Wednesday, August 20, 2014

1966 Profile: Weeb Ewbank

Head Coach
"Waggish New York sportswriters like to kid Jet head coach Weeb Ewbank by asking, 'What's a Weeb?' The answer is: a Weeb is a 5-5, 210-pound barrel of a man who looks like the jolly green elf when he wears his emerald-colored Jet practice uniform.
Weeb Ewbank is a sound coach. He built the Baltimore Colts into NFL champs after serving an assistant coaching apprenticeship under Paul Brown, for whom he built those formidable Cleveland Brown offensive lines that tyrannized the NFL.
Weeb had his troubles last year, as he sought to settle Joe Namath into the starting quarterback job without rushing the rich, young passer too hard. He almost got away with it. Had the Jets gotten a break or two in close games they might have been contenders. They will be this year.
Ewbank doubles as general manager, too. Give him, as well as Sonny Werblin, some credit for the Jets' excellent record of signing college players despite hard NFL competition. And Weeb has a habit of molding good material into good football teams."

-Jack Zanger, Pro Football 1966

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