Omaha, Nebraska:  Tuesday, January 1, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Ernie Dusek b. Dutch Hefner (2/3) (Hefner was a substitute for Ralph
Garibaldi) … The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Joe Dusek) wrestled Mike DiBiase and Jack
Pesek to a draw (1-1) … Louie Longo b. Bearcat Wright Jr. (12:10) … (promoter:  Max
Clayton) … (1,594 fans) (136 children)
Notes:  Children under 12 were admitted free with an adult.  This was Ernie Dusek’s
eighth straight victory at the Auditorium, reportedly.  Wright was making his Omaha
wrestling debut.

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, January 7, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Lillian Bitter, Ida May and Mary Jane Mull b. Dot Dotson, Lois
Johnson and Ella Waldek (2/3) … Mike DiBiase b. Emil Dusek (2/3) … Dutch Hefner and
Jack Pesek drew … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referees:  Jack Conley, Pat McGill) …
(3,009 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, January 14, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Little Beaver and Prince Salie Hallasie b. Fuzzy Cupid and Irish
Jackie (2/3) … Jack Pesek b. Babe Zaharias (2/3) … Mike DiBiase and Jack Hader drew
… (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referee:  Lou Britton) … (3,365 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, January 21, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Alo Leilani b. The Great Humphrey (2/3) … Mr. X and Double X
wrestled Mike DiBiase and Jack Pesek to a draw (1-1) … Howard Pierce and Babe
Zaharias drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referee:  Tom Novak) …
(timekeeper:  Clarence “Clink” Clair) … (1,649 fans)
Notes:  Weather was blamed for the small crowd.  Humphrey was also known as
“Humphrey Pennyworth” and he was from St. Louis.

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, January 28, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Mr. X and Double X b. Mike DiBiase and Jack Pesek (2/3) (third fall
by DQ when the referee was smashed) … Alo Leilani b. Chico Gonzales (21:09) … Gene
DuBuque and Joe Dusek drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referee:  Pat
McGill) … (announcer:  Steve Van Roekel) … (1,925 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, February 11, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Tarzan Kowalski failed to throw both Matt Murphy and Jack Pesek
(Kowalski beat Murphy in 18:50, but was disqualified against Pesek in 2:26) … Mr. X and
Double X b. Mike DiBiase and Gene DuBuque (2/3) … Joe Dusek and Alo Leilani drew
(20:00) … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referee:  Jack Conley) … (2,077 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, March 3, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Tarzan Kowalski b. Alo Leilani (2/3) … Joe Dusek and Maurice
Roberre drew (30:00) … Mike DiBiase b. Dick Dusek (15:14) … Gene DuBuque b. Dan O’
Connor (DQ) (12:45) … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referee:  Tom Novak)
Notes:  Joe Dusek reportedly recently won the Missouri State championship and a “three-
foot trophy.” The winner of the main event was going to wrestle Lou Thesz for the NWA
Title.

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, March 17, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Mr. X and Double X b. The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) to
capture the Nebraska State Tag Team Title (2/3) … Jim Dobie and Maurice Roberre drew
(45:00) (1-1) … Mike DiBiase and Ralph Garibaldi drew … (promoter:  Max Clayton) …
(referee:  Joe Krejci) … (2,147 fans)
Note:  The Duseks have been in the east and Canada for the last six weeks.

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, March 24, 1952
(City Auditorium) … The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) b. Mr. X and Double X to
regain the Nebraska State Tag Team Title (2/3) (Mr. X and Double X were unmasked to
reveal Jack Moore of Memphis and Frank Taylor of Toledo) … Mike DiBiase b. Howard
Pierce (17:54) … Dick Dusek b. Jack Hader (16:25) … (promoter:  Max Clayton) …
(referees:  Pat McGill, Tom Novak) … (2,300 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, March 31, 1952
(City Auditorium) … The Great Togo b. Joe Dusek (2/3) (Togo was accompanied by his
servant, Hata) … Terry Majors b. Mary Jane Mull (2/3) … Howard Pierce b. Maurice
Roberre (DQ) (12:00) … Louie Longo and Gene Reardon drew (15:00) … (promoter:  
Max Clayton) … (2,648 fans)
Notes:  Togo claimed to have attended the University of California at Los Angeles three
years before the war.  He returned to Japan, but did not fight in combat.  Dusek was the
crowd favorite, “for once,” in his bout with Togo.

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, April 7, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Mary Jane Mull and Violet Viann b. Betty Hawkins and Terry Major
(2/3) … Jim Dobie and Ernie Dusek drew (1-1) (45:00) … Mike DiBiase b. Maurice
Roberre (9:11) … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referee:  Pat McGill) … (2,203 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, April 21, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Verne Gagne b. Mike DiBiase (2/3) … Cowboy Cassidy and Pee
Wee James b. Vito Gonzales and Sky Low Low (2/3) … Joe Dusek and Bob Orton drew
(20:00) … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referees:  Joe Krejci, Ted Marshall) … (3,387
fans)
Notes:  In the main event, Gagne used heel tactics and was booed by the crowd.  The
midgets were said to have brought their own referee, Marshall.

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, April 28, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Pat O’Connor b. Dick Raines (2/3) … Roberto Pico and Carlos
Rodriguez wrestled Bob Orton and Maurice Roberre to a draw (1-1) … Dick Dusek and
Phineas Hall drew … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referee:  Tom Novak) … (3,212 fans)
Notes:  The local newspaper stated that Pico and Rodriguez were the “Mexican team
champions.” Hall was from East Orange, New Jersey and O’Connor was making his
Omaha debut.

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, May 5, 1952
(City Auditorium) … June Byers and Cora Combs b. Lillian Bitters and Lorraine Johnson
(2/3) … Mike DiBiase and Jim “Goon” Henry drew (1-1) … Dick Dusek b. Ed Faieta (11:
28) … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referee;  Joe Krejci) … (1,414 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, May 12, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Little Beaver and Tuffy McCrae b. Fuzzy Cupid and Tiny Roe (2-0) …
Joe Dusek and Bob Orton drew (1-1) … Howard Pierce b. Roberto Pico (DQ) (13:30) …
(promoter:  Max Clayton) … (1,864 fans) (300 kids were guests of the promoter)
Note:  The newspaper noted that Fuzzy Cupid was a “pocket edition Gorgeous George.”

Omaha, Nebraska:  Wednesday, June 25, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Antonino Rocca b. Emil Dusek (2-0) (first fall by DQ, second in 6:44
with a backbreaker) … Joe Dusek b. Kola Kwariani (11:30) … Ernie Dusek and Bob
Orton drew (30:00) … Esther Brown b. Cora Combs (14:40) … (promoter:  Max Clayton)
… (967 fans)
Note:  Brown was from Columbus, Ohio.

Pickstown, South Dakota:  Tuesday, July 1, 1952
( ) … Joe Dusek vs. Bob Orton
Note:  Show sponsored by the Fort Randall Post of the American Legion.

Council Bluffs, Iowa:  Thursday, July 10, 1952
(Playland Park) … Mike DiBiase and Little Farmer Pete b. Sonny Myers and Sky Low Low
(2-0) … Dick Dusek b. Jack Britton (18:27) … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referee:  Tom
Novak) … (2,216 fans)

Council Bluffs, Iowa:  Thursday, July 17, 1952
(Playland Park) … The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Joe Dusek) and Danny Plechas b. Mike
DiBiase, Jack Pesek and Howard Pierce … Jack Pesek and Danny Plechas drew (20:00)
… Mike DiBiase b. Emil Dusek (DQ) (7:12) … Joe Dusek b. Howard Pierce (9:41) …
(promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referee:  Pat McGill) … (2,067 fans)
Notes:  Ladies and kids were admitted free.  Plechas was a former bartender from South
Omaha.

Council Bluffs, Iowa:  Thursday, July 24, 1952
(Playland Park Stadium) … The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Joe Dusek) and Danny
Plechas vs. Mike DiBiase, Sonny Myers and Jack Pesek … Joe Dusek vs. Sonny Myers
… Emil Dusek vs. Jack Pesek … Mike DiBiase vs. Danny Plechas … (promoter:  Max
Clayton) … (referees:  Pat McGill, Louie Longo)
Note:  Women and children were admitted free.

Council Bluffs, Iowa:  Thursday, July 31, 1952
(Playland Park Stadium) … Gypsy Joe b. Dick Dusek (2/3) … Ramona Wakezo b. Yvonne
Hart (2/3) … Jack Pesek and Danny Plechas drew (1-1) (45:00) … (promoter:  Max
Clayton) … (referee:  Joe Krejci) … (2,333 fans)
Notes:  Women and children were admitted free.  Wakezo was an Indian from Hibbing,
Minnesota and Hart was from Milwaukee.

Council Bluffs, Iowa:  Thursday, August 7, 1952
(Playland Park Stadium) … Nebraska State Tag Team champions Emil and Joe Dusek vs.
Missouri State Tag Team champions Larry Hamilton and Sonny Myers … Jack Pesek vs.
Danny Plechas … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referee:  Tom Novak)
Notes:  Ladies and children were admitted free.  Admission was $1.50 for ringside and 75
cents for general admission.

Omaha, Nebraska:  Thursday, August 14, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Verne Gagne b. Emil Dusek (2/3) (Dusek won the first fall in 31
seconds, Gagne won the second in 10:42 and the third in 5:34) … Fuzzy Cupid b. Little
Beaver (2/3) (UTC) … Jack Pesek b. Dick Dusek (DQ) (9:55) … Larry Hamilton and
Danny Plechas drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referee:  Ted Marshall) …
(3,262 fans)
Notes:  Gagne was said to be the number one challenger to NWA World Heavyweight
champion Lou Thesz.  The Omaha World Herald (8/14/1952) stated that Gagne was the
“top box office draw in the country.” It was noted that because of the expense of bringing
Gagne to Council Bluffs, women and children were not admitted free like previous shows
at the Stadium.  However, the show was shifted to Omaha’s City Auditorium because of
threatening weather.

Council Bluffs, Iowa:  Thursday, August 21, 1952
(Playland Park Stadium) … Little Beaver and Tiny Roe b. “Gorgeous” Fuzzy Cupid and
Tom Thumb (2/3) … Gypsy Joe b. Jack Marshall (2-0) … (promoter:  Max Clayton) …
(referee:  Joe Krejci) … (2,362 fans)
Notes:  Marshall was said to be from Detroit.  He was traveling with the midget wrestlers.  
Next week was the final outdoor show.

Council Bluffs, Iowa:  Thursday, August 28, 1952
(Playland Park Stadium) … Pat O’Connor b. Danny Plechas (2-0) (first fall by DQ) …
Carol Carota b. Dot Dotson (2/3) … Joe Dusek b. Larry Hamilton (22:17) (Hamilton was a
substitute for Jack Pesek) … Joe Dusek and Gypsy Joe drew (15:00) … (promoter:  Max
Clayton) … (referee:  Tom Novak) … (2,507 fans)
Note:  It rained during the show.

Hastings, Nebraska:  Wednesday, September 3, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Larry Hamilton vs. Jack Pesek … Carol Carota vs. Dot Dotson …
Dick Dusek vs. Danny Plechas … (sponsored by:  American Legion)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, September 15, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Pat O’Connor b. Pierre Florent (11:56) … Red Berry b. “Sailor” Fred
Blassie (2/3) … Gypsy Joe b. Larry Hamilton (15:49) … Jim Henry b. Danny Plechas (13:
06) … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (3,717 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, September 29, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Verne Gagne b. Hans Schmidt (2/3) (Gagne won the last two falls,
including the third by DQ) … Chris Zaharias b. Dave Sims (16:41) … Mike DiBiase and
Jim Henry drew … Dick Dusek b. Larry Hamilton (9:54) … (promoter:  Max Clayton) …
(referee:  Jerry Adam) … (4,000 fans) (500 fans turned away)
Notes:  Schmidt complained about a stipulation that called for two referees in his match
and got Clayton to remove Louie Longo from officiating, leaving on Adam to call the
bout.  DiBiase was said to have just returned from a tour of the Carolinas.  Sims was from
Sedalia, Missouri.  The largest Omaha crowd in years.

Hastings, Nebraska:  Thursday, October 2, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Joe Music vs. Whitey Peterson (boxing) … Joe Dusek vs. Larry
Hamilton … Mike DiBiase vs. Chris Zaharias

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, October 6, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Hans Schmidt b. Pat O’Connor (2/3) (third fall by countout) … Sonny
Myers and Danny Plechas drew … Alo Leilani b. Walter Sirois (11:33) … Mike DiBiase
and Roberto Pico drew … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referee:  Joe Krejci) … (4,193
fans) (300 4-H kids were guests of the promoter)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, October 13, 1952
(City Auditorium) … NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz b. The Great Togo
(2/3) (Togo attacked Thesz after the match) … Joe Dusek and Alo Leilani drew (1-1) (45:
00) … Bill Melby b. Dick Dusek (1:47) … Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas drew (15:00)
… (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referee:  Pat McGill) … (4,136 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, October 20, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Ronnie Etchison b. Ivan Rasputin (2/3) … Sonny Myers b. Dave Sims
(2-0) (Myers was a substitute for Ernie Dusek) … Bill Melby vs. Roberto Pico … Alo
Leilani vs. Danny Plechas … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referees:  Jerry Adam, Tom
Novak) … (2,145 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, October 27, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Bill Melby and Pat O’Connor b. The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Joe
Dusek) (2/3) … Roberto Pico b. Gene Reardon (2-0) … Pierre Florent b. Walter Sirois
(13:16) … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referee:  Joe Krejci) … (2,865 fans)
Note:  The Duseks were still hated by the local crowd, despite being hometown wrestlers.

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, November 3, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Verne Gagne b. Hans Schmidt (2/3) … Ernie Dusek b. George Scott
(2-0) … Bob Orton b. Dave Sims (17:07) … Kit Fox and Alo Leilani drew (15:00) …
(promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referee:  Louie Longo) … (3,419 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, November 10, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Hans Schmidt b. Verne Gagne (2/3) … The Dusek Brothers (Ernie
and Joe Dusek) wrestled The Beckers (Bobby and George Becker) to a draw (45:00) (1-
1) … Tom Zaharias b. Pierre Florent (16:00) … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referees:  
Jerry Adam, Tom Novak) … (3,014 fans)
Notes:  Gagne protested his loss, claiming that part of his body was outside the ring
ropes.  Novak left the ring under police protection from upset fans.  Gagne held an in-
ring strike for 15-minutes after the bout.  The Beckers claimed a west coast tag team
championship.

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, November 17, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Bill Melby b. Bob Orton (2/3) … Irish Jackie and Sky Low Low b.
Cowboy Cassidy and Farmer Pete (2/3) … Frederick Von Schacht b. Danny Ferrazza (2:
47) … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (3,166 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, November 24, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Hans Schmidt b. Ronnie Etchison (2/3) … June Byers and Millie
Stafford b. Ida May and Bonnie Watson (2/3) … Frederick Von Schacht b. George Scott
(14:51) … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referees:  Louie Longo, Pat McGill) … (2,922
fans)
Note:  The newspaper stated that “Schmidt demonstrated again why he is the best selling
item on the mat market today.”

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, December 1, 1952
(City Auditorium) … The Dusek Brothers (Ernie and Joe Dusek) b. Hans Schmidt and
Frederick Von Schacht (2/3) … Joan Mullenniex b. Gloria Shelton (2/3) … Bob Orton b.
Dick Dusek (23:40) … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referee:  Tom Novak) … (2,854 fans)
Notes:  The Duseks were cheered in the main event, despite the fact that they were
usually the heels.  $642, 25 per cent of the gross gate, was donated to the Leader Dogs
for the Blind School at Rochester, MI.  This was a National Wrestling Alliance program
and members across the organization were holding special benefit events.

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, December 8, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Verne Gagne and Bill Melby drew (1-1) (Gagne won the first fall with
a sleeperhold in 28:52, Melby took the second with a cobra twist in 12:00) … Bob Orton
b. Bobby Becker (11:58) … Millie Stafford b. Gloria Shelton (15:15) … George Becker
and Mike DiBiase drew (15:00) … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referee:  Joe Krejci) …
(3,280 fans)

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, December 15, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Hans Schmidt b. Bill Melby (2/3) … Nebraska and Iowa State Tag
Team champions The Dusek Brothers (Ernie and Joe Dusek) wrestled Mike DiBiase and
Bill McDaniels to a draw (30:00) … Emil Dusek b. Chris Zaharias (DQ) (5:54) … Danny
Plechas and Ras Samara drew (15:00) … Dick Dusek and Clay Price drew (15:00) …
(promoter:  Max Clayton) … (referees:  Louie Longo, Pat McGill) … (3,091 fans)
Notes:  Good Fellows Benefit show and $500 was donated; the newspaper claimed it was
one of the largest totals in several years.  Joe Dusek had appeared on practically every
Good Fellows wrestling show in history, according to the paper report.

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, December 22, 1952
(City Auditorium) … NWA World Heavyweight champion Lou Thesz b. Sonny Myers (2/3)
(Myers was hindered by a knee injury during the third fall) … Joe Scarpello b. Clay Price
(7:49) … The Great Togo b. Bob Geigel (12:00) … Mike DiBiase and Danny Plechas
drew … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (1,883 fans)
Notes:  Snow kept fans away.  Scarpello, Geigel, Myers, DiBiase, and Plechas either lived
in Omaha or within a short distance – and they were in their home territory for the
holidays.

Omaha, Nebraska:  Monday, December 29, 1952
(City Auditorium) … Verne Gagne b. Bob Orton (2/3) … Mike DiBiase b. Roberto Pico (1-
0) (45:00) (only fall in 19:25) … Joe Scarpello b. Howard Pierce (13:10) … Bob Geigel
and Larry Hamilton drew … (promoter:  Max Clayton) … (2,360 fans)
Note:  The newspaper stated that Scarpello was returning to Ohio to campaign among
the junior heavyweights.


Research by Tim Hornbaker
Omaha Wrestling Results - 1952