1/27/47 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Auditorium
Steve Kozak beat Tom Bradley via pin in 30:00 after a series of body slams
Joe Bad Boy Pazandak beat Bill Kuusisto
Hans Kaemfer beat Mike Burnell via pin in 18:06 after an airplane spin
Johnny Marrs beat Faro Renoldi via pin in 12:00 after a series of flying mares
Att: “4,000 fans, the largest crowd to see a wrestling show here in more than 20 years.”

2/13/47 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Auditorium
World’s Junior Heavyweight Champion Ken Fenelon beat Steve Kozak in 24:12
Joe Pazandak beat Abe “King Kong” Kashey via pin in 18:00 after a piledriver
Tom Bradley beat Don Koch in 12:05
Johnny Marrs beat Reginald Siki in 20:55
Att: “sellout crowd of more than 4,000”

3/20/47 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Auditorium
Referee Wally Karbo
Steve Kozak beat Ken Fenelon to win World Junior Heavyweight Title
Sgt. Joe Pazandak beat Rube Wright in 35:55
Ray Steele beat Tom Bradley (sub Pat Fraley) in 18:00 with a step over toe hold
Johnny Marrs beat Jack Page in 18:15
Att: “crowd of around 4,000”

4/3/47 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Auditorium
Bronko Nagurski beat Rube Wright via pin in 30:00 after a series of flying shoulder blocks
Joe Pazandak beat Pat Fraley in 25:05
Ray Steele drew Johnny Marks 30:00
Referee Wally Karbo
Cal Rees beat Andy Moen dq in 15:00
Att: “large crowd”

The April 28, 1947 edition of the Winnipeg Free Press stated World’s Junior Heavyweight
Champion Steve Kozak beat Johnny Marrs in 40:00 “recently” in Port Arthur, Canada.

5/16/47 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Auditorium
Referee Wally Karbo
Bronko Nagurski beat Sandor Szabo via pin in 37:00
Non Title Match
World’s Junior Heavyweight Champion Steve Kozak beat Ray Steele
Johnny Marrs beat Andy Moen (sub Earl Wampler) via pin after a series of body slams
Tom Bradley drew Cal Rees 30:00

5/17/47 Brandon, Manitoba, Canada @ Arena
Bronko Nagurski beat Johnny Marrs via pin after a series of flying tackles “after about 20
minutes of action.”
Steve Kovak beat Cal Rees via pin in “a little over 20 minutes” after a series of body slams
Tom Bradley drew Andy Moen (sub Earl Wampler) 30:00
Att: “some 700 fans”
Promoter: Alex Turk

6/12/47 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Auditorium
Referee Wally Karbo
Steve Kozak no contest Joe Pazandak when the Manitoba Boxing And Wrestling Commission
overturned Karbo’s ruling of Kozak the victor
Dick Raines drew Bill Kuusisto 45:00
Tug Carlson beat Johnny Marrs
Frank Taylor beat Tom Bradley
Note: Last card of the season

6/27/47 Pine Falls, Manitoba, Canada
Canadian Champion Harold Nelson vs Roy McClarty
Reg Dirty Dixon vs Moose Rhor
Peter Plott vs John Korchynski
Albert Olsen vs Don Trifunov

8/26/47 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Olympic Rink
5 Exhibition Boxing Matches, Referee Gordon Mackie
Two Wrestling Matches, Referee Harold Nelson
Reg Dixon beat Moose Rhor
Roy McClarty beat Tony Golab in 11:00
Promoter: Bobby Seigel

9/16/47 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Amphitheatre
Seven Boxing Matches
Two Wrestling Matches
Harold Nelson drew Roy Bull McClarty 20:00
Albert Olsen beat John Killer Korchynski
Att: “almost 4,000 connisseurs”

10/9/47 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Amphitheatre
Special Referee: Jack Dempsey
World’s Junior Heavyweight Champion Steve Kozak beat Ken Fenelon in 20:26
Joe Pazandak beat Cardiff Giant in 12:00
Bill Kuusisto drew Gino Vagnone 30:00
Don Koch beat Danny Plechas in 18:35
Att: “5,600 fans”
Promoter: Alex “Coalman” Turk

10/30/47 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @Amphitheatre
Referee Bill Kuusisto
Steve Kozak drew Joe Pazandak 60:00
Ken Fenelon drew Gino Vagnone 30:00
Bill Kuusisto beat Earl Wampler in 25:20
Karl Gray beat Danny Fenelon

11/10/47 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Auditorium
4 Boxing Matches
7 Wrestling Matches
Don Trifunov drew John Killer Korchynski 10:00
Jim Love beat Tom Jenson by decision in 10:00
Gordon Mazur beat Cliff Olsen in 9:30
Gordon Battaglia drew Gordon Nelson 10:00
Roy McClarty beat Tony Golab by decision in 10:00
Harold Nelson beat Ted Gordienko in 10:17
Moose Rohr beat Reg Dixon in 15:30
Att: “Close to 2,000 ardent ring fans”

11/27/47 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Auditorium
Wonder Boy George Gordienko beat Abe King Kong Kashey
Steve Kozak beat Gino Vagnone in 31:25
Bill Kuusisto drew Dick Raines 30:00
Karl Gray beat Ted Tourtas in 21:30
Att: “4,000 hollering, robust rasslin fans”
Promoter: Alex Turk

12/18/47 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada @ Civic Auditorium
Referee Wally Karbo
Wonder Boy George Gordienko beat Dick Raines in 27:28
Otto Kuss beat Abe King Kong Kashey in 20:35
Joe Pazandak beat Gino Vagnone in 20:10
Bill Kuusisto beat Polo Cordova (sub Ken Fenelon) in 12:13
Att: “jam packed house”
Promoter: Alex Turk


Research by Jim Zordani
Winnipeg Wrestling Results - 1947
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