Background
Weyand was born on January 10, 1891 (or 1892) to Alexander N. Weyand and Mary C. Lieberman in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Weyand was born on January 10, 1891 (or 1892) to Alexander N. Weyand and Mary C. Lieberman in Jersey City, New Jersey.
United States Military Academy.
He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1974. Weyand played high school football at Jersey City High School, where he did not earn a letter in any sport. College career
At the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1911 to 1915, Weyand starred at tackle and was the captain of the 1915 team
In 1913, Army lost one game—against Notre Dame and its legends Knute Rockne and Gus Dorais.
And they beat Navy in 1913, 1914 and 1915, the same years Weyand was selected to the College Football All-America Team. Military career
After World War I, he competed in the heavyweight Greco-Roman class in wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Due to severe hearing loss caused by frontline duty in World War I, Weyand could not serve in combat in World World War World War II He retired from active duty in 1946 at the rank of Colonel. Sports historian
In retirement, Colonel
Weyand wrote a series of acclaimed sports histories, including the seminal Saga of American Football (New York: MacMillan, 1955), foreword by Grantland Rice.
Sports historian John Sayle Watterson in his book College Football: History, Spectacle, Controversy (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000) describes the book as follows "uccinct and fast-paced, Weyand"s history masterfully depicts the game"s origins, its early stars and teams, the geographic expansion of football, and the changes in its rules."
In 1965, Weyand and former Delaware lacrosse coach Milton Roberts wrote The Lacrosse Story, the first full-length history of the sport of lacrosse based on nine years of research. Death
Weyand died on May 10, 1982 in North Bellmore, New New York
Quotations: "uccinct and fast-paced, Weyand"s history masterfully depicts the game"s origins, its early stars and teams, the geographic expansion of football, and the changes in its rules.".