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AAU Niagara District Wrestling Championships
Wrestling Tournament
@ Irwin Brayton Clark Memorial Gymnasium (Buffalo, New York)
Saturday, March 27, 1954

Riding to a Fall
Riding to a Fall
Ed Erikson of Hamburg, on top, puts the pressure on Lou Perriclo, Rochester Institute of Technology, during Niagara AAU wrestling match in Clark gymnasium. SOURCE: Buffalo Courier-Express, March 28, 1954.

Album: General

Riding to a Fall RIT, Shane Share Honors In Mat Meet Seven Champions Will Defend In Niagara AAU Mat Tourney 4 Mat Titles Won by RIT

Open (Level: Club/Other, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Alfred State College [NY], Central YMCA of Rochester [NY], Central YMCA of Syracuse [NY], Cleveland Hill [NY], Cornell University [NY], Elmira YMCA [NY], Hamburg [NY], Ithaca [NY], JCC Buffalo [NY], Orchard Park [NY], Park (Buffalo) [NY], Rochester Institute of Technology [NY], Syracuse University [NY], Unattached [NY], University at Buffalo [NY], West Seneca [NY], Williamsville [NY]
Team Final
No team scores reported.
Award Winners
Outstanding Wrestler Award: Frank Shane (Elmira YMCA [NY], 115 lbs)
Placewinners
115 lbs: 1. Frank Shane (Elmira YMCA [NY])
  2. George Callahan (Hamburg [NY])
  3. Dave Auble (Ithaca [NY])
121 lbs: 1. Don Clark (Syracuse University [NY])
  2. Orville Greene (Elmira YMCA [NY])
  3. Frank Reuter (Hamburg [NY])
128 lbs: 1. John Radocha (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY])
  2. Rex Boda (Cornell University [NY])
  3. John LeBlanc (Alfred State College [NY])
136 lbs: 1. Joe Falardeau (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY])
  2. Denny Deubel (West Seneca [NY])
  3. Bob Falk (Alfred State College [NY])
145 lbs: 1. Gene Hiller (JCC Buffalo [NY])
  2. Ralph Mucher (Alfred State College [NY])
  3. Bob Schuler (Elmira YMCA [NY])
155 lbs: 1. Ross DiBiase (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY])
  2. Robert Marinelli (Syracuse University [NY])
  3. Philip Ferguson (Central YMCA of Rochester [NY])
165 lbs: 1. Gary Dotzler (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY])
  2. Bob Smith (Central YMCA of Syracuse [NY])
  3. Dave Zoyhofski (Orchard Park [NY])
175 lbs: 1. Ed Erikson (Hamburg [NY])
  2. Durland Griswold (Elmira YMCA [NY])
  3. Bob Whalen (Unattached [NY])
191 lbs: 1. Dick Beyer (Syracuse University [NY])
  2. Dick Dean (Elmira YMCA [NY])
  3. Tim Woodin (Cornell University [NY])
HWT: 1. Enzo Marinelli (Syracuse University [NY])
  2. Bob Morgan (Unattached [NY])
  3. Bill Perry (Ithaca [NY])



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