- Howard Weiss
NFL player
DateOfBirth=October 12 ,1917
DateOfDeath=November 23 ,1997
Birthplace=Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
Position=Fullback
College=Wisconsin
DraftedYear=1939
DraftedRound=3
Stats=Y
DatabaseFootball=WEISSHOW01
years=1939-1940
teams=Detroit Lions
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HOF= Howard "Howie" Weiss (bornOctober 12 1917 inFort Atkinson, Wisconsin , diedNovember 12 ,1997 inMilwaukee, Wisconsin ) is a formerAmerican football fullback.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 theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison and joined theWisconsin Badger football team as a running back. He was named Wisconsin's Most Valuable Player in 1937 and again in 1938 when he also was awarded theChicago Tribune Silver Football , given to theBig Ten Conference 's Most Valuable Player. He was the first Badger to win the award. In the 1938Heisman Trophy balloting Weiss came in sixth. He was electedclass president for the 1938-39 school year. Weiss graduated in June 1939 with a degree ineconomics .He was a third-round draft choice for the
Detroit Lions in 1939 and played two seasons of professional football as a fullback and linebacker.After a stint in the Navy during World War II, Weiss settled in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin to begin a career ininsurance . At the age of 39 he was named president of the Roberts Company, one of Wisconsin’s oldest and largest insurance companies. Weiss and his wife Geraldine involved themselves with Milwaukee’s civic affairs, donating their time and money to the Milwaukee Boys Club, the United Way, and theMilwaukee Art Museum .He was one of 35 charter members named to the UW Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991.
External links
* [http://www.hoardmuseum.org/historic_page.asp?ID=12 Biographical material from Hoard Historical Museum]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=xwSsGBMMhu8C&pg=RA1-PA1391&dq=Howard+Weiss+fort+atkinson&sig=PeQzLkMhpe8vPSvjOZ6vSNZUOrs Entry in Encyclopedia of the National Football League]⋅
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