# Col Weiss

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{{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](/source/Bundaberg%2C_Queensland), Australia
| death_date          =
| death_place         =
| position            = Lock
|teamA              = [Queensland](/source/Queensland_state_rugby_league_team)
|yearAstart         = 1966
|yearAend           = 72
|appearancesA       = 30
|triesA             = 3
|goalsA             = 0
|fieldgoalsA        = 0
|pointsA            = 9
|teamB              = [Australia](/source/Australia_national_rugby_league_team)
|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](/source/rugby_league) player.

Weiss is the son of a competitive [woodchopper](/source/Woodchopping) and grew up on a farm in the Queensland locality of [Sharon](/source/Sharon%2C_Queensland), not far from [Bundaberg](/source/Bundaberg%2C_Queensland). 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](/source/Queensland_state_rugby_league_team) 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](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald) |date=19 May 1969}}</ref> He [toured New Zealand](/source/1969_Kangaroo_tour_of_New_Zealand) with the [national team](/source/Australia_national_rugby_league_team) in 1969 and made his debut in the 2nd Test at Carlaw Park in Auckland, coming into the side for [Ron Costello](/source/Ron_Costello). The following year, Weiss appeared in two of the three home Test matches against [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain_national_rugby_league_team).<ref>{{cite news |title=Weiss Chosen In Test Team |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/120761754 |work=[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/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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Category:1943 births
Category:Living people
Category:Australian rugby league players
Category:Rugby league locks
Category:Rugby league players from Bundaberg
Category:Queensland rugby league team players
Category:Australia national rugby league team players
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen

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