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Harold Weekes
Harold Hathaway Weekes (April 2, 1880 – July 6, 1950) was an American college football player. Weekes played halfback for the Columbia University Lions (1899-1902),〔(COLUMBIA FACULTY ACTIVE.; Five More Men Besides Harold Weekes Prevented from Playing Football on Local Eleven ). ''The New York Times''. September 29, 1901.〕 and he served as team captain during his senior year. Weekes received induction into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954 〔(Hall of Fame Inductee - Detail: Harold "Harry" Weekes ) "A human projectile, Harold Weekes participated in one of the most dangerous of all football plays - the "flying hurdle." Mounted on the shoulders of teammates, Weekes was catapulted head-long across the line of scrimmage, landing on his feet and streaking away from the stunned defenders. He was gifted with unique agility and became known for his long- yardage runs. For example, as a freshman in 1899, Harold broke loose and streaked 55 yards to a touchdown that proved the decisive points in a 5-0 upset of previously unbeaten Yale. It was Columbia's first victory over the Elis in 18 seasons. For the next three years, Harold Weekes continued to dazzle enemy defenses, earning All-America honors each season. Walter Camp claimed Weekes "was powerful and fast, and had that certain burst of speed at just the right moment." During Weekes' four-year career at Columbia, the Blue and White won 29 games, 19 by shutout. Following graduation, Weekes worked as a successful broker on the New York Stock Exchange."〕 as the first of seven Columbia players enshrined. In 1962, the book ''Football Immortals'' profiled Weekes for their selection of the greatest 64 American football players from the game's first 93 years. The ''Bill Shannon Biographical Dictionary of New York Sports'' termed him a "145-pound lightning bolt" who "hit the college football scene like a shot".〔 "A 145-pound lightning bolt from Morristown (N.J.) School, Harold Weekes hit the college football scene like a shot in 1899 when Columbia resumed intercollegiate competition after an eight-year absence."〕 During Weekes's college football career, Columbia won 29 games, including 19 shutouts.〔
==Early life and education==
Weekes was born on April 2, 1880. He grew up in the town of Oyster Bay, New York on Long Island. In 1899, Weekes graduated from the Morristown School (now Morristown-Beard School) in Morristown, New Jersey after playing in the backfield on the school's football team.〔 He graduated from Columbia with his bachelor's degree in 1903 after serving as class vice president. Weekes's graduating class voted him "most popular man" on campus, "best athlete", and "most modest man". In the fall of that year, Weekes returned to the school to work as an assistant coach on the Columbia football team.
In 1927, Weekes and two other former Columbia Lions (Bert Wilson and David Smythe) visited Columbia to speak at Baker Field (now Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium). George Trevor, The New York Sun's football editor, selected Weekes for First Team on Columbia's all-time football team that year. Trevor named him as Columbia's greatest football player of all time. In 2000, a panel of journalists and historians selected Weekes for Columbia's 24-member Football Team of the Century. Twelve years later, Columbia inducted Weekes into their athletic hall of fame at a ceremony held at the school's Low Memorial Library.〔(Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame )〕
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