Isadore "Izzy" Weinstock (June 27, 1913 – September 26, 1997) was an

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player. Weinstock attended James M. Coughlin High School in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and the

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. He played

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for the

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team from 1932 to 1934 and was selected by the

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and the

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as a first-team

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on the

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. He was also chosen as a second-team All-American by the

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. He also played professional football as a fullback in the

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for the

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in 1935, and for the

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in 1937 and 1938. Weinstock sustained a broken nose and thereafter became one of the first football players to wear a

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. Weinstock served as a lieutenant in the

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during

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. He was the head coach and a player for the

1943 Spokane Air Service Commandos football team The 1943 Spokane Air Service Commandos football team represented the United States Army Air Forces's Spokane Air Service, located in Spokane, Washington, during the 1943 college football season. Led by head Izzy Weinstock, the Commandos compil ...

. Weinstock died on September 26, 1997, at his home in

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, following a long illness.

Head coaching record

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