Oklahoma City, Oklahoma:  Wednesday, April 28, 1937
(The Coliseum) … Hugh Nichols b. Bobby Chick to capture the World Light Heavyweight
Title (2/3) (Nichols won the first fall in 32:35, Chick took the second in 13:29, Nichols
annexed the third in 27:54) … Lord Lansdowne b. Yukon Jake … Jack McDonald b. Monte
LaDue … Sheik MarAllah b. Rod Fenton … Count Johan von Bromberg b. Stacy Hall …
(promoter:  Sam Avey) … (in attenance:  National Wrestling Association Secretary C.C.
McCrary, NWA “member” Gilbert Harrison) … (3,500 fans)
Notes:  Said to be the first time a world wrestling championship had changed hands in
Oklahoma City.



Oklahoma City, Oklahoma:  Wednesday, July 7, 1937
(outdoor wrestling arena) … World Junior Heavyweight Champion Dude Chick b. Leroy
McGuirk (2-0) … Tony Morelli b. Frankie Taylor … Jimmy Lott b. Turk Powell (Lott was
wearing a bandage as the result of a bottle-throwing episode last week) … Dan Cady b.
Whitey Walberg … (promoter:  Sam Avey) … (referee:  Tom Churchill) … (2,500 fans)


Oklahoma City, Oklahoma:  Wednesday, August 11, 1937
(open-air arena) … World Junior Heavyweight Champion Dude Chick b. Red Berry (light
heavyweight champion) (inter-division match) (2-0) (Berry weighed 179 to Chick’s 186) …
Frankie Taylor b. Bobby Chick (Bobby was a substitute for Tony Morelli, who was injured
on Monday) … Speedy LaRance b. Walter Roxy … Jackie Nichols b. Dan Cady
Notes:  Bobby was listed as Dude’s elder, but smaller brother.  Roxy was billed as the “181-
pound ‘trust buster’ from Detroit.”




Research by Tim Hornbaker
September 2, 2010
Oklahoma City Wrestling Results - 1937