Herman Weaver

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Herman Weaver
Date of birth: November 17, 1948 (1948-11-17) (age 59)
Place of birth: Flag of the United States Villa Rica, Georgia
Career information
Position(s): Punter
College: Tennessee
NFL Draft: 1970 / Round: 9
Organizations
 As player:
1970-1976
1977-1980
Detroit Lions
Seattle Seahawks
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Herman Weaver was a punter with a 11 year career in the National Football League from 1970 to 1980. Weaver was nicknamed "Thunderfoot". He shares with Harry Newsome the NFL record for most punts blocked in a career with 14.

[edit] Honors

  • NFC Punter of the Year, 1975
  • "One of the top 20 punters of all time," Sporting News, 1988