# Tad Weed

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{{Short description|American football player (1933–2006)}}
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   |birth_date=January 18, 1933
   |birth_place=[Columbus, Ohio](/source/Columbus%2C_Ohio), U.S.
   |death_date=November 7, 2006
   |Position=[Placekicker](/source/Placekicker)
   |College=[Ohio State](/source/Ohio_State_University)
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   |playing_years1=1955
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* [National champion](/source/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS) ([1954](/source/1954_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team))
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'''Thurlow "Tad"  Weed''' (January 18, 1933{{spaced ndash}}November 7, 2006) was the [placekicker](/source/placekicker) for the [Ohio State Buckeyes](/source/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football),<ref name=weed_usa>{{cite web|title=The WEED Story|url=http://www.weedusa.com/5452/index.html|website=WEED USA|publisher=WEED USA, LLC|accessdate=21 June 2015|archive-date=July 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710074544/http://www.weedusa.com/5452/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> a college level [American football](/source/American_football) team that won the national championship in 1954.  Weed, 145 pounds, made 24 of 26 extra point attempts and one [field goal](/source/field_goal) in a 10-0 title run that included a 20-7 win over [USC](/source/University_of_Southern_California) in the [Rose Bowl](/source/Rose_Bowl_Game).

After college, Weed spent [one year](/source/1955_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season) in the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League), where he was three of six in field goal attempts and 12 of 12 in extra point attempts for the [Pittsburgh Steelers](/source/Pittsburgh_Steelers).  The following year, Pittsburgh selected [Gary Glick](/source/Gary_Glick) out of [Colorado State](/source/Colorado_State_University) with the first pick of the 1956 NFL draft.  Glick became the Steelers' placekicker, as well as a starting [defensive back](/source/defensive_back), and Weed's professional career was over.

In the early 1970s, Weed invented the WEED [tennis](/source/tennis) [racquet](/source/Racket_(sports_equipment)).  The racquet's 135-square-inch hitting area was the largest allowed under the rules of tennis.<ref name=weed_usa />

In later years, Weed suffered from a nerve disorder that took away the use of his legs.  He died on November 7, 2006, in Columbus Riverside Hospital from a [blood disorder](/source/Hematologic_disease).

Prior to attending Ohio State, Weed played for [Grandview Heights High School](/source/Grandview_Heights_High_School).

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==External links==
*[http://weedracquets.com/ Weed Tennis Racquets]

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Category:1933 births
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Category:Players of American football from Columbus, Ohio
Category:American football placekickers
Category:Ohio State Buckeyes football players
Category:Pittsburgh Steelers players
Category:Deaths from blood disease
Category:20th-century American inventors
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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