Vintage image of Ed Weir

Born March 14, 1903, in Superior, Nebraska was Nebraska’s great tackle from 1923 through the 1925 season, Ed Weir. The NFF says that Weir was a two-time All-America tackle 1924-1925, a two-time Nebraska football captain 1924-1925, a charter member of the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. He was so good that even Notre Dame’s Head Coach Knute Rockne said he was the best tackle Rockne ever saw play football. In fact in the 1923 season, when the legendary four horsemen were juniors the Huskers led by our man Ed knocked off the Irish. Two years later Wier and company defeated Illinois when Red Grange was in his senior season with the Illini. He played professionally with the Frankford Yellow Jackets 1926-1928.

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