John Wiethe

Position:

OG/LB

Personal information

Date of birth:

October 17, 1912

Place of birth:

Cincinnati, Ohio

Date of death:

May 3, 1989 (aged 76)

Career information

College:

Xavier University

Career history

Detroit Lions (1939–1942)

Career highlights and awards

2× All-Pro (1939, 1940)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	35
Games started:	25
Interceptions:	3
Player stats at NFL.com

John Albert "Socko" Wiethe (October 17, 1912 – May 3, 1989) was an early all-around sports star in football, baseball and basketball. He played professional American football guard/linebacker in the National Football League. He played four seasons for the Detroit Lions (1939–1942). He also briefly played in the National Basketball League during the late 1930s, and also played independent pro baseball. He later coached both football and then basketball at the University of Cincinnati. In later years, he was also active in local Cincinnati politics as a Democrat.

Coaching record

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
John Wiethe (Mid-American Conference) (1946–1952)
1946-47	Cincinnati	17-9	6-2	1st
1947-48	Cincinnati	17-7	7-2	1st	—
1948-49	Cincinnati	23-5	9-1	1st	—
1949-50	Cincinnati	20-6	10-0	1st	—
1950-51	Cincinnati	18-4	7-1	1st	NIT Sweet Sixteen
1951-52	Cincinnati	11-16	5-5	5th	—
John Wiethe:		106-47(.693)	44-11 (.800)
Total:
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

External links

Xavier bio
John Wiethe at Find a Grave

Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball head coaches

Henry S. Pratt (1901–1902)
Anthony Chez (1902–1904)
Amos Foster (1904–1909)
C. A. Shroetter (1909–1910)
Russell Easton (1910–1914)
George Little (1914–1916)
Ion Cortright (1916–1917)
Whitelaw Morrison (1917–1918)
Boyd Chambers (1918–1928)
Frank E. Rice (1928–1932)
John Halliday (1932–1933)
Tay Brown (1933–1937)
Walter Van Winkle (1937–1939)
Clark Ballard (1939–1942)
Robert Reuss (1942–1944)
Ray Farnham (1944–1946)
John Wiethe (1946–1952)
George Smith (1952–1960)
Ed Jucker (1960–1965)
Tay Baker (1965–1972)
Gale Catlett (1972–1978)
Ed Badger (1978–1983)
Tony Yates (1983–1989)
Bob Huggins (1989–2005)
Andy Kennedy (2005–2006)
Mick Cronin (2006–2014)
Larry Davis # (2014–2015)
Mick Cronin (2015– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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