CADDO COLLEGE ALL-AMERICAN AND PRO FOOTBALL PLAYER LOUIS “RABBIT” WELLER DIED
Born in Anadarko, Oklahoma, on March 2, 1904, Weller was a multi-sport athlete in high school. At Arkansas City Junior College (1925-26), he scored 28 touchdowns. At Chilocco Indian School (1927), he once returned 7 punts for touchdowns in one game. After Chilocco, “Rabbit” was a 4-sport athlete at the Haskell Institute, was the football team’s 1st 3-time captain and scored 13 touchdowns of over 60 yards. In 1930, he was named to Knute Rockne’s All-American team and UPI’s 2nd team. Versus undefeated Oklahoma A&M that year, Weller returned a kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown and later a punt 95 yards for the winning touchdown in a 13-12 victory. Weller then played 2 years of professional football with the Boston Redskins & Tulsa Oilers, scoring a 60-yard touchdown the first time he touched the ball. Rabbit is a member of both the American Indian Athletic and Kansas Sports Halls of Fame. After football, he worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Weller died in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Sources: “Rabbit Weller,” Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 9/6/2021, Rabbit Weller (kshof.org) Wikipedia Photo: Author unknown, 1925. Weller while at Arkansas City Junior College. Public Domain.
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