This article is about the American football player. For the Minnesota politician, see Charlie Weaver (politician). For the comedian known in-character as Charley Weaver, see Cliff Arquette.
In 1969, he teamed with Al Cowlings and Jimmy Gunn, and the late Tody Smith and Bubba Scott to form a defensive front that powered the Trojans to 10-0-1 record and a win over the University of Michigan in the 1970 Rose Bowl. Coach John McKay credited a six-man front on defense for the victory, big Tony Terry was added to the group known as the "Wild Bunch" consisting of Jimmy Gunn, Charlie Weaver, Al Cowlings, Tody Smith and Bubba Scott.[1]
charlie, weaver, this, article, about, american, football, player, minnesota, politician, politician, comedian, known, character, charley, weaver, cliff, arquette, charles, earl, weaver, born, july, 1949, former, american, football, linebacker, national, footb. This article is about the American football player For the Minnesota politician see Charlie Weaver politician For the comedian known in character as Charley Weaver see Cliff Arquette Charles Earl Weaver Jr born July 12 1949 is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League NFL Charlie WeaverNo 59 58Position LinebackerPersonal informationBorn 1949 07 12 July 12 1949 age 74 Greenwood Mississippi U S Career informationHigh school Richmond CA College Southern CaliforniaNFL Draft 1971 Round 2 Pick 48Career historyDetroit Lions 1971 1981 Washington Redskins 1981 Career NFL statisticsGames played 147Interceptions 15Fumble recoveries 11Player stats at NFL com PFR Contents 1 Early life 2 College career 3 Professional career 4 References 5 External linksEarly life EditWeaver was born in Greenwood Mississippi and attended Richmond High School in Richmond California College career EditWeaver was a 1970 All American defensive end at the University of Southern California He was also All Pac 8 USC s Most Inspirational Player in 1970 In 1969 he teamed with Al Cowlings and Jimmy Gunn and the late Tody Smith and Bubba Scott to form a defensive front that powered the Trojans to 10 0 1 record and a win over the University of Michigan in the 1970 Rose Bowl Coach John McKay credited a six man front on defense for the victory big Tony Terry was added to the group known as the Wild Bunch consisting of Jimmy Gunn Charlie Weaver Al Cowlings Tody Smith and Bubba Scott 1 Professional career EditWeaver was selected in the second round of the 1971 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions where he played for 10 seasons He also played for the Washington Redskins in 1981 References Edit Tournament of Roses Rose Bowl Game Photo Timeline Archived from the original on 2008 09 18 Retrieved 2008 10 07 External links EditCareer statistics and player information from NFL com Pro Football Reference This biographical article relating to an American football linebacker born in the 1940s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charlie Weaver amp oldid 1159919456, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
