Garfield Weede

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Garfield Weede
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
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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