Izzy Weinstock
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Position: | Fullback |
Personal information | |
Born: | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S. | June 27, 1913
Died: | September 26, 1997 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. | (aged 84)
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Coughlin (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) |
College: | Pittsburgh |
Career history | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at Pro Football Reference |
Isadore "Izzy" Weinstock (June 27, 1913 – September 26, 1997) was an American professional football player. Weinstock attended James M. Coughlin High School in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and the University of Pittsburgh. He played college football for the Pitt Panthers football team from 1932 to 1934 and was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association and the North American Newspaper Alliance as a first-team fullback on the 1934 College Football All-America Team.[1] He was also chosen as a second-team All-American by the Associated Press.[2] He also played professional football as a fullback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1935, and for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1937 and 1938.[3] Weinstock sustained a broken nose and thereafter became one of the first football players to wear a face mask.[4]
Weinstock served as a lieutenant in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He was the head coach and a player for the 1943 Spokane Air Service Commandos football team.[5][6]
Weinstock died on September 26, 1997, at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, following a long illness.[7][8]
Head coaching record
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Spokane Air Service Commandos (Independent) (1943) | |||||||||
1943 | Spokane Air Service | 2–2 | |||||||
Spokane Air Service: | 2–2 | ||||||||
Total: | 2–2 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Three Stanford Players Selected on All-American Grid Elevens: Grayson, Reynolds and Moscrip Given Honors". Los Angeles Times. December 2, 1934.
- ^ Alan Gould (December 1, 1934). "Hund, Larson on Associated Press Star Team: Alabama Gets Two Positions on First Team". Rhinelander Daily News.
- ^ "Izzy Weinstock". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ^ "Weinstock, Izzy". jewsinsports.org.
- ^ "Commandos Hold First Scrimmage". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Spokane, Washington. September 13, 1943. p. 12. Retrieved April 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Commandos Win After Struggle". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. October 18, 1943. p. 9. Retrieved April 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Isadore Izzy" Weinstock; Outstanding fullback at Pitt". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 30, 1997. p. B6. Retrieved April 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Weinstock; Isadore Izzy". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 30, 1997. p. B7. Retrieved April 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
- Izzy Weinstock at Find a Grave
- 1913 births
- 1997 deaths
- 20th-century American Jews
- American football fullbacks
- Philadelphia Eagles players
- Pittsburgh Panthers football players
- Pittsburgh Pirates (football) players
- Spokane Air Service Commandos football coaches
- Spokane Air Service Commandos football players
- United States Army Air Forces officers
- United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II
- Players of American football from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
- Coaches of American football from Pennsylvania
- Military personnel from Pennsylvania
- Jewish American military personnel
- Jewish American players of American football
- Jews from Pennsylvania