Tulsa, Oklahoma:  Monday, July 28, 1947
(The Coliseum) … Dave Levin b. Red Lyons … (promoter:  Sam Avey) … (matchmaker:  
Jack Pfefer)

Tulsa, Oklahoma:  Monday, August 4, 1947
(The Coliseum) … Buddy Rogers b. The Blimp (2/3) (Blimp won the first fall, Rogers won
the second and third) … Dave Levin b. Reb Russell (Russell was accompanied by Red
Lyons) … Dizzy Davis b. John Swenski … Karol Krauser b. Jesse James (12:00) … Charlie
Laye b. Larry Tillman (14:00) … Juan Hernandez b. Jim Bartlett (16:00) … (promoter:  Sam
Avey) … (4,500 fans)

Tulsa, Oklahoma:  Monday, August 11, 1947
(The Coliseum) … World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. Dave Levin (2/3)
(Rogers won the first fall in 17-minutes, Levin won the second fall in 5-minutes, Rogers won
the third fall in 4-minutes) … Karol Krauser won a Wrestle Royal, beating Jack Steele in the
finals (18:00) (Number eliminated:  Martin Levy, Jim Bartlett, Charles Laye, Juan
Hernandez, Jesse James, John Swenski, Rebel Russell, Jack Steele) … Charles Laye b.
Jim Bartlett (19:00) … Jesse James b. Juan Hernandez (21:00) … John Swenski b. Reb
Russell (20:00) … (promoter:  Sam Avey) … (4,500 fans)

Tulsa, Oklahoma:  Monday, August 18, 1947
(The Coliseum) … World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. Karol Krauser (2/3)
(Rogers won the first fall in 21:00, Krauser won the second fall in 5:00, Rogers won the
third fall) … Dizzy Davis b. Joe Lyman (12:00) (Lyman was billed as the Pacific Coast Junior
Heavyweight Champion) … Dave Levin b. Juan Hernandez (15:00) (Hernandez was a
substitute for Rudy Valentino) … Juan Hernandez b. Charles Laye (20:00) … John Swenski
b. Frankie Hill Murdock (DQ) (15:00) … Jesse James b. Red Lyons (18:00) … (promoter:  
Sam Avey) … (referee:  Jack League) …  (3,800 fans)

Tulsa, Oklahoma:  Monday, August 25, 1947
(The Coliseum) … World Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers b. NWA World Junior
Heavyweight Champion LeRoy McGuirk (2/3) (Rogers won the first fall in 9-minutes, both
wrestlers were counted out and the referee declared Rogers the winner) … Jesse James
and John Swenski b. Red Lyons and Frankie Hill Murdock (2/3) … Dizzy Davis b. Karol
Krauser in (21:00) … Rudy Valentino b. Dave Levin … Juan Hernandez b. Larry Tillman …
(promoter:  Sam Avey) … (referee:  Jack League) … (5,000 fans)

Tulsa, Oklahoma:  Monday, September 1, 1947
(The Coliseum) … (promoter:  Sam Avey)







Research by Tim Hornbaker
October 10, 2010
Tulsa Wrestling Results - 1947