Howard Weiss
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| Born: | October 12, 1917 Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died: | November 12, 1997 (aged 80) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||
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| College: | Wisconsin | ||||||||
| Position: | Fullback | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1939 / Round: 3 / Pick: 22 | ||||||||
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Howard William Weiss (October 12, 1917 – November 12, 1997) was an
1939 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions and played two seasons with the team.[1] Later he played with the Milwaukee Chiefs of the American Football League
(AFL).
A three-sport
letter winner in high school, he led the football team to its first conference championship while outscoring its opponents 208–12 during the year. He won the state junior golf championship in 1934. In 1935 Weiss enrolled at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and joined the Wisconsin Badgers football team as a fullback. He was named Wisconsin's Most Valuable Player in 1937 and again in 1938 when he also was awarded the Chicago Tribune Silver Football, given to the Big Ten Conference's Most Valuable Player. He was the first Badger to win the award. In the 1938 Heisman Trophy balloting Weiss came in sixth. He was elected class president for the 1938-–9 school year. Weiss graduated in June 1939 with a degree in economics
.
After a stint in the Navy during World War II, Weiss settled in
United Way, and the Milwaukee Art Museum
.
Weiss was one of 35 charter members named to the UW Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991.
References
- ^ "1939 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-27.