Harold Weekes

Harold Weekes
Position	Halfback
Class	1903
Personal information
Born:	April 2, 1880; Oyster Bay, New York, U.S.
Died:	July 6, 1950 (aged 70); New York, New York, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	178 lb (81 kg)
Career history
College	Columbia (1899–1902);
Career highlights and awards
	Consensus All-American (1901); 2× Second-team All-American (1900, 1902); Third-team All-American (1899); Camp All-time All-America team;
	College Football Hall of Fame (1954)

Harold Hathaway Weekes (April 2, 1880 – July 6, 1950) was an American college football player. Weekes played halfback for the Columbia University Lions (1899-1902), and he served as team captain during his senior year. Weekes received induction into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954 as the first of seven Columbia players enshrined. In 1962, the book Football Immortals profiled Weekes for their selection of the greatest 64 American football players from the game's first 93 years. The Bill Shannon Biographical Dictionary of New York Sports termed him a "145-pound lightning bolt" who "hit the college football scene like a shot". During Weekes's college football career, Columbia won 29 games, including 19 shutouts.

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