Houston Wrestling Results

Houston, Texas: Friday, March 2, 1945
(City Auditorium) … Bobby Managoff b. Olaf Olsen to capture the Texas Heavyweight
Title (2-0) … The Red Devils (Emil and Rudy) b. Ellis Bashara and Jules Strongbow …
Sockeye McDonald and Lou Plummer drew (15:00) … George Lenihan b. Juan Humberto
… Al Lovelock b. Marvin Jones … (promoter: Morris Sigel) … (referees: Dr. Karl
Sarpolis, Frank Brown)
Note: Leonard Carlton was the Texas Boxing and Wrestling Commissioner, and planned
to be ringside for this show. Elitch was originally booked to wrestle Marvin Jones in the
opener and was called the “rubberman of matdom.”

Houston, Texas: Friday, March 9, 1945
(City Auditorium) … Texas State Heavyweight Champion Bobby Managoff b. Sockeye
McDonald (2-0) … Ellis Bashara and Jules Strongbow b. The Red Devils (Emil and Rudy)
… George Lenihan b. Al Lovelock … Lou Plummer b. Nick Elitch … Frank Brown and
Jack Kennedy drew … (promoter: Morris Sigel)

Houston, Texas: Friday, March 16, 1945
(City Auditorium) … Texas State Heavyweight Champion Bobby Managoff b. Olaf Olsen
(2/3) … Joe Kojut and Lou Plummer drew … Jules Strongbow b. Sockeye McDonald …
George Lenihan b. Al Wolfe … Juan Humberto b. Nick Elitch … (promoter: Morris Sigel)
… (referee: Dick Raines)
Notes: Kojut reminded some people of Joe Savoldi. Wolfe was from Los Angeles.

Houston, Texas: Friday, March 23, 1945
(City Auditorium) … Texas State Heavyweight Champion Bobby Managoff b. George
Lenihan (2/3) … Olaf Olsen b. Jules Strongbow (DQ) … Stan Kerfoot and Lynn Madray
b. The Red Devils (Emil and Rudy) … Al Lovelock and Lou Plummer drew … Joe Kojut b.
Ellis Bashara … (promoter: Morris Sigel)
Notes: According to the Houston Post, “Kerfoot and Madray raced through amateur
ranks before turning pro and Count Pietro Rossi, their manager, tabs them as two of the
outstanding heavies in the game today.” Kerfoot as a “former Olympic wrestler” from
California.

Houston, Texas: Friday, March 30, 1945
(City Auditorium) … Texas State Heavyweight Champion Bobby Managoff b. Jules
Strongbow (2/3) … Lou Plummer won the Wrestle Royal and took the $250 prize (Number
Eliminated: Red Devil Rudy, Al Wolfe, Juan Humberto, Sockeye McDonald) … Al
Lovelock b. Red Devil Emil … Stan Kerfoot b. Joe Kojut … Olaf Olsen b. Lynn Madray
(Olsen was a substitute for Marvin Jones, who returned home due to the death of his
mother) … (promoter: Morris Sigel) … (referee: Frank Brown)

Houston, Texas: Thursday, April 5, 1945
(City Auditorium) … Texas State Heavyweight Champion Bobby Managoff and Polo
Cordova drew (90:00) (1-1) … George Lenihan b. Frank Brown … Lou Plummer b. Olaf
Olsen … Juan Humberto and Stanley Kerfoot drew (15:00) … Joe Kojut b. Lynn Madray
… (promoter: Morris Sigel)

Houston, Texas: Friday, April 13, 1945
(City Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Bill Longson b. Polo Cordova (2/3) …
Texas State Heavyweight Champion Bobby Managoff and Hans Schnabel drew (20:00) …
Lou Plummer b. Stanley Kerfoot … Juan Humberto b. George Lenihan (countout) … Al
Lovelock b. Roy Graham … (promoter: Morris Sigel)

Houston, Texas: Friday, April 20, 1945
(City Auditorium) … Hans Schnabel b. Bobby Managoff to capture the Texas State
Heavyweight Title (2/3) … Polo Cordova b. Olaf Olsen … Don Lee and George Lenihan
b. Stanley Kerfoot and Lynn Madray … Al Lovelock and Lou Plummer wrestled to a draw
with Frank Brown and Al Wolfe … (promoter: Morris Sigel) … (referee: Marvin Jones) …
(3,000 fans)

Houston, Texas: Friday, April 27, 1945
(City Auditorium) … Texas State Heavyweight Champion Hans Schnabel b. Lou Plummer
(DQ) (2-0) … Bobby Managoff and Paul Murdock drew … Polo Cordova b. Roy Graham
… Al Lovelock b. George Lenihan (DQ) … Juan Humberto b. Frank Brown … (promoter:
Morris Sigel) … (referee: Marvin Jones)

Houston, Texas: Friday, May 4, 1945
(City Auditorium) … Texas State Heavyweight Champion Hans Schnabel b. Polo Cordova
(2/3) … Bobby Managoff b. Paul Murdock (17:00) … Lou Plummer b. George Lenihan …
Bad Boy Brown and Al Lovelock drew … Roy Graham b. Juan Humberto … (promoter:
Morris Sigel)

Houston, Texas: Friday, May 11, 1945
(City Auditorium) … Jules Strongbow b. Hans Schnabel to capture the Texas State
Heavyweight Title (2/3) … Bobby Managoff and Frank Marconi drew (20:00) … Polo
Cordova b. Lou Plummer (DQ) … Juan Humberto and Al Lovelock drew (15:00) …
George Lenihan b. Bad Boy Brown … (promoter: Morris Sigel)

Houston, Texas: Friday, May 18, 1945
(City Auditorium) … Bobby Managoff b. Jules Strongbow to capture the Texas State
Heavyweight Title (2-0) (Managoff won the second fall by DQ) … Ralph Garibaldi b. Hans
Schnabel … Frank Marconi b. Lou Plummer (DQ) … Polo Cordova and Tom Mahoney
drew … Larry Wilson b. Roy Graham … (promoter: Morris Sigel)
Note: Wilson was from St. Louis.

Houston, Texas: Friday, May 25, 1945
(City Auditorium) … Texas State Heavyweight Champion Bobby Managoff b. Ralph
Garibaldi (2-0) … Buddy Rogers b. George Lenihan … Jack Kennedy b. The Golden
Angel (DQ) … Jules Strongbow b. Juan Humberto … Polo Cordova and Al Lovelock drew
… (promoter: Morris Sigel) … (referees: Dr. Karl Sarpolis, Peggy Bryant, Bad Boy
Brown)
Note: Peggy Bryant was a “girl referee.”

Houston, Texas: Friday, June 1, 1945
(City Auditorium) … Buddy Rogers b. Ellis Bashara (2/3) … Juan Humberto and Bobby
Managoff b. Bad Boy Brown and Jules Strongbow … Ralph Garibaldi and The Golden
Angel drew (15:00) … Tom Mahoney b. Roy Graham … George Lenihan b. Marvin Jones
… (promoter: Morris Sigel)

Houston, Texas: Friday, June 8, 1945
(City Auditorium) … Dave Levin and Buddy Rogers wrestled to a 90-minute draw (1-1) …
The Blimp b. George Lenihan … Texas State Heavyweight Champion Bobby Managoff b.
Jack O’Brien … Ralph Garibaldi b. Jules Strongbow (DQ) … Polo Cordova and Al
Lovelock drew (20:00) … (promoter: Morris Sigel)
Note: Levin was quoted by the Houston Post as saying: “I have fully recovered from the
injury that forced me to the sidelines and all I want is another crack at the title I won from
Ali Baba.”

Houston, Texas: Friday, June 15, 1945
(City Auditorium) … Dave Levin b. The Blimp (2/3) … Texas State Heavyweight
Champion Bobby Managoff b. The Golden Angel … Mae Young b. June Byers … Buddy
Rogers b. Lou Plummer (DQ) … Polo Cordova b. Ellis Bashara … (promoter: Morris
Sigel)
Notes: Byers was making her debut as a wrestler in Houston. She “has piled up a series
of wins through the Middle West and will be out to show Houstonians that she is capable
of holding her own against the best of the girl grapplers.”

Houston, Texas: Friday, June 22, 1945
(City Auditorium) … Texas State Heavyweight Champion Bobby Managoff and Dave
Levin drew (90:00) (1-1) … The Swedish Angel b. Polo Cordova … Nell Stewart b. Mae
Young (DQ) … Buddy Rogers b. Jules Strongbow … The Golden Angel b. Jack Kennedy
… (promoter: Morris Sigel) … (referee: Dr. Karl Sarpolis)

Houston, Texas: Friday, June 29, 1945
(Sam Houston Coliseum) … Dave Levin and Bobby Managoff b. The Blimp and The
Swedish Angel (2/3) … The Golden Angel and Buddy Rogers drew … June Byers b. Nell
Stewart … Lou Plummer b. Al Lovelock … Ellis Bashara b. Jules Strongbow …
(promoter: Morris Sigel) … (5,000 fans)

Houston, Texas: Friday, July 6, 1945
(Sam Houston Coliseum) … Dave Levin b. The Swedish Angel (2-0) … Buddy Rogers b.
The Blimp … Al Lovelock and Bobby Managoff b. Roy Graham and Lou Plummer … The
Golden Angel b. Frank Brown … Ellis Bashara b. Jack Kennedy … (promoter: Morris
Sigel)

Houston, Texas: Friday, July 13, 1945
(Sam Houston Coliseum) … Dave Levin b. Bobby Managoff to capture the Texas State
Heavyweight Title (1-0) (Managoff suffered an injury during the first fall and was unable
to continue) … The Swedish Angel b. The Golden Angel (DQ) … The Blimp and Polo
Cordova drew … Buddy Rogers b. Lou Plummer … Ellis Bashara b. Bad Boy Brown …
(promoter: Morris Sigel)

Houston, Texas: Friday, July 20, 1945
(Sam Houston Coliseum) … Texas State Heavyweight Champion Dave Levin b. Buddy
Rogers (2/3) … The Swedish Angel b. Dick Raines … The Blimp and Lou Plummer drew
(15:00) … Polo Cordova b. The Golden Angel (DQ) … Jack Kennedy b. Roy Graham …
(promoter: Morris Sigel) … (5,000 fans)

Houston, Texas: Friday, July 27, 1945
(Sam Houston Coliseum) … Buddy Rogers b. Dave Levin to capture the Texas State
Heavyweight Title (2-0) (Rogers won the first fall by DQ) … The Swedish Angel b. Polo
Cordova … Don Evans b. Al Lovelock … Maurice LaChappelle and Angelo Savoldi drew
(15:00) … Ellis Bashara b. The Blimp … Johnny Becker b. The Golden Angel …
(promoter: Morris Sigel) … (5,000 fans in attendance)

Houston, Texas: Friday, August 31, 1945
(Arena (?)) … Ted Cox b. Buddy Rogers to capture the Texas State Heavyweight Title
(2/3) (Rogers won the first fall, then injured himself in the second) (Rogers was unable to
continue for the third) … Alberto Campos and Leroy McGuirk drew (20:00) … Gorilla
Macias b. Maurice LaChappelle … ??? b. Don Evans (DQ) … Paul Murdock b. Don Serio
… (promoter: Morris Sigel) … (referee: Dr. Karl Sarpolis)

Houston, Texas: Friday, September 7, 1945
(Sam Houston Coliseum) … Buddy Rogers b. Ted Cox to regain the Texas State
Heavyweight Title (2-0) (Cox lost the first fall by DQ) … Alberto Campos and Gorilla
Macias b. Dizzy Davis and Leroy McGuirk … Jim Casey b. Lou Plummer … Jim Henry and
Al Lovelock wrestled to a draw with Angelo Cistoldi and Jack Kennedy … (promoter:
Morris Sigel) … (referee: Dr. Karl Sarpolis)

Houston, Texas: Friday, September 14, 1945
(Sam Houston Coliseum) … World Heavyweight Champion Bill Longson b. Texas
Heavyweight Champion Buddy Rogers (2/3) … Jim Cox b. Jim Casey (DQ) … Ray Duran
and Gorilla Macias b. Dizzy Davis and Leroy McGuirk … Angelo Cistoldi and Paul
Murdock drew … Sid Nabors b. Don Serio … (promoter: Morris Sigel) … (referee: Ace
Abbott)

Houston, Texas: Friday, September 21, 1945
(Arena (?)) … Women’s World Champion Mildred Burke b. Rose Evans … Jim Casey b.
Ernie Dusek (2-0) (Casey won the first fall by reverse decision and then took the second
by DQ) (Ernie was assisted by his brother Emil, earning the disqualification) … Brother
Jonathan b. Jim Henry
Alberto Campos and Gorilla Macias b. Dizzy Davis and Buddy Rogers … Emil Dusek and
Juan Humberto drew … (promoter: Morris Sigel) … (referee: Marvin Jones)

Houston, Texas: Friday, September 28, 1945
(Sam Houston Coliseum) … Women’s World Champion Mildred Burke b. Rose Evans
(2/3) … Brother Jonathan b. Jim Casey (2/3) … The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie
Dusek) drew with Alberto Campos and Gorilla Macias … Texas State Heavyweight
Champion Buddy Rogers b. Angelo Cistoldi (DQ) … Jim Henry b. Sid Nabors …
(promoter: Morris Sigel)

Houston, Texas: Friday, November 2, 1945
(City Auditorium) … Buddy Rogers b. Dean Detton (2/3) (during the third fall, Rogers
used an illegal move and was disqualified. Detton refused the victory and the match
continued. Sarpolis gave the fall to Rogers instead) … Brother Jonathan b. Frederich
Von Schacht (DQ) … Hans Schnabel b. Karl Davis … Jim Casey and Don Evans drew …
Gorilla Macias b. Juan Humberto … (promoter: Morris Sigel) … (referee: Dr. Karl
Sarpolis)

Houston, Texas: Friday, November 9, 1945
(City Auditorium) … Buddy Rogers and Hans Schnabel drew (60:00) (1-1) (Schnabel had
to beat Rogers twice in one-hour, but failed to do so and was forced to give up his prize
money) … Dean Detton and Don Evans drew (20:00) … Bob Evans b. Lt. Paul Boesch
(DQ) … Gorilla Macias b. Jim Casey … Pauncho Zapato b. Fred Schacht … (promoter:
Morris Sigel)

Houston, Texas: Friday, November 16, 1945
(City Auditorium) … Dean Detton and Buddy Rogers b. Don Evans and Hans Schnabel
(2/3) … Brother Jonathan and Lt. Paul Boesch drew (20:00) … Jim Casey b. Karl Davis
(DQ) … Fred Von Schacht b. Otto Kuss … Juan Humberto b. Angelo Cistoldi …
(promoter: Morris Sigel)

Houston, Texas: Friday, November 23, 1945
(City Auditorium) … Buddy Rogers b. Jim Casey to capture the Texas State Heavyweight
Title (2/3) … Brother Jonathan b. Don Evans (DQ) … Dean Detton b. George Lenihan …
Paul Boesch b. Angelo Cistoldi … Gorilla Macias and Hans Schnabel drew (15:00) …
(promoter: Morris Sigel)

Research by Tim Hornbaker
March 8, 2008

Houston Wrestling Results - 1945