Lincoln, Nebraska: January 2, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Joe Dusek beat Fritz Schnabel (sub for Joe Cox) ... Ted Tassos beat
Mike “Red” Ryan ... Karl Davis beat Jack Doyle (sub for Earl Wampler) ... (referee-Johnny
Lehl) ... (promoter-Adam Krieger)

Lincoln, Nebraska: January 9, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Joe Cox beat Joe Dusek ... Ted Tassos beat Jack Rosner ... Emil
Dusek drew with Fritz Schnabel

Lincoln, Nebraska: January 16, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Joe Dusek vs Joe Cox (1-1, nc-both ko’d) ... Ted Tassos beat Jimmy
Merritt (2-0) ... Fritz Schnabel beat Jack Doyle

Lincoln, Nebraska: January 23, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Joe Cox beat Lord Albert Mills (2-1) ... Ted Tassos drew with Red
Ryan (30:00) (sub for Ken Fenelon) ... Jerry Adams drew with Geza Tako (20:00) ... (referee-
Joe Krejci) ... (Att.-1,500) ... (last January card) ... NOTE: A red haired girl at ringside got so
excited by the Cox-Mills bout, she slugged the male sitting beside her. It may have been the
best punch of the entire card.

Lincoln, Nebraska: February 6, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Joe Dusek (sub for Ernie Dusek) beat Cherry Vallina (2-1) ... Don
Koch beat Whitey Grovo (replaced Joe Dusek) ... Emil Dusek drew with Lord Albert Mills (30:
00) ... (referee-Whitey Grovo)

Lincoln, Nebraska: February 13, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... John Pesek beat Ali Adali (2-0) ... Joe Dusek drew with Don Koch (30:
00) ... Geza Tako beat Whitey Grovo ... (referee-Joe Zikmund) ... (Att.-2,200) ... NOTE: Tako
was judo instructor at Harvard Air Field.

Lincoln, Nebraska: February 20, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Emil Dusek beat Hal “Sonny” Meyers (2-1) (sub for Ralph Garibaldi)
... Ted Tassos drew with Jim Merrick (30:00) ... (ladies) Irene Jordan beat Mae Weston ...
(referee-Joe Krejci) ... (picture of Ted Tassos)

Lincoln, Nebraska: February 27, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Ted Tassos beat Jim Merrick (1-0, utc) ... (LWTM) Mildred Burke*
beat Katherine Duvall (aka Elvira Snodgrass) ... Joe Dusek drew with Bill Kuusisto (30:00) ...
(referee-Joe Krejci)

Lincoln, Nebraska: March 6, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Joe Dusek beat Bill Kuusisto (2-1) ... (ladies tournament-final) Mae
Young beat Katherine Duvall ... Mae Young beat Ann Laverne ... Katherine Duvall beat Irene
Jordan ... (Att.-1,2000 NOTE: Original card had  Jordan vs Laverne and Mae Weston vs
Duvall

Lincoln, Nebraska: March 13, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... John Pesek beat Jim Coffield (2-0) ... Ted Tassos beat Jack Rosner
... Andy Moen drew with Don Koch ... (referee-Joe Zikmund)

Lincoln, Nebraska: March 20, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Ted Tassos drew with Jimmy Merrick (2-1) ... Jack Conley beat Jim
Lafkas ... Hal Meyers drew with Al Martin (30:00) ... (referee-Joe Zikmund)

Lincoln, Nebraska: March 27, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Miguel Torres beat Joe Dusek (2-1) ... Don Koch beat Tiny Lee ... Ali
Adali drew with George Bauman (30:00) ... (referee-Joe Zikmund)

Lincoln, Nebraska: April 3, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Joe Dusek beat Miguel Torres (2-1, cor) ... Ted Tassos drew with
Pete Bartu (45:00) ... Bill Kuusisto beat Jack Conley ... (referees-Pete Bartu (main bout)-Bill
Kussisto-Joe Dusek, as regular referee Jack Hartwick was unable to get there with the bad
weather)

Lincoln, Nebraska: April 10, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Ernie Dusek beat Bill Kuusisto (2-1) ... Ted Tassos beat Jack Conley
(dq) ... Joe Dusek beat Hank Buesing ... (referee-Pat McGill)

Lincoln, Nebraska: April 17, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Jack Conley beat Ted Tassos (2-1) ... Kola Kwariani drew with Don
Koch (30:00) ... Pvt. Jose Vasquez beat Pedro Gomez ... (referee-Bill Hardwick)

Lincoln, Nebraska: April 24, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Ted Tassos and Jim Diamond beat Jack Conley and Don Koch (2-1)
(sub for Earl Wampler) ... Kola Kwariani beat Jack Ganson (utc) (replaced Koch) ... (referee-
Joe Zikmund)

Lincoln, Nebraska: May 1, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... John Pesek drew with Kola Kwariani (1-1, 90:00) ... Jim Diamond beat
Frank Wilger ... Jack Conley drew with Geza Tako (sub for Al Galento) ... (Att.2,100) ...
(picture of Frank Wilger)

Lincoln, Nebraska: May 8, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Ted Tassos and Jim Diamond beat Al Galento and Chico Salazar (2-
1) ... Emil Dusek drew with Earl Wampler ... (referee-Joe Zikmund)

Lincoln, Nebraska: May 15, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Emil Dusek beat Al Galento (2-1) ... (ladies) Nell Stewart beat Ann
Miller ... (ladies) Violet Valentine beat Rose Evans

Lincoln, Nebraska: May 22, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Ted Tassos beat Chico Salazar (2-0) ... (ladies) Rose Evans and Nell
Stewart beat Ann Miller and Violet Valentine (2-1)

Lincoln, Nebraska: May 29, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... John Pesek beat Ted Tassos (1-0, utc) ... Joe Dusek drew with Earl
Wampler (sub for Jack Conley) ... Emil Dusek drew with Pvt. Geza Tako (20:00) ... (referee-
Joe Zikmund)

Lincoln, Nebraska: June 5, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... (6 man rassle royal finalists) Ted Tassos drew with Jimmy Merritt (1-1,
60:00) ... Happy Hardwick beat Dan Patrick ... Pat McGill drew with Earl Wampler (20:00)  ...
(referees-Joe Zikmund and Johnny Lehl) ... NOTE: Geza Tako, Jack Rosner and Red Ryan
didn’t show up for the royal.

Lincoln, Nebraska: June 12, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Ray Steele beat Don Koch (2-0) ... Earl Wampler beat Geza Tako ...
Chico Salazar drew with Jimmy Merritt (20:00) ... (referee-Joe Zikmund) ... (Att.-1,500) ...
(poor picture of Koch)

Lincoln, Nebraska: June 19, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... French Angel (Maurice Tillet) beat Earl Wampler (2-0) ... Ali Adali
drew with Eddie Slake (1-1) ... Al Galento beat George Baumann ... (referee-Joe Zikmund)

Lincoln, Nebraska: June 26, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Ted Tassos beat Al Galento (2-1, dq) ... Joe Dusek beat Hal Meyers
(later Sonny Meyers) ... Jimmy Merrick drew with Dan Patrick (20:00) ... (referee-Joe Kreger
(Likely Krejci)

Lincoln, Nebraska: July 11, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... (boxing) Ted Tassos beat Al Galento (ko-6 rounds) ... Joe Dusek
drew with Jack Conley (30:00) ... Chico Salazar drew with Geza Taro (20:00) ... NOTE: No
Nebraska State Journal from July 18, though October 5.

Lincoln, Nebraska: September 27, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Ed Virag wrestled in semi final. It is hard to say how many mat cards
were held before this one.

Lincoln, Nebraska: October 3, 1945 (Wednesday)
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Henri Piers beat Ed Virag (dq) ... only match mentoned ... (referee-
Joe Zikmund)

Lincoln, Nebraska: October 10, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Ed Virag beat Henri Piers (2-0) ... Tom Zaharias drew with Joe Dusek
(1-1) ... Jack Conley beat Geza Tako ... (referees-Joe Zikmund-Joe Krejer)

Lincoln, Nebraska: October 17, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Ed Virag beat Emil Dusek (2-1) ... Ernie Dusek beat Babe Zaharias (1-
0) ... Jack Conley beat Henri Piers (dq)

Lincoln, Nebraska: October 24, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... French Angel beat Joe Dusek (2-1) ... El Pulpo drew with Eddie Slake
(1-1) ... Abe Coleman (sub for Sergie Kalinen) beat Harold Starr ... NOTE: Lineup had
Swedish Angel with a picture which looks like Maurice Tillet.

Lincoln, Nebraska: October 31, 1945 (Wednesday)
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... John Pesek beat Abe Coleman (2-0) ... Tiny Mitchell beat Jack
Conley (2-0) ... Frank Taylor beat Frenchy Amnotte ... (referee-Henri Piers) ... (picture of
Mitchell 285 pounds, 6'8")

Lincoln, Nebraska: November 7, 1945 (Wednesday)
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... John Pesek beat Henri Piers (1-0, utc) ... Joe Dusek beat El Pulpo (2-
0) ... Emil Dusek beat Al Rees (sub for Abe Coleman)

Lincoln, Nebraska: November 14, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Emil Dusek and Joe Dusek beat Fred Blassie and Damny Fenelon (2-
0) ... Jack Conley drew with El Pulpo

Lincoln, Nebraska: November 21, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Emil Dusek and Joe Dusek beat Sailor Fred Blassie and Danny
Fenelon (2-1) ... Ed Virag beat Jack Conley (2-1) ... (referees-Joe Zikmund and Johnny
Plummer)

Lincoln, Nebraska: November 28, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Ernie Dusek beat Emir Badui (2-0) ... Joe Dusek drew with Jimmy
Coffield (1-1) ... Henri Piers drew with Jack Conley (1-1) ... (referee-Johnny Plummer) ...
(picture of Coffield)

Lincoln, Nebraska: December 5, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Joe Dusek beat Jimmy Coffield (2-1, dq) ... Sailor Fred Blassie beat
Bad Boy Brown (2-1) ... Henri Piers drew with Stan Kerfodt (sub for Don Koch) (30:00) ...
(referee-Joe Zikmund)

Lincoln, Nebraska: December 12, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... (ladies) Mae Weston beat Juanita Coffman (2-0) ... Sailor Fred
Blassie beat Gino “Red” Vagnone (2-1) ... Jimmy Coffield drew with Bad Boy Brown

Lincoln, Nebraska: December 19, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... Jimmy Coffield beat Henri Piers (2-1) ... (ladies) Evelyn Wall beat Ann
Laverne (2-0) ... Bad Boy Brown drew with Earl Wampler (30:00) ... (referee-Joe Zikmund)

Lincoln, Nebraska: December 26, 1945
(Fairgrounds Arena) ... (ladies) Mae Weston and Evelyn Wall beat Juanita Coffman and Ann
Laverne (2-1) ... Earl Wampler beat Gino “Red” Vagnone (2-1) ... NOTE: Laverne’s name
was not listed in results.


Research by Don Luce
Lincoln Wrestling Results - 1945
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