Ed Weir

Ed Weir

File:Ed Weir.jpg Ed Weir from the 1925 Nebraska Cornhusker Yearbook
Date of birth	(1903-03-14)March 14, 1903
Place of birth	Superior, Nebraska
Date of death
Place of death	Lincoln, Nebraska
Career information
Position(s)	Tackle
College	Nebraska
Career history
As coach
1927–1928	Frankford Yellow Jackets
As player
1926–1928	Frankford Yellow Jackets
Career highlights and awards
2x Consensus All-American (1924, 1925) NFL Champion (1926) NFL coaching record: 17–12–5
College Football Hall of Fame

Samuel Edwin "Ed" Weir (March 14, 1903 – May 15, 1991) was an American collegiate and professional football player. He was the first Nebraska Cornhuskers football player elected to the College Football Hall of Fame and is known as one of Nebraska's greatest athletes. In 2005 the Omaha World-Herald, as part of a series on the 100 Greatest Athletes of Nebraska, named Weir the 19th best athlete in the state's history.

Weir played on the line at Nebraska and was captain of the 1923 team that beat the "Four Horsemen" of the University of Notre Dame. He was elected All-American in 1924 and 1925.

File:Ed Weir 1925.jpg

All-American Ed Weir

Weir turned down offers to play professionally in Jacksonville in 1925. He went on to play professionally for the Frankford Yellow Jackets of the National Football League (NFL). In 1927, he and several teammates took over the coaching job in mid-season and achieved a 6–9–3 record, as Weir earned All-Pro honors. The following year, Weir coached the team to an 11–3–2 record, good for a second-place league finish.

Weir was a member of Acacia Fraternity, and the track and field complex was later named in his honor.

External links

• Nebraska profile
• Ed Weir at the College Football Hall of Fame