Coach Phil Weis 1949 – 1962
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Phil Weiss Head Coach 1949 to 1962
A standout football player at St. Johns during his college days, he was an assistant coach on the swim team when he was asked to mentor the Tech track team.
His relay teams won two Distance Medley Relay Championships of America at Penn Relays in 1954 and 1956. In October of 1962 he was posthumously honored with a memorial trophy by the Brooklyn Tech Health Education Department for his 12 years of service as Tech track head coach.
1954 DMR Championship of America
Coach Weiss with his Championship of America DMR from Penn Relays 1954 (back row) with Matt Wagner (1/4), Doug Terry (1/2), Jack Nelson (1M) and Paul Burns (3/4)
Also in this photo, the Boys High Championship of America 4×100. Years after graduating Tech, Doug would coach Boys High to 15 PSAL Championships.
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1954 DMR Championship of America
The first of two Distance Medley Relay Championships of America under coach Weiss. The second was in 1956. This one was run on a sloppy, wet track on the muddy cinders at Penn Relays
Coach Weiss was a football star at St. Johns
