 Weir as a Nebraska player in 1924 | |||||||
| No. 19, 16 | |||||||
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| Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||
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| Born: | (1903-03-14)March 14, 1903 Superior, Nebraska, U.S. | ||||||
| Died: | May 15, 1991(1991-05-15) (aged 88) Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 192 lb (87 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Superior (NE) | ||||||
| College: | Nebraska (1923–1925) | ||||||
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| Career: | 15–7–4 (.654) | ||||||
| Coaching profile at Pro Football Reference | |||||||
Samuel Edwin Weir (March 14, 1903 – May 15, 1991) was an American professionalfootball player and coach for theFrankford Yellow Jackets of theNational Football League (NFL). He was the firstNebraska Cornhuskers player elected to theCollege Football Hall of Fame and is known as one ofNebraska's greatest athletes.[1] In 2005, theOmaha 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.
Born inSuperior, Nebraska in 1903, Weir played on the line at Nebraska and was captain of the 1923 team that beat the "Four Horsemen" of theUniversity of Notre Dame.[2] He was elected All-American in 1924 and 1925.[3]
Weir turned down offers to play professionally inJacksonville in 1925.[4] He went on to play professionally for theFrankford Yellow Jackets of theNational Football League (NFL).[5] In 1927, he and several teammates took over thecoaching job in mid-season and achieved a 6–9–3 record, as Weir earnedAll-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 theAcacia fraternity and thetrack and field complex was later named in his honor; this complex was later demolished and replaced in 2024 by a football practice facility.[6][7][8]