Education
University of Wisconsin–Madison.
University of Wisconsin–Madison.
He was drafted in the third round of the 1939 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions and played two seasons with the team Later he played with the Milwaukee Chiefs of the American Football League. In 1935 Weiss enrolled at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and joined the Wisconsin Badger football team as a running back.
In the 1938 Heisman Trophy balloting Weiss came in sixth.
He was elected class president for the 1938-1939 school year. Weiss graduated in June 1939 with a degree in economics.
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 World War II, Weiss settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to begin a career in insurance.
At the age of 39 he was named president of the Roberts Company, one of Wisconsin’s oldest and largest insurance companies.
He was one of 35 charter members named to the UW Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991.