Elton Wieman (October 4, 1896 – December 26, 1971) was a college athlete, coach and administrator at the University of Michigan (1915-1929), University of Minnesota (1930-1932), Princeton University (1932-1941), Columbia University (1944-1945), University of Maine (1946-1951), and University of Denver (1951-1962). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1956.
Wieman was born in Tulare County, California, and raised in Los Angele...
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Elton Wieman (October 4, 1896 – December 26, 1971) was a college athlete, coach and administrator at the University of Michigan (1915-1929), University of Minnesota (1930-1932), Princeton University (1932-1941), Columbia University (1944-1945), University of Maine (1946-1951), and University of Denver (1951-1962). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1956.
Wieman was born in Tulare County, California, and raised in Los Angeles. He was the son of a Presbyterian minister. At Los Angeles High School, Wieman followed in the footsteps of four older brothers, Henry, "Ink," Drury and "Tabby" Wieman. All had been excellent athletes in football, track, baseball and basketball. "Tad" played at "breakaway" in rugby football for Los Angeles High and was "heralded" at the best athlete in a family regarded as "the greatest athletic one in the history of Southern California athletics." Wieman had been expected to follow his older brothers who had all enrolled at Occidental...
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