Garfield Weede
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Garfield Weede | ||
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College | Washburn University | |
Sport | College football | |
Born | 1880 | |
Died | 1971 | |
Career highlights | ||
Overall | 70-37-10 | |
Awards | ||
Kansas Sports Hall of Fame Walter Camp All-American Team, 1904 NAIA Track and Field Hall of Fame |
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Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
1906-1908 1919-1928 |
Washburn Pittsburg State |
Garfield Weede (1880-1971) was the tenth head football coach for Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. He held the position for three seasons, from 1906 until 1908, and followed legendary football coach John H. Outland. Weede's coaching record at Washburn was 20 wins, 6 losses, and 4 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him eighth at Washburn in terms of total wins and ninth at Washburn in terms of winning percentage.[1]
In 1919, he was hired as coach of all sports and director of athletics at Pittsburg Manual Training Normal in Pittsburg, Kansas. He coached the football team to a 50-31-6 record from 1919 to 1928 including the school's first undefeated team in 1924.
Weede was inducted in the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1961/[2]
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