{{Short description|American football player and coach}} {{For|the bird|Red weaver}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Red Weaver | image = redweaver.jpg | alt = | caption = Weaver, {{Circa|1920}} | birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|7|19|mf=y}} | birth_place = Garland, Texas, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|11|23|1897|7|19|mf=y}} | death_place = Mayfield, Kentucky, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1917–1920 | player_team1 = Centre | player_years2 = 1923 | player_team2 = Columbus Tigers | player_positions = Center, kicker | coach_years1 = 1921 | coach_team1 = New River State | coach_years2 = 1924–1925 | coach_team2 = Columbus Tigers | coach_years3 = 1932–1933 | coach_team3 = Morris Harvey | overall_record = 5–20–1 (college)<br/>4–13 (NFL) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = 1 SIAA (1919) | awards = Consensus All-American (1919)<br/>2x All-Southern (1919, 1920)<br/>All-time Centre team<br/>''Associated Press'' Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era | coaching_records = }} '''James Redwick''' "'''Red'''" '''Weaver''' (July 19, 1897 – November 23, 1968) was an American football player and coach.
==Centre College== Weaver was a prominent center for the Centre Praying Colonels football teams of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. After graduating from North Side High School in Fort Worth, Texas, coached by former Centre player Robert L. Myers, Weaver and several teammates were to go to Centre. However, Weaver, along with Bo McMillin, did not have sufficient credits to enter college, and thus entered Somerset High School in Somerset, Kentucky for the 1916–17 year.<ref name="cyc">{{cite web|url=http://library.centre.edu/ency/w/weaver_red.html|title=Red Weaver|access-date=2014-10-05|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070548/http://library.centre.edu/ency/w/weaver_red.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Red Roberts was already a member of the Somerset squad. The three formed a powerful nucleus which went undefeated. He kicked 37 consecutive field goals from 1917 to 1918.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=19681124&id=Cb4dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bkYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3405,2721541|newspaper=Daily News|title=Red Weaver Famous Centre Kicker Dies|date=November 24, 1968}}</ref> Weaver was the center on Centre's all-time football team chosen in 1935; picked over Ed Kubale.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19351125&id=u1IbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2UsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2850,4138956&hl=en|work=Pittsburgh Press|title=1921 Team Produces Most Stars For Centre's All-Time Eleven|date=November 25, 1935|author=George Trevor|access-date=March 24, 2015|via=Google news}} {{Open access}}</ref>
===1919=== Weaver was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American in 1919, while playing center for the Centre Colonels football team of Centre College. Weaver was the smallest lineman ever to make All-American.<ref name="cyc"/> He was 5 feet 10 inches and 185 pounds.
===1920=== Weaver held the NCAA record for 99 consecutive points after touchdowns in the 1919 and 1920 seasons.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2002262//|work=Boston Post|date=October 24, 1920|page=56|title=Detail Story of Stadium Game|access-date=March 16, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2002285//|work=The Wichita Beacon|date=December 24, 1920|page=4|title=Kicks 90 Goals, "Red Weaver's Toe Stuff May Be Useless Next Year|access-date=March 16, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref> Weaver was put at the placekicker position on an ''Associated Press'' Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era.<ref name="allse">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19690727&id=2eRGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_f0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2256,3526388|newspaper=Gadsden Times|date=July 27, 1969|title=All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present}}</ref>
==Coaching== Weaver was the head football coach at West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery, West Virginia. He held that position for the 1921 season. His coaching record at West Virginia Tech was 4–3–1. He also coached the Columbus Tigers in 1924 and 1925.<ref>{{cite book|title=NFL Head Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary, 1920–2011|author=John Maxymuk|publisher=McFarland|year=2012|isbn=978-0786465576}}</ref>
==Pro football== Weaver later played center professionally for the Columbus Tigers of the National Football League (NFL) in 1923
==Head coaching record== ===College=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = New River State Golden Bears | conf = Independent | startyear = 1921 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1921 | name = New River State | overall = 4–3–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = New River State | overall = 4–3–1 | confrecord = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Morris Harvey Golden Eagles | conf = West Virginia Athletic Conference | startyear = 1932 | endyear = 1933 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1932 | name = Morris Harvey | overall = 0–9 | conference = 0–4 | confstanding = 7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1933 | name = Morris Harvey | overall = 1–8 | conference = 0–5 | confstanding = 7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Morris Harvey | overall = 1–17 | confrecord = 0–9 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 5–20–1 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}
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