Aloysius Augustus Wesbecher (November 3, 1892 – March 27, 1966) was a professional

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

player for the Cleveland Tigers of the American Professional Football Association, later renamed the

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(NFL). Prior to that, he played for the

Massillon Tigers The Massillon Tigers were an early professional football team from Massillon, Ohio. Playing in the "Ohio League", the team was a rival to the pre-National Football League version of the Canton Bulldogs. The Tigers won Ohio League championships ...

in the "

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", which was direct predecessor to the NFL. Wesbecher also played at the college level for the

Washington & Jefferson Presidents The Washington & Jefferson Presidents are the intercollegiate athletic teams for Washington & Jefferson College. The name "Presidents" refers to the two presidential namesakes of the college: George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. W&J is a memb ...

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* 1892 births 1966 deaths American football centers American football tackles Alfred Saxons football coaches Cleveland Tigers (NFL) players Massillon Tigers players Washington & Jefferson Presidents football players People from Greensburg, Pennsylvania Players of American football from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Coaches of American football from Pennsylvania {{Offensive-lineman-1890s-stub