Rochester, NY: Wednesday, January 7, 1948
(Edgerton Park Sports Arena, att.-3,000) … (AWA World Title) Frank Sexton* beat Mike
Sharpe … Tony Galento beat George Burns … Bobby Bruns beat Dan (Red) O’Connor …
Hans Schnabel beat Irish Jack Kelly

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, January 14, 1948
(Sports Arena) … Whipper Billy Watson beat Bobby Bruns … Hans Schnabel beat Jim
(Goon) Henry (dec) … Joe Corbett beat Fritz Schnabel … Bobby Becker beat Faro Renaldi

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, January 21, 1948
(Sports Arena) … Whipper Billy Watson beat Hans Schnabel (dec) … Jim Henry beat Ben
Sharpe (cor) … Joe Corbett drew Mickey Gold … Fritz Schnabel beat Irish Jack Kelly

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, January 28, 1948
(Sports Arena) … George (KO) Koverly beat Jim Henry … John Katan drew Mickey Gold …
Joe Corbett beat Al Korman … Pat Flanagan drew Jack Claybourne

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, February 4, 1948
(Sports Arena, att.-1,500) … (AWA World Title) Frank Sexton* drew George Koverly …
Danno O’Mahoney beat Joe Corbett … Karl Davis drew Jim Henry … Dick Raines beat Tom
Collins … NOTE: Tom Collins was George Larson of the Hamilton, ON police force.

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, February 11, 1948
(Sports Arena, att.-1,800) … Lou Thesz beat Whipper Billy Watson … Dick Raines beat
Mickey Gold … Jim Henry drew Bill Kuusisto … Pete Musovich beat Faro Renaldi … NOTE:
Musovich was the real name of Pete Managoff.

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, February 18, 1948
(Sports Arena, att.-1,800) … (AWA World Title) Frank Sexton* beat George Koverly …
Tommy O’Toole beat Jim Henry … Pete Musovich drew Joe Corbett … Bill Kuusisto beat Faro
Renaldi

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, February 25, 1948
(Sports Arena, att.-1,700) … Whipper Billy Watson drew Bobby Managoff (1-1) … Tommy O’
Toole beat Dick Raines … George Gordienko beat Joe Corbett … Jack Moore beat Natie
Brown

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, March 3, 1948
(Sports Arena) … Bobby Managoff beat Tommy O’Toole … Cardiff Giant beat Pete Musovich
… George Gordienko drew Tiger Jack Moore

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, March 10, 1948
(Sports Arena, att.-1,800) … Bobby Managoff beat Cardiff Giant (2-0, dq) … Lee Henning
beat Tommy O’Toole … Kay Bell beat Dick Raines … George Gordienko drew Pete Musovich

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, March 17, 1948
(Edgerton Park Sports Arena, att.-1,200) … Bobby Managoff beat Cardiff Giant … Vic Christy
beat Lee Henning (dec) … George Gordienko beat Ken Kenneth … Ed Meske beat Wally
Greb

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, March 24, 1948
(Sports Arena, att.-1,800) … Lou Thesz beat Rudy Dusek … Emil Dusek beat Vic Christy …
Kay Bell beat Wally Dusek … Ed Meske drew Dick Raines

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, March 31, 1948
(Sports Arena, att.-2,000) … Maurice Tillet (as French Angel) beat Kay Bell … Don McIntyre
beat John Katan … Ed Meske drew Tommy O’Toole … Jack Dillon beat Red Wright

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, April 7, 1948
(Sports Arena, att.-2,200) … Whipper Billy Watson beat Lou Thesz … Mike Mazurki beat Don
McIntyre … Tommy O’Toole beat Dick Raines (dec) … Jack Moore beat Jack Dillon

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, April 14, 1948
(Sports Arena, att.-2,000) … Whipper Billy Watson drew Mike Mazurki … Robert (Sky Hi) Lee
beat Mickey Gold … Kay Bell beat Dick Raines (dec) … Tiger Jack Moore beat Wally Greb

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, April 21, 1948
(Sports Arena, att.-1,800) … (NWA World Title) Wild Bill Longson* beat Mike Mazurki … Sky
Hi Lee beat Kay Bell … Ed Meske beat Dick Raines … Tom Mahoney drew Jack Page

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, April 28, 1948
(Sports Arena, att.-2,000) … (AWA World Title) Frank Sexton* drew Sky Hi Lee … Colonel
Pete Peterson beat Ed Meske … Tommy O’Toole beat Tom Mahoney … Jack Moore drew
Jack Page

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, May 5, 1948
(Sports Arena) … Sky Hi Lee beat Bobby Managoff … John Katan drew Ed Meske … Pete
Peterson beat Tommy O’Toole … Henry Steele drew Tiger Jack Moore

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, May 12, 1948
(Sports Arena, att.-3,000) … Gorgeous George beat Colonel Pete Peterson … Ed Meske
beat Terry McGinnis … Dan O’Connor beat Lou Laird … Jack Page beat Jack Moore (dec)

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, May 19, 1948
(Sports Arena, att.-3,600) … Gorgeous George beat Ed Meske … Pete Peterson beat Lee
Henning (dec) … Dan O’Connor beat Jack Page … Terry McGinnis drew Jack Moore

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, May 26, 1948
(Sports Arena, att.-att.-3,900) … (AWA World Title) Frank Sexton* beat Gorgeous George …
Strangler Bob Wagner beat Pete Peterson … Tommy O’Toole beat Terry McGinnis … Wally
Greb beat Jack Page … (last card of the season)

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, September 15, 1948
(Edgerton Park Sports Arena) … Mike Sharpe beat Lee Henning … Iron Talun beat John
Katan … Fred Atkins beat Jack Moore (cor) … Ralph Martin (as Phil Martin) beat Wally Greb
… (first fall card)

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, September 22, 1948
(Sports Arena) … Mike Sharpe beat Wladislaw (Iron) Talun … Fred Atkins beat Jim Henry …
Pat Flanagan drew Dan O’Connor … Ralph Martin drew Ed Meske

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, September 29, 1948
(Sports Arena) … Whipper Billy Watson drew Dan O’Connor … Bob Wagner drew Mike
Sharpe … George Becker beat Pat Flanagan … Ralph Martin drew Jack Moore

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, October 6, 1948
(Sports Arena) … George Becker beat Dan O’Connor … Bobby Becker drew Ed Meske …
Big Ben Morgan beat Ben Sharpe … Nanjo Singh beat Ralph Martin

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, October 13, 1948
(Sports Arena) … Sky Hi Lee beat Mike Sharpe … George Becker beat Iron Talun … Johnny
Barend (pro debut) drew Al Dunlop … Pat Flanagan beat Ralph Martin

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, October 20, 1948
(Sports Arena) … Sky Hi Lee beat Mike Sharpe (utc) … Sliding Billy Hansen beat Ed Meske
… Johnny Barend beat Wally Greb … Nanjo Singh beat Charlie Green

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, October 27, 1948
(Sports Arena, att.-2,600) … Sky Hi Lee beat Mike Sharpe (cor) … George Becker drew Billy
Hansen … Ray Eckert (as Sandy O’Donnell) beat George McNab … Johnny Barend drew
Jack Moore

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, November 3, 1948
(Sports Arena) … George Becker beat Billy Hansen … Mike Sharpe beat Myron Cox … Nanjo
Singh drew Bobby Becker … Johnny Barend beat Al Korman

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, November 10, 1948
(Sports Arena) … (AWA World Title) Frank Sexton* beat George Becker … Mike Sharpe beat
Dan O’Connor … Ben Sharpe beat Honest John Katan … Johnny Barend beat Al Dunlop

Rochester, NY: Thursday, November 18, 1948
(Sports Arena) … Gorgeous George beat Johnny Barend … Sandy O’Donnell drew George
Becker … Bobby Becker beat Dan O’Connor … Sammy Menacher drew Jack Moore

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, November 24, 1948
(Sports Arena) … Sky Hi Lee drew Billy Hansen … Sandy O’Donnell beat Ed Meske … Lee
Henning beat Ben Sharpe … Nick Elitch drew Ralph Martin

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, December 1, 1948
(Sports Arena) … Nanjo Singh beat Sliding Billy Hansen … Sandy O’Donnell beat Lee
Henning … Johnny Barend beat Nick Elitch … Al Korman drew Ralph Martin

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, December 8, 1948
(Edgerton Park Sports Arena) … Billy Hansen beat Nanjo Singh … Johnny Barend beat Tony
Lamaro … Sandy O’Donnell beat Bill Stack … Nick Elitch drew Al Korman

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, December 15, 1948
(Sports Arena) … (AWA World Title) Frank Sexton* beat Sandy O’Donnell … Billy Hansen
beat Iron Talun (0:14) … Johnny Barend drew Jack Wentworth … Pat Flanagan beat Nick
Elitch

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, December 22, 1948
No Wrestling

Rochester, NY: Wednesday, December 29, 1948
(Edgerton Park Sports Arena, att.-2,484) … Sky Hi Lee beat Billy Hansen (2-1, cor) … Mike
Sharpe beat Dan O’Connor … Big Ben Morgan (as Man Mountain Morgan) beat Ben Sharpe
… Johnny Barend drew Jack Wentworth (30:00)

NOTE: The Irish Jack Kelly who wrestled in January was a different wrestler than Bobby
Becker. Bobby, real name John Emmerling, worked as Irish Jack Kelly in Philadelphia often,
starting during the 1930s.




Research by Don Luce
Rochester Wrestling Results - 1948
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