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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Alex_Weyand_on_November_13%2C_1915_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Alex_Weyand_on_November_13%2C_1915_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Alex_Weyand_on_November_13%2C_1915_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Alex_Weyand_on_November_13%2C_1915_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Alex_Weyand_on_November_13%2C_1915_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Alex_Weyand_on_November_13%2C_1915_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="825" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Weyand on November 13, 1915</div></td></tr><tr class="note"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#2C2A29;color:#FFFFFF; border:3px solid #D3BC8D; border-left: none; border-right: none; box-shadow: inset 0 2px 0 #FEFEFE, inset 0 -2px 0 #FEFEFE;">Army Cadets</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;">Position</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><a href="/wiki/Tackle_(American_and_Canadian_football_position)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tackle (American and Canadian football position)">Tackle</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#2C2A29;color:#FFFFFF; border:3px solid #D3BC8D; border-left: none; border-right: none; box-shadow: inset 0 2px 0 #FEFEFE, inset 0 -2px 0 #FEFEFE;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;">Born:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1892-01-10</span>)</span>January 10, 1892<br /><a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City, New Jersey</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;">Died:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;">May 10, 1982<span style="display:none">(1982-05-10)</span> (aged 90)<br /><a href="/wiki/North_Bellmore,_New_York" title="North Bellmore, New York">North Bellmore, New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#2C2A29;color:#FFFFFF; border:3px solid #D3BC8D; border-left: none; border-right: none; box-shadow: inset 0 2px 0 #FEFEFE, inset 0 -2px 0 #FEFEFE;">Career history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; white-space: nowrap; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;">College</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><a href="/wiki/Army_Cadets_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Cadets football">Army</a> (1913–1915)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#2C2A29;color:#FFFFFF; border:3px solid #D3BC8D; border-left: none; border-right: none; box-shadow: inset 0 2px 0 #FEFEFE, inset 0 -2px 0 #FEFEFE;">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><div style="text-align: left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">National Champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1914_Army_Cadets_football_team" title="1914 Army Cadets football team">1914</a>)</li> <li>2× Second-team <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1913_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1913 College Football All-America Team">1913</a>, <a href="/wiki/1914_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1914 College Football All-America Team">1914</a>)</li> <li>Third-team All-American (<a href="/wiki/1915_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1915 College Football All-America Team">1915</a>)</li></ul></div> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="background-color: #193050; font-weight:bold; border:2px solid #A1A7A9"><a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame"><span style="color:white">College Football Hall of Fame</span></a> <span style="color:white">(1974)</span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Alexander Mathias</b> "<b>Babe</b>" <b>Weyand</b> (January 10, 1892 – May 10, 1982) was an <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> player, <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympian</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" 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He was elected to the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a> in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_Weyand&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Weyand was born on January 10, 1892, to Alexander Nicholas Weyand and Mary C. Lieberman in <a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City, New Jersey</a>. Weyand played <a href="/wiki/High_school_football" title="High school football">high school football</a> at Jersey City High School (since renamed <a href="/wiki/William_L._Dickinson_High_School" title="William L. Dickinson High School">William L. Dickinson High School</a>), where he did not earn a <a href="/wiki/Varsity_letter" title="Varsity letter">letter</a> in any sport, as he chose to place priority on his education.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College_career">College career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_Weyand&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexander_Mathias_Weyand_(1892%E2%80%931982)_at_West_Point_in_1916.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Alexander_Mathias_Weyand_%281892%E2%80%931982%29_at_West_Point_in_1916.png/220px-Alexander_Mathias_Weyand_%281892%E2%80%931982%29_at_West_Point_in_1916.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="314" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Alexander_Mathias_Weyand_%281892%E2%80%931982%29_at_West_Point_in_1916.png/330px-Alexander_Mathias_Weyand_%281892%E2%80%931982%29_at_West_Point_in_1916.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Alexander_Mathias_Weyand_%281892%E2%80%931982%29_at_West_Point_in_1916.png/440px-Alexander_Mathias_Weyand_%281892%E2%80%931982%29_at_West_Point_in_1916.png 2x" data-file-width="1134" data-file-height="1617" /></a><figcaption>At West Point in 1916</figcaption></figure> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy_at_West_Point" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Military Academy at West Point">United States Military Academy at West Point</a> from 1911 to 1915, Weyand starred at tackle and was the <a href="/wiki/Captain_(sports)" title="Captain (sports)">captain</a> of the 1915 team.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nicknamed during his "yearling" (sophomore) year at West Point "Babe" by his teammate <a href="/wiki/Dwight_David_Eisenhower" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwight David Eisenhower">Dwight David Eisenhower</a>, he was described in <i>The Real All Americans: The Team That Changed a Game, a People, a Nation</i> (Jenkins, S., Random House 2007) as a "tireless, one-man wrecking crew." </p><p>In 1913, Army lost one game—against <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a> and its legends <a href="/wiki/Knute_Rockne" title="Knute Rockne">Knute Rockne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gus_Dorais" title="Gus Dorais">Gus Dorais</a>. They were undefeated in 1914 with a 20–7 win over the Irish. And they beat <a href="/wiki/Navy_Midshipmen_football" title="Navy Midshipmen football">Navy</a> in 1913, 1914 and 1915, the same years Weyand was selected to the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">College Football All-America Team</a>. </p><p>An all around athlete, Weyand played for the 1912 West Point Basketball and 1915 Ice Hockey squad, and was a member of the class fencing and swimming teams in 1916, runner up to Bob Neyland for Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the Academy and Heavyweight Wrestling Champion of the Academy 1913, 1915 and 1916. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_career">Military career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_Weyand&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Military career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After graduating from West Point, Weyand served with distinction in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, where he earned a <a href="/wiki/Silver_Star" title="Silver Star">Silver Star</a> (gallantry), <a href="/wiki/Purple_Heart" title="Purple Heart">Purple Heart</a> (wounded in action) and <a href="/wiki/Battlefield_promotion" title="Battlefield promotion">battlefield promotion</a> to <a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">major</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion commander</a>. </p><p>After World War I, he competed in the <a href="/wiki/Wrestling_weight_classes" title="Wrestling weight classes">heavyweight</a> <a href="/wiki/Greco-Roman_wrestling" title="Greco-Roman wrestling">Greco-Roman</a> class in <a href="/wiki/Wrestling_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics" title="Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics">wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sports-reference_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sports-reference-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to severe hearing loss caused by frontline duty in World War I, Weyand could not serve in combat in World War II. He retired from active duty in 1946 at the rank of Colonel. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports_historian">Sports historian</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_Weyand&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sports historian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In retirement, Col. Weyand wrote a series of acclaimed sports histories, including the seminal <i>Saga of American Football</i> (New York: MacMillan, 1955), foreword by <a href="/wiki/Grantland_Rice" title="Grantland Rice">Grantland Rice</a> who described him as probably the then foremost living authority on the sport, winner of the 1955 Helms Athletic Foundation Award, and "Football Immortals" winner of the 1962 Helms Award. Sports historian John Sayle Watterson in his book <i>College Football: History, Spectacle, Controversy</i> (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000) described the "Saga" as follows "[s]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." </p><p>In 1965, Weyand and former <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Fighting_Blue_Hens_men%27s_lacrosse" class="mw-redirect" title="Delaware Fighting Blue Hens men's lacrosse">Delaware</a> lacrosse coach Milton Roberts wrote <i>The Lacrosse Story</i>, the first full-length history of <a href="/wiki/Field_lacrosse" title="Field lacrosse">the sport of lacrosse</a> based on nine years of research.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_Weyand&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Weyand died on May 10, 1982, in <a href="/wiki/North_Bellmore,_New_York" title="North Bellmore, New York">North Bellmore, New York</a>. He is interred next to his wife, Marie, at <a href="/wiki/West_Point_Cemetery" title="West Point Cemetery">West Point Cemetery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His son, Lieutenant General Alexander Mulqueen Weyand (1928-2011), graduated from West Point in 1952 and was a member of the 1951 National Championship Lacrosse team. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_Weyand&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/60795">"Alex Weyand"</a>. <i>Olympedia</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 11,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Olympedia&rft.atitle=Alex+Weyand&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.olympedia.org%2Fathletes%2F60795&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlex+Weyand" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.njsportsheroes.com/alexweyandfb.html">Alex Weyand</a>, NJSports.com. Accessed July 1, 2019. "Alexander Mathias Weyand was born January 10, 1892 in Jersey City. Muscular, tall and athletic, he did not participate in sports at Dickinson High School in order to focus on his studies."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T_ogAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bXUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6706,3278097&dq=weyand+alex+army&hl=en">"Weyand To Captain Army Team in 1915"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Day_(New_London)" title="The Day (New London)">The Day</a></i>. November 30, 1914<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 28,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Day&rft.atitle=Weyand+To+Captain+Army+Team+in+1915&rft.date=1914-11-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fid%3DT_ogAAAAIBAJ%26sjid%3DbXUFAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D6706%2C3278097%26dq%3Dweyand%2Balex%2Barmy%26hl%3Den&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlex+Weyand" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sports-reference-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sports-reference_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200418122808/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/alexander-weyand-1.html">"Alex Weyand Olympic Results"</a>. <i>sports-reference.com</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/alexander-weyand-1.html">the original</a> on April 18, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 1,</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=sports-reference.com&rft.atitle=Alex+Weyand+Olympic+Results&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sports-reference.com%2Folympics%2Fathletes%2Fwe%2Falexander-weyand-1.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlex+Weyand" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Donald M. Fisher, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=N8dQ11uQxrQC"><i>Lacrosse: A History of the Game</i></a>, p. 218, JHU Press, 2002, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8018-6938-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-8018-6938-2">0-8018-6938-2</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1289">Alex "Babe" Weyand</a>, <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a>. 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