Alexander Weyand

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAlexander Mathias•Weyand
Used nameAlexander•Weyand
Nick/petnamesBabe
Born10 January 1892 in Jersey City, New Jersey (USA)
Died10 May 1982 in Wantagh, New York (USA)
AffiliationsUS Army, (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

Alexander “Babe” Weyand attended the US Military Academy at West Point, where he starred as a tackle on the football team, captaining it in 1915. He became a career Army officer, serving with distinction in World War I, where he earned a Silver Star for gallantry and received a battlefield promotion to major and battalion commander. Weyand sustained severe hearing loss during WWI and as a result could not serve in combat in World War II. He retired from the Army in 1946 as a Colonel.

Weyand later became a sports historian, writing several books on college football, including Saga of American Football. He also wrote the definitive history of lacrosse, The Lacrosse Story (with Milton Roberts), and one well-known book on the early history of the Olympics. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1974.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1920 Summer Olympics Wrestling USA Alexander Weyand
Heavyweight, Greco-Roman, Men (Olympic) AC r2/5