Talk:Wally Weber

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Did you know... that Wally Weber, football player, coach and broadcaster at Michigan for 45 years, was renowned for his "polysyllabic fluency" and sounding like an "an educated foghorn"?

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Javelin[edit]

The Michigan high school track record book [1] lists a Wally Weber from Mt. Clemens as having thrown the javelin 171-10 in 1930. That is still the fourth longest in Michigan high school history. But by 1930, Weber was coaching high school football in Benton Harbor. Either the date is wrong for the javelin throw, or there was another athlete named Wally Weber with the same hometown of Mt. Clemens just five years after Weber graduated. Cbl62 (talk) 20:00, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It wouldn't be surprising if it was a nephew or some other relation, I suppose. MisfitToys (talk) 22:07, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Possible death dates[edit]

Looking through the Social Security Death Index, here are a few possibilities for dates of death, if anyone cares to do the research:

Walter Weber (Feb 27 1903 - Apr 1984), last residence Troy, MI
Walter Weber (Nov 3 1906 - Jan 8 2004), last residence Grosse Pointe, MI
Walter Weber (Nov 5 1902 - Sept 1984), last residence Warren, MI
Walter Weber (Mar 8 1906 - May 19 1997), last residence Morley, MI MisfitToys (talk) 22:07, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]