0) (Orton won the first fall by
disqualification) … Chief Big Heart b. Babe Zaharias (2/3) … Al Massey b. Slim Zimbleman
(13:42) … Otto Kuss and Dan O’Connor drew … (promoter: George D. Simpson) …
(referees: Miller, Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, January 24, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Ray Eckert b. Chief Big Heart (2/3) … Otto Kuss and Al Massey wrestled
Larry Hamilton and Dan O’Connor to a draw (1-1) … Babe Zaharias b. Roberto Cruz …
Jack Hader and Dick Hatcher drew … (promoter: George D. Simpson) … (referees: Miller,
Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, January 31, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Enrique Torres b. Ray Eckert (2/3) … Bob Orton Sr. b. Babe Zaharias (2-
0) … Al Massey and Dan O’Connor drew … Jack Kennedy b. Roberto Cruz … (promoter:
George D. Simpson) … (referees: Jack Hader, Miller)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, February 7, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Heart of America Champion Bob Orton Sr. b. Enrique Torres (2/3) …
The Elephant Boy b. Al Massey (2/3) … Jack Kennedy and Sonny Myers b. Ray Eckert and
Babe Zaharias … Gorgeous Dream Boy and Dan O’Connor drew … (promoter: George D.
Simpson) … (referees: Jack Hader, Miller)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, February 14, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Bob Orton Sr. b. Dutch Hefner (2/3) … The Zaharias Brothers (Babe and
Chris Zaharias) b. The Dusek Brothers (Joe and Wally Dusek) to capture the Midwestern
Tag Team Title (2/3) … Jack Kennedy b. Dan O’Connor (DQ) … Al Massey and Maurice
Roberre drew … (promoter: George D. Simpson) … (referees: Pat McGill, Miller)
Note: The Kansas City newspaper reported that “The Dusek Brothers four year reign as
the Midwestern Tag Team Champions came to an end.”

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, February 21, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Bob Orton Sr. and Enrique Torres drew at the midnight curfew (1-1) …
Sonny Myers b. Dan O’Connor (2/3) … Chief Big Heart b. Jack Kennedy … Al Massey b.
Larry Hamilton … (promoter: George D. Simpson) … (referees: Miller, Lou Spandle) …
(3,700 fans)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, February 28, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Enrique Torres b. Bob Orton Sr. to capture the Heart of America Title
(2/3) (Orton was injured during the second fall and was unable to continue) (Orton was
carried from the ring) … Sonny Myers b. Chief Big Heart to earn number one contender
status … Maurice Roberre b. Dan O’Connor (14:02) … Cowboy Cassidy and Farmer Pete
b. Vittorio Gonzales and Sky Low Low (2/3) … (promoter: George D. Simpson) …
(referee: Lou Spandle) … (4,550 fans)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, March 6, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Sonny Myers b. Enrique Torres to capture the Heart of America Title
(2/3) (Torres suffered a knee injury during the third fall and the match was halted) … Ray
Eckert b. Jack Kennedy (2/3) … Joe Campbell and Al Massey b. Maurice Roberre and
Babe Zaharias … Lou Hines b. Jack Moore … (promoter: George D. Simpson)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, March 13, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Heart of America Champion Sonny Myers b. Ray Eckert (2/3) … Jim
Henry b. Al Massey and Joe Campbell (2-0) (Henry beat Campbell both times) … Jack
Kennedy and Babe Zaharias drew … Lou Hines b. Maurice Roberre … (promoter: George
D. Simpson) … (referee: Jack Hader)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, March 20, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Sonny Myers b. Ray Eckert (2/3) … Jim Henry and Tarzan Kowalski drew
in 60-minutes (1-1) … Enrique Torres b. Jack Kennedy (2-0) … Al Massey b. Babe
Zaharias …
Lou Hines b. Joe Campbell by submission … (promoter: George D. Simpson) … (referee:
Jack Moore) … (3,500 fans)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, March 27, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz b. Enrique Torres (2/3) …
World Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny McShain b. Al Massey (2/3) … Jim Henry b.
Frank Taylor in 23:10 … Ed “Gardenia” Faieta b. Babe Zaharias … (promoter: George D.
Simpson) … (referees: Miller, Lou Spandle) … (4,200 fans)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, April 3, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … World Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny McShain b. Chief Big Heart
(2/3) … Sonny Myers and Frank Taylor b. Jim Henry and Babe Zaharias (2/3) … Alo Leilani
b. Lou Hines … Jim Corbett and Ed Faieta drew … (promoter: George D. Simpson) …
(referee: Al Massey)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, April 10, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Tarzan Kowalski b. Jim Henry (2/3) … Sonny Myers and Bob Orton Sr.
drew in 45-minutes (no falls) … Joe Corbett and Lou Hines drew … Ed Faieta b. Maurice
Roberre (DQ) (7:30) … (promoter: George D. Simpson) … (referees: Jack Hader, Miller)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, April 17, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Sonny Myers b. Bob Orton Sr. (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Tarzan Kowalski
b. Mike Mazurki (2/3) … Jim Henry b. Chief Big Heart (16:20) … Frank Taylor b.
“Gentleman” Joe Corbett (14:50) … (promoter: George D. Simpson) … (referees: Miller,
Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, April 24, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Sonny Myers b. Bob Orton Sr. (2/3) … Jim Henry b. Frank Taylor (2/3)
… Maurice Roberre b. Ed Faieta … Ralph Garibaldi b. Joe Corbett (16:30) … (promoter:
George D. Simpson) … (referee: Lou Spandle) … (3,300 fans)

Kansas City, Missouri: Tuesday, April 29, 1952
(Municipal Auditorium) … Elimination Tournament … Jerome Zachary b. Maurice Roberre
(DQ) … Alo Leilani b. Dick Dusek … Bobby Lane b. George F. Leopold … Bob Orton Sr. b.
Larry Hamilton … Lou Hines b. Jim Henry (DQ) … Joe Dusek b. Ed Faieta … Alo Leilani b.
Jerome Zachary … Bob Orton Sr. b. Bobby Lane … Lou Hines b. Harry Cohen … Bob
Orton Sr. b. Alo Leilani by judge’s decision … Joe Dusek b. Bob Orton Sr. in the finals to
earn a title match with Sonny Myers … (tournament director: Orville Brown) … (referees:
Bad Boy Brown, Marshall Esteppe) … (judges: Pete Carter, Clinton Clouse, Jim Fioros,
Barney Ganoff, Ira Kaplan, Gust Karras)

Kansas City, Kansas: Friday, May 2, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Sonny Myers b. Joe Dusek (2/3) (Myers won the third fall by
disqualification when his opponent punched the referee) … Jim Henry and Bob Orton Sr.
drew (1-1) … Salie Halasie b. Fuzzy Cupid (12:15) … Little Beaver b. Irish Jackie (DQ) …
(promoter: George D. Simpson) … (referees: Lou Britton, Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, May 8, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Joe Dusek and Fuzzy Cupid b. Sonny Myers and Little Beaver (2/3) …
Bob Orton Sr. b. Bobby Lane (2/3) … Salie Halasie b. Irish Jackie … Ed Faieta and Jim
Henry drew … (promoter: George D. Simpson) … (referees: Lou Britton, Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, May 15, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Sonny Myers b. Joe Dusek (2/3) (Myers was accompanied by Bob Orton
Sr.) (Joe was accompanied by Dick Dusek, his nephew) … Bob Orton Sr. b. Jim Henry (2/3)
… Bobby Lane b. Ed Faieta … Dick Dusek b. Larry Hamilton … (promoter: George D.
Simpson) … (referees: Miller, Lou Spandle)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, June 5, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … The Duseks (Dick, Ernie and Joe Dusek) b. Steve Gob, Sonny Myers
and Bob Orton Sr. (2/3) … Ronnie Etchison b. Tony Galento (2/3) … Joe Dusek and Bob
Orton Sr. drew (30:00) … Dick Dusek b. Steve Gob (8:50) … (promoter: George D.
Simpson) … (referees: Jack Hader, Lou Spandle) … (announcer: Jim Chemi)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, June 12, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Heart of America Champion Sonny Myers b. Roy Graham (2/3) …
Ronnie Etchison and Bob Orton Sr. drew in 45-minutes (1-1) … Doug “Mr. America”
Henson b. Bob Clay with an octopus stretch … Larry Hamilton b. Jack Hader (DQ) …
(promoter: George D. Simpson) … (referee: Lou Spandle)
Note: Season Finale. Wrestling resumes in September.

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, September 25, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Red Berry b. Chief Big Heart (2/3) … Jim Henry and Sonny Myers drew
(45:00) (1-1) … Sky Low Low b. Sonny Boy Cassidy … Pierre Florent b. Jack Britton …
(promoter: George Simpson) … (referee: Joe Krejci) … (timekeeper: Frank Miller) …
(3,600 fans)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, October 2, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Heart of America Heavyweight Champion Sonny Myers b. Jim Henry (2/3)
… Red Berry and Kit Fox drew … Farmer Pete and Sonny Boy Cassidy b. Irish Jackie and
Sky Low Low (2/3) … Fritz Schnabel b. Pierre Florent … (promoter: George Simpson) …
(referees: Lou Britton, Joe Krejci) … (3,800 fans)
Note: Britton was from Windsor.

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, October 9, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Red Berry b. Sonny Myers to capture the Heart of America Heavyweight
Title (2/3) (Myers won the initial fall in 31 seconds with a Japanese sleeper, Berry won the
second in 12:48 and then Berry took the third in 14:55 with a body press) … Joe Dusek b.
Jim Henry (2/3) … Kit Fox b. Walter Sirois … Pierre Florent b. Danny Plechas (DQ) (8:20)
… (promoter: George Simpson) … (matchmaker: Orville Brown) … (referee: Joe Krejci)
… (4,100 fans)
Notes: According to the report, Berry became the “2nd Heart of America champion in the
history of Orville Brown’s diamond studded belt, which was placed in open competiton last
May to symbolize mat supremacy for this 5-state area.” Myers reportedly was successful in
defending his championship through 48 matches.

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, October 16, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Red Berry b. Bob Orton (2/3) … Kit Fox and Bobby Lane drew (45:00) (1-
1) … Tom Zaharias b. Jim Henry (13:50) … Dave Sims b. Pierre Florent … (promoter:
George Simpson)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, October 23, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Red Berry b. Kit Fox (2/3) … Sonny Myers b. Tom Zaharias (2-0) (1st by
DQ) … Alo Lelani b. Hank Metheny … Jim Henry b. Pierre Florent (11:29) (full nelson) …
(promoter: George Simpson)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, October 30, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Bobby Lane b. Red Berry to capture the Heart of America Heavyweight
Title (2-0) (first fall by DQ) (Lane was accompanied by Pat Callahan) … Kit Fox and Sonny
Myers b. Jim Henry and Tom Zaharias (2/3) … Alo Lelani and Dave Sims drew … Pierre
Florent b. Walter Sirois (DQ) … (promoter: George Simpson) … (referee: Joe Krejci) …
(3,350 fans)
Note: Lane was billed as being from Miami. Berry initially won the first fall of the match, but
refused to release a hold and was disqualified.

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, November 6, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Bobby Lane b. Kit Fox (2/3) … The Becker Brothers (Bobby and George
Becker) b. Frank Jares and Tom Zaharias (2/3) … Dave Sims and Sonny Myers drew …
Alo Leilani b. Pierre Florent … (promoter: George Simpson) … (referee: Walter Sirois)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, November 13, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … The Becker Brothers (Bobby and George Becker) b. Bobby Lane and
Tom Zaharias (2/3) … Bob McCune b. Gene Dubuque … Dave Sims and Sonny Myers
drew (45:00) (1-1) … Pat Fraley b. Gene Dubuque (DQ) … Frank Jares and George Scott
drew … (promoter: George Simpson) … (referee: Walter Sirois)
Notes: Jares was reportedly the Pacific Coast AAU weight-lifting champion for 10 straight
years, 6 as a light heavyweight and 4 as a heavyweight, all of which was a record. He
turned pro wrestler after winning the West Coast amateur heavyweight wrestling
tournament in 1939.

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, November 20, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Heart of America Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lane b. George Becker
(2/3) … Pat Fraley and Fuzzy Cupid b. Kit Fox and Little Beaver (2/3) … Bobby Becker and
Sonny Myers drew … Tom Thumb b. Tuffy McCrea … (promoter: George Simpson) …
(referees: Lou Britton, Walter Sirois) … (4,100 fans)

Kansas City, Kansas: Thursday, November 27, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz b. Heart of America
Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lane (2/3) … The Dusek Brothers (Ernie and Joe Dusek) b.
The Becker Brothers (Bobby and George Becker) to capture the World Tag Team Title
(2/3) … Bob “Mr. America” McCune b. Walter Sirois … Pat Fraley b. George Scott …
(promoter: George Simpson) … (referees: Lou Spandle, John Thompson) …
(timekeeper: Frank Miller) … (announcer: Jim Chemi) … (gate: $1,261.63)
Notes: 25% of the gate was going to the Leader Dogs for the Blind Fund, which was being
run NWA-wide by 300 affliated promoters. This was a special Thanksgiving card.

Kansas City, Kansas: Saturday, December 6, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … The Dusek Brothers (Ernie and Joe Dusek) b. the Becker Brothers
(Bobby and George Becker) to become the undisputed World Tag Team champions (2/3)
… Verne Gagne b. Pat Fraley (2/3) … Bob McCune b. Kit Fox … George Scott b. Tom
Zaharias (DQ) … (promoter: George Simpson) … (referee: Walter Sirois)

Kansas City, Kansas: Saturday, December 13, 1952
(Memorial Hall) … Mighty Goliath b. Wally Dusek (2-0) … Bobby Lane b. Dave Sims (2/3)
… George Scott b. Danny Plechas (DQ) … Tom Zaharias b. Pierre Florent … (promoter:
George Simpson) … (referee: Walter Sirois)

Research by Tim Hornbaker

Kansas City Wrestling Results - 1952