Garfield Weede

Garfield Wilson Weede (November 26, 1880 – November 21, 1971) was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach and athletic director. He was one of the first college coaches to "break the color line" and allow racial integration among his players.[1]

Garfield Weede
Weede, suited up for football at Penn
Biographical details
Born(1880-11-26)November 26, 1880
Burlington, Iowa, U.S.
DiedNovember 21, 1971(1971-11-21) (aged 90)
Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1898–1900Cooper
1901–1905Penn
Position(s)Quarterback, end, placekicker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1906–1908Washburn
1910–1918Cooper
1919–1928Pittsburg State
Basketball
1919–1922Pittsburg State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1905–1909Washburn
1919–1951Pittsburg State
Head coaching record
Overall87–64–14 (football)
30–32
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
3 KCAC (1907, 1919, 1924)
Awards
Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
Walter Camp All-American Team, 1904
NAIA Track and Field Hall of Fame

Playing career

Garfield Weede played football at Cooper Memorial College—now known as Sterling College—as a quarterback from 1898 to 1900.[2] He then played at the University of Pennsylvania as an end and placekicker. He was severely injured in a game in October 1905.[3] Under head coach Carl S. Williams, the team was undefeated in 1904 with a record of 12–0 and has since retroactively been declared "national champions" for that year.[4]

Coaching career

Washburn

Weede was the tenth head football coach for Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, as well as the athletic director. He held the position for three seasons, from 1906 until 1908, and followed John H. Outland. Weede's coaching record at Washburn was 20–6–4.[5] Football legend Walter Camp called him a "familiar winner" in one of his reviews of the program[6] and his 1907 team finished the season undefeated and untied with victories of Kansas State, Kansas, and Oklahoma.[7]

Cooper

Weede next became the head football coach at Cooper Memorial College—now known as Sterling College—in Sterling, Kansas.[8] He held that position for nine seasons, from 1910 until 1918. His coaching record at Cooper was 21–25–3. Weede is a member of the Sterling College Athletic Hall of Fame.[9]

Pittsburg State

In 1919, "Doc" Weede 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 46–33–7 record from 1919 to 1928 including the school's first undefeated team in 1924. That year, his team was declared Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference champions.[10]

Doc Weede ended his football coaching career on a downturn, losing every game of his final season of 1928. His squad only scored in two of seven games and allowed a total of 113 points.[11]

Legacy

Weede was inducted in the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1961.[12] Although he spent most of his time and efforts in college athletics, he also was a dentist, having earned a Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Pennsylvania in 1906.[13]

Head coaching record

Football
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Washburn Ichabods (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1906–1908)
1906 Washburn 8–1–3
1907 Washburn 8–01st
1908 Washburn 4–5–1
Washburn: 20–6–4
Cooper Barrelmakers (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1910–1918)
1910 Cooper 0–2–1
1911 Cooper 0–3
1912 Cooper 0–3
1913 Cooper 2–1
1914 Cooper 4–4
1915 Cooper 7–1–16–1–13rd
1916 Cooper 6–36–3T–6th
1917 Cooper 2–5–12–5–1T–11th
1918 Cooper 0–3
Cooper: 21–25–3
Pittsburg State Gorillas (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1919–1927)
1919 Pittsburg State 7–2–15–0–1T–1st
1920 Pittsburg State 5–4–13–38th
1921 Pittsburg State 7–2–15–1–13rd
1922 Pittsburg State 4–53–410th
1923 Pittsburg State 3–3–22–2–2T–8th
1924 Pittsburg State 7–0–15–0–11st
1925 Pittsburg State 5–2–15–24th
1926 Pittsburg State 2–62–5T–12th
1927 Pittsburg State 6–25–2T–5th
Pittsburg State Gorillas (Central Intercollegiate Conference) (1928)
1928 Pittsburg State 0–70–67th
Pittsburg State: 46–33–735–25–5
Total:87–64–14

References
  1. Pittsburg State University Collegian "He believed in complete equality" by Monica Hart, February 25, 2010
  2. "The Sterling Kansas Bulletin 19 Oct 1900, page 1". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  3. New York Times "PENNA., 16; GETTYSBURG, 6." October 5, 1905
  4. College Football Data Warehouse Archived 2012-04-27 at the Wayback Machine 1904 Penn Football Results
  5. Washburn University football history
  6. The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association football guide "The official rules book and record book of college football" (edited by Walter Camp) Can Sports Publishing Company, 1922
  7. College Football in Kansas by Harold C. Evans, 1940
  8. "Football Media Guide" (PDF). Sterling Warriors. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  9. DeLassus, David. "Sterling College Records By Year (incomplete data)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on June 22, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  10. College Football Data Warehouse Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine Pittsburg State University 1924 results
  11. College Football Data Warehouse Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine Pittsburg State University 1928 results
  12. Kansas Sports Hall of Fame Garfield Weede
  13. General alumni catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania, 1922 By University of Pennsylvania. General Alumni Society, p717
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