Bob Wiese

Robert Lee Wiese (January 25, 1923 – November 19, 1971) was an American professional football player. He played college football for Fritz Crisler's University of Michigan Wolverines football teams in 1942, 1943, 1944 and 1946—missing the 1945 season due to military service. He also played professional football for the Detroit Lions in 1947 and 1948.

Biography Wiese was born in Jamestown, North Dakota, in 1923. He enrolled at the University of Michigan where he joined the football team coached by Fritz Crisler in 1942. In his first year with the team, he started eight games at the fullback position. and was given Meyer Morton Award as the player who showed the greatest development and promise during spring practice. Wiese was a key player in a Michigan offense that scored 302 points

After being discharged from the military, Wiese was granted a fourth year of eligibility and returned to the Michigan football team in 1946. Wiese was the starting fullback in six of Michigan's games in the 1946 season. He completed bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering, was inducted into Tau Beta Pi, and went on to play for the Detroit Lions in the 1947 and 1948 football seasons. The Robert L Wiese scholarship is established in his name in the Athletics Department at the University of Michigan.