Toronto Wrestling Results

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, January 4, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Fred Atkins and The Masked Marvel b. Pat Flanagan and
“Whipper” Billy Watson (Flanagan was counted out) … “Big” Ben Morgan b. Dan O’Connor
… (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Cliff Worthy) … (8,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, January 11, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Pat Flanagan and “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Fred Atkins and the
Masked Marvel (Atkins and Marvel ended up feuding) … Timothy Geohagen b. Ben
Morgan (Irish sleeper) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bert Maxwell) … (9,000
fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, January 18, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Masked Marvel and Masked Manager b. Pat Flangan and
“Whipper” Billy Watson (DQ) … Lord Athol Layton b. Wee Willie Davis … (promoter:
Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Sammy Gotter) … (11,000+ fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, January 25, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Pat Flangan and “Whipper” Billy Watson wrestled The Masked
Marvel and Masked Manager to a draw at the curfew … Lord Athol Layton b. Lee Henning
… (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: John Katan, Jack Sharkey) … (close to 13,000
fans)
Note: No show next week due to an Ice show at the Gardens.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, February 8, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Lord Athol Layton b. Fred Atkins … (promoter: Frank Tunney)
… (referee: Bert Maxwell)
Note: Layton was looking for a match with Billy Watson for the British Empire title.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, February 15, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Masked Marvel b. “Whipper” Billy Watson (Joe Perlove of
the Toronto Daily Star indicated that Watson was fighting Marvel, his masked manager,
and the referee throughout the contest) (Dunlop reportedly showed favoritism toward
Marvel) (Watson needed to be carried from the ring) … Kaye Bell and Sky-Hi Lee drew …
Lee Henning and George Scott drew … Wladislaw Talun b. Wee Willie Davis (Polish
piledriver) … Sonny Kurgis b. Toar Morgan … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee:
Bunny Dunlop) … (7,500 fans)
Note: Kurgis was making his local debut.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, February 22, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. The Masked Manager (16:05) (the
manager of the Masked Marvel was unmasked to reveal Mayes McLain) … Timothy
Geohagen b. Sky-Hi Lee (16:26) … Wladislaw Talun b. George Scott (2:21) … Lee
Henning and Sonny Kurgis drew (20:00) … Tommy O’Toole b. Jack Wentworth (dec., 20:
00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Ted Thomas) … (8,000 fans)
Notes: The Toronto Daily Star reported that Mayes McLain lost a claim to the
championship in 1938, having originally acquired the title from Ted “King Kong” Cox. He
reportedly won “All-American status with Haskell in ’25 and ’26 and with Iowa in ’29.”
McLain also played football with the “Crosse and Blackwell team here in the mid-30s.”

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, March 1, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Masked Marvel and “Whipper” Billy Watson wrestled to a
double countout … Chief Suni War Cloud b. Abe Zvonkin (Indian deathlock) … Wladislaw
Talun b. Kaye Bell (9:54) … Sonny Kurgis and Ben Morgan drew (20:00) … Tommy O’
Toole b. George Scott (17:07) … (promoter: F rank Tunney)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, March 8, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Yukon Eric b. Lord Athol Layton (22:27) (surprisingly, Layton
was cheered by the audience) … Fred Atkins b. Sonny Kurgis … Chief Suni War Cloud b.
Wee Willie Davis (Indian deathlock) … Pat Flangan and Tommy O’Toole drew (20:00) …
Lee Henning and Pierre LaSalle drew … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bert
Maxwell) … (10,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, March 15, 1951
*Don’t know if a show was held

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, March 22, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Lord Athol Layton vs. Yukon Eric … Chief Suni War Cloud vs.
“Big” Ben Morgan … Timothy Geohagen vs. Lee Henning … Kaye Bell vs. Pat Flanagan …
Pierre LaSalle vs. Tommy O’Toole … (promoter: Frank Tunney)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, March 29, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Chief Suni War Cloud (it was said that
Cloud was the victim of a fast count) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Cliff
Worthy) … (8,000 fans)
Note: Chief Suni War Cloud was said to be from the Wasak tribe in California.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, April 5, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Chief Suni War Cloud … Timothy
Geohagen b. Tommy O’Toole (17:39) … Fred Atkins b. Kaye Bell (19:07) … Pierre
LaSalle b. Wee Willie Davis (dec., 20:00) … Sonny Kurgis and Jack Wentworth drew (20:
00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (8,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, April 12, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Masked Marvel b. Timothy Geohagen (23:40) … Chief Suni
War Cloud and Lee Henning drew (30:00) … Fred Atkins b. Bill Stack (19:00) … Sky-Hi
Lee b. Pierre LaSalle (7:19) … Pat Flanagan and Ben Morgan drew (20:00) … (promoter:
Frank Tunney) … (6,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, April 19, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Masked Marvel and Mayes McLain b. Chief Suni War Cloud
and Timothy Geohagen … Pat Flanagan b. Jack Wentworth … Fred Atkins and Tommy O’
Toole drew (30:00) … Sky-Hi Lee b. Sonny Kurgis … Ben Morgan and Bill Stack drew …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunop) … (7,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, April 26, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Masked Marvel and Mayes McLain b. Chief Suni War Cloud
and “Whipper” Billy Watson (DQ) (Cloud hit the referee) … Steve Stanlee b. Lee Henning
(DQ) … Fred Atkins and Tommy O’Toole drew … Pat Flanagan and Sky-Hi Lee drew …
Bill Stack b. Abe Zvonkin … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop, Bert
Maxwell) … (8,500+ fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, May 3, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Chief Suni War Cloud and “Whipper” Billy Watson wrestled The
Masked Marvel and Mayes McLain to a draw at the curfew … Fred Atkins b. Steve Stanlee
(countout) … Sky-Hi Lee and Tommy O’Toole drew (30:00) … Wladislaw Talun b. Abe
Zvonkin … Lee Henning and Sonny Kurgis drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) …
(referee: Bunny Dunlop) … (7,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, May 10, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Masked Marvel and Mayes McLain b. Chief Suni War Cloud
and “Whipper” Billy Watson (countout) … Pat Flanagan and Sky-Hi Lee drew (30:00) …
Fred Atkins and Lou Sjoberg drew (30:00) … Johnny Walker b. (?) Brown (14:15) … Lee
Henning b. Tony Lanza (13:32) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop,
Cliff Worthy) … (9,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, May 17, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Sky-Hi Lee, Masked Marvel and Mayes McLain b. Chief Suni War
Cloud, Pat Flanagan and “Whipper” Billy Watson (Lee pinned Cloud) … The Great Togo
b. Johnny Walker … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Bert
Maxwell) … (12,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, May 24, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Pat Flanagan, “Whipper” Billy Watson and Yukon Eric b. Sky-Hi
Lee, Masked Marvel and Mayes McLain (three referees assigned to the bout) … The
Great Togo b. Sonny Kurgis … Fred Atkins vs. Wladislaw Talun … Lee Henning vs. Lou
Sjoberg … Steve Stanlee vs. Johnny Walker … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees:
Jack Dempsey, Bunny Dunlop, Bert Maxwell) … (12,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, May 31, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Great Togo b. Chief Suni War Cloud … Fred Akins b. Steve
Stanlee … (promoter: Frank Tunney)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, June 7, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Great Togo b. Nanjo Singh (countout) … The Zebra Kid b.
Fred Blassie (8:00) … Fred Atkins and Chief Suni War Cloud drew … Sky-Hi Lee and Lou
Sjoberg drew … Lee Henning and Steve Stanlee drew … (promoter: Frank Tunney) …
(referee: Bert Maxwell) … (8,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, June 14, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Masked Marvel b. Yukon Eric (DQ) (17:02) (Eric hit the
referee while throwing his opponent) … Fred Atkins and Mike Sharpe drew … Lee Henning
and Ben Sharpe drew … The Zebra Kid b. Bill Stack … Buddy Rogers b. Sonny Kurgis
(piledriver) (6:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop) … (8,000
fans)
Note: Rogers was called a “newcomer.”

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, June 21, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Lord Athol Layton and The Masked Marvel drew at the curfew
(49:00) (during the match, fans lunged at Marvel’s manager Mayes McLain, and the latter
saw his pants torn) … Nanjo Singh b. Lou Sjoberg (cobra hold) … The Zebra Kid b.
George Scott … Tommy O’Toole and Ben Sharpe drew … Sonny Kurgis and Steve
Stanlee drew … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bert Maxwell) … (6,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, June 28, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Nanjo Singh vs. “Whipper” Billy Watson … (promoter: Frank
Tunney)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, July 5, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. Nanjo Singh (ring was surrounded by a
steel fence) … The Sharpe Brothers (Ben and Mike Sharpe) b. Lee Henning and Sky-Hi
Lee … Chief Suni War Cloud and Lou Sjoberg drew … (promoter: Frank Tunney) …
(referee: Gordon Maxwell) … (9,000 fans)
Note: The Sharpe Brothers were said to be tag team champions and defending their title
here.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, July 12, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Lord Athol Layton b. Yukon Eric (countout) … The Sharpe
Brothers (Ben and Mike Sharpe) wrestled Fred Atkins and Sky-Hi Lee to a double countout
… Chief Suni War Cloud and Pat Flanagan were both disqualified … The French Zorra b.
Steve Stanlee … (promoter: Frank Tunney)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, July 19, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Sharpe Brothers (Ben and Mike Sharpe) b. Fred Atkins and
Sky-Hi Lee (Mike pinned Lee) … The Zebra Kid b. Lou Sjoberg … Sonny Kurgis b. Jack
Wentworth … Pat Flanagan and Tommy O’Toole drew … Lee Henning and Zorra drew …
(promoter: Frank Tunney) … (6,500 fans)
Note: No show for two weeks.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, August 9, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Lord Athol Layton and Yukon Eric drew … Dan O’Connor and
The French Zorra drew … Chief Suni War Cloud and Tommy O’Toole drew … Mike
Sharpe b. Lee Henning … Ben Sharpe vs. The Zebra Kid … (promoter: Frank Tunney) …
(referee: Bunny Dunlop)
Notes: The Toronto Daily Star stated that “Ben [Sharpe] took French Zebra with a body
slam,” in its August 10 article, but on August 17, indicated that the Zebra Kid had Ben.
Another source has to be checked to confirm result of that match.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, August 16, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Zebra Kid b. Mike Sharpe (Zebra received some assistance
from the referee) (after the match, Zebra brawled with both Sharpe brothers and the latter
duo got the upper hand) … Ben Sharpe b. Lee Henning … (promoter: Frank Tunney) …
(referee: Bert Maxwell) … (6,000 fans)
Note: Joe Perlove called the referee “Bertram Maxwell” in his Toronto Daily Star report.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, August 23, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Lord Athol Layton and The Masked Marvel drew … The Zebra
Kid b. Yukon Eric (countout) … Timothy Geohagen b. Fred Atkins (DQ) (Atkins hit the
referee) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop) … (12,000 fans)
Note: Joe Perlove of the Toronto Daily Star called Tunney “Francis Martin Tunney.”

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, August 30, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Zebra Kid b. The Masked Marvel (Marvel was unmasked to
reveal Lou Newman) … Fred Atkins vs. Ben Sharpe … Timothy Geohagen vs. Lee
Henning … Pat Flanagan vs. Zorra … Chief Suni War Cloud vs. Steve Stanlee …
(promoter: Frank Tunney)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, September 6, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Zebra Kid b. Lou Newman (Newman was managed by Mayes
McLain) … Sky-Hi Lee and Ben Sharpe drew (30:00) … Timothy Geohagen b. Dan O’
Connor … Pat Flanagan and Sonny Kurgis drew (20:00) … Tommy O’Toole and Lou
Sjoberg drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (4,800 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, September 13, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Zebra Kid b. Timothy Geohagen … The Sharpe Brothers
(Ben and Mike Sharpe) wrestled Fred Atkins and Lou Newman to a draw (20:00) … Chief
Suni War Cloud and Tommy O’Toole drew (30:00) … Lou Sjoberg and Zorra drew (20:00)
… (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bert Maxwell) … (6,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, September 20, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Zebra Kid b. Yukon Eric (22:00) … Sammy Berg vs. Pat
Flanagan … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop)
Notes: Toronto Daily Star writer Joe Perlove regularly invoked Nanjo Singh’s name during
wrestling recaps,often remembering his memorable heel antics. Sammy “Mr. Canada”
Berg was making his local debut.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, September 27, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … Lord Athol Layton vs. Mike Sharpe … Sammy Berg vs. Timothy
Geohagen … Sky-Hi Lee vs. Zorra … Ben Sharpe vs. Lou Sjoberg … Dan O’Connor vs.
George Scott … (promoter: Frank Tunney)
Notes: There were no results found in the Toronto Daily Star. No show next week. The
Layton-Sharpe match was said to be an “Empire title elimination.”

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, October 11, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … British Empire Heavyweight Champion “Whipper” Billy Watson b.
“Wild” Bill Longson (18:11) … The Sharpe Brothers (Ben and Mike Sharpe) b. Sky-Hi Lee
and Steve Stanlee (20:30) … Lou Sjoberg and Bill Stack drew (30:00) … Jack Wentworth
b. Sonny Kurgis (dec., 20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop)
Note: The Longson-Watson affair was said to be a “world title elimination match,” and the
“Whipper” earned a bout with NWA champion Lou Thesz because of the win. The Toronto
Daily Star reported that it was Watson’s “first bout since he was injured. He was in hospital
a week and has been out of action for five weeks.”

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, October 18, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … The Zebra Kid b. The Angel … Timothy Geohagen b. Steve
Stanlee … Zorra b. Chief Suni War Cloud … Pat Flanagan and Dan O’Connor drew …
Toar Morgan and George Scott drew … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (8,000+ fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, October 25, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … British Empire Heavyweight Champion “Whipper” Billy Watson
and Lord Athol Layton drew at the curfew (44:28) … Timothy Geohagen b. Myron Cox (11:
13) … Sky-Hi Lee b. Lou Sjoberg (22:16) … Mike Paidousis b. Sonny Kurgis (16:43) … Bill
Stack and Steve Stanlee drew (20:00) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bert
Maxwell) … (9,500 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, November 1, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … British Empire Heavyweight Champion “Whipper” Billy Watson b.
Lord Athol Layton (DQ) (Layton attacked both referees assigned to the bout) … Timothy
Geohagen and Zorra drew … Pat Flanagan and Mike Paidousis drew … (promoter: Frank
Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Bert Maxwell) … (12,000 fans)
Note: It was announced that Tunney was bringing in a group of Japanese Sumo wrestlers
for next week’s show.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, November 8, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … British Empire Heavyweight Champion “Whipper” Billy Watson b.
Lord Athol Layton (Ted Thomas initially awarded the match to Layton, but Bert Maxwell
reversed the decision and scored a victory for Watson) … Yaketayama b. Fujitayama
(sumo match) … Maedayama b. Onoumi (sumo match) … Onoumi b. Yaketayama (sumo
match) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referees: Bert Maxwell, Ted Thomas) … (14,000
fans)
Notes: Referee Thomas was from Buffalo. Maedayama was called the “champion” of the
sumos.

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, November 22, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson and The Zebra Kid drew at the curfew …
Fujitayama and Onoumi b. Mayes McLain and Steve Stanlee (DQ) … Maedayama b.
Yakatayama (2/3) (regulation sumo match) … Bobo Brazil b. Lou Sjoberg … Chief Suni
War Cloud and Stan Mayslack drew … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bert
Maxwell) … (6,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, November 29, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … “Whipper” Billy Watson b. The Zebra Kid (Kid was unmasked to
reveal George Bollas) (the hood was forcibly removed by Watson and special referee Jack
Dempsey) … Pat Flanagan and Timothy Geohagen vs. Mike Paidousis and Sky-Hi Lee
(during the bout, a ringside fan grabbed the leg of Lee and wouldn’t let go) (police had to
escort him away) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Jack Dempsey)
Notes: The Toronto Daily Star said that Bollas was a “National Collegiate, National AAU
and Big Ten wrestling champion.”

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, December 6, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz and “Whipper”
Billy Watson were both counted out (match was declared a draw) (Thesz was accompanied
by Ed “Strangler” Lewis) … Hans Hermann b. George Scott (less than 2:00) … Timothy
Geohagen b. Mike Paidousis … Bobo Brazil b. Abe Zvonkin … Chief Suni War Cloud and
Zorra drew … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bunny Dunlop) … (12,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, December 13, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … George Bollas and Lord Athol Layton b. Timothy Geohagen and
“Whipper” Billy Watson … Yvon Robert b. Chief Suni War Cloud … Hans Hermann b.
Sonny Kurgis (1:48) … (promoter: Frank Tunney) … (referee: Bert Maxwell) … (8,000
fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, December 20, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … George Bollas and Lord Athol Layton b. Timothy Geohagen and
“Whipper” Billy Watson (two referees worked the bout) … Yvon Robert b. Sonny Kurgis …
Pat Flanagan b. Abe Zvonkin (Zvonkin was a substitute for The Great Togo, who was
grounded in Chicago) … Hans Hermann b. Mayes McLain (5:42) … (promoter: Frank
Tunney) … (referees: Bunny Dunlop, Bert Maxwell) … (6,000 fans)

Toronto, Ontario: Thursday, December 27, 1951
(Maple Leaf Gardens) … George Bollas and Lord Athol Layton b. “Whipper” Billy Watson
and Yukon Eric (countout) … Hans Hermann b. Mike Paidousis (4:35) … (promoter: Frank
Tunney) … (referee: Bert Maxwell) … (9,000 fans)

Research by Tim Hornbaker
September 14, 2007

Toronto Wrestling Results - 1951