{{Short description|Australian rugby league player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox rugby league biography | name = Col Weiss | image = | fullname = Colin Ray Weiss | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|09|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bundaberg, QLD, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | position = Lock |teamA = Queensland |yearAstart = 1966 |yearAend = 72 |appearancesA = 30 |triesA = 3 |goalsA = 0 |fieldgoalsA = 0 |pointsA = 9 |teamB = Australia |yearBstart = 1969 |yearBend = 70 |appearancesB = 3 |triesB = 0 |goalsB = 0 |fieldgoalsB = 0 |pointsB = 0 }} '''Colin Ray Weiss''' (born 15 September 1943) is an Australian former rugby league player.
Weiss is the son of a competitive woodchopper and grew up on a farm in the Queensland locality of Sharon, not far from Bundaberg. He was educated at North Bundaberg State School and Bundaberg High School.<ref>{{cite web |title=Col Weiss - Rugby League Legend Series |url=https://www.thecreativewriter.com.au/col-weiss-rugby-league-legend-series/ |website=The Creative Writer |language=en-AU |date=9 September 2022}}</ref>
A blacksmith by profession, Weiss was a tireless lock with Bundaberg Wanderers and was a Queensland representative player from 1966 to 1972.<ref>{{cite news |title=The New Men |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/120764238 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=19 May 1969}}</ref> He toured New Zealand with the national team in 1969 and made his debut in the 2nd Test at Carlaw Park in Auckland, coming into the side for Ron Costello. The following year, Weiss appeared in two of the three home Test matches against Great Britain.<ref>{{cite news |title=Weiss Chosen In Test Team |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/120761754 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=6 June 1969}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/col-weiss/summary.html Col Weiss] at Rugby League Project
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