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

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player. Weinstock attended

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, and the

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. He played

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for the Pitt Panthers football team from 1932 to 1934 and was selected by the

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and the North American Newspaper Alliance as a first-team fullback on the 1934 College Football All-America Team. 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. Weinstock died on September 26, 1997, at his home in

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, following a long illness.

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