Alex Weyand

Weyand on November 13, 1915
Army Cadets
Position	Tackle
Career history
College	Army (1914–1915)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1891-01-10)January 10, 1891
Place of birth	Jersey City, New Jersey
Date of death	May 10, 1982(1982-05-10) (aged 91)
Place of death	North Bellmore, New York
College Football Hall of Fame (1974)

Alexander Mathias "Babe" Weyand (January 10, 1891 – May 10, 1982) was an American football player, Olympian, Army officer and sports historian. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1974.

Weyand was born on January 10, 1891 (or 1892) to Alexander N. Weyand and Mary C. Lieberman in Jersey City, New Jersey. Weyand played high school football at Jersey City High School, where he did not earn a letter in any sport.

At the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1911 to 1915, Weyand starred at tackle and was the captain of the 1915 team.

Nicknamed during his "yearling" (sophomore) year at West Point "Babe" by his teammate Dwight David Eisenhower, he was described in The Real All Americans: The Team That Changed a Game, a People, a Nation (Jenkins, S., Random House 2007) as a "tireless, one-man wrecking crew."

In 1913, Army lost one game—against Notre Dame and its legends Knute Rockne and Gus Dorais. They were undefeated in 1914 with a 20–7 win over the Irish. And they beat Navy in 1913, 1914 and 1915, the same years Weyand was selected to the College Football All-America Team.

After graduating from West Point, Weyand served with distinction in World War I, where he earned a Silver Star (gallantry), Purple Heart (wounded in action) and battlefield promotion to major and battalion commander.