Career
Weideman is probably best remembered today as Collingwood"s "enforcer" of the late 1950s and early 1960s, loved by the club"s supporters, and loathed by those of the opposition. He made his senior VFL debut in 1953, and was on the bench for that year"s Grand Final, in which Collingwood defeated Geelong. When regular Collingwood skipper Frank Tuck was injured and unavailable for the 1958 VFL Grand Final against Melbourne, Weideman became Collingwood"s acting skipper, and kicked two goals.
Murray Wiedeman coached West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) from 1968 to 1971, taking West Adelaide to the Preliminary Final in 1969.
Weideman made a brief return to his old club Collingwood in 1975 as coach. After a solid debut season which spawned an 11–9 record and fifth place on the ladder, things quickly went bad in 1976 as the club plummeted to its first wooden spoon.
Weideman was quickly replaced by former multiple time Richmond premiership coach Tom Hafey for the 1977 VFL season. Weideman"s reputation as a football "hard man" was utilised by the Australian professional wrestling promotion of the day, International While recovering from a shoulder injury sustained during 1962 season, Weideman was induced to enter the wrestling ring in a bid to draw publicity to the ailing promotion.
While briefly serving its purpose in attracting publicity, it ultimately resulted in little benefit to either Weideman or International Weideman"s son Mark Weideman also played for Collingwood.