15 Facts About LaVern Dilweg

LaVern Ralph "Lavvie" Dilweg was an American professional football player, attorney, and US Congressman from Wisconsin.

LaVern Dilweg enrolled at Marquette University in Milwaukee and played college football for the Golden Avalanche under head coach Frank Murray.

LaVern Dilweg was recognized as one of the best ends in the NFL during the late 1920s and early 1930s and the Packers won three consecutive NFL championships in 1929,1930, and 1931.

LaVern Dilweg was a football official in the Big Ten Conference until his move to Washington, DC in early 1943.

LaVern Dilweg played in 107 games while starting 72 of them.

Records are incomplete, but they show LaVern Dilweg having 12 touchdowns with 23 receptions on 443 yards.

LaVern Dilweg was named consensus All-Pro for five consecutive years, with four of those years being unanimous All-Pro.

LaVern Dilweg served in the 78th United States Congress, but was not re-elected in 1944, defeated by John Byrnes, who went on to serve 28 years in the seat.

LaVern Dilweg resumed the practice of law in Green Bay and Washington, and was confirmed as a member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission in 1961, appointed by President Kennedy.

Ill for several months after surgery, LaVern Dilweg was on vacation with his wife in Florida in early 1968 when he died in St Petersburg, where they had been visiting friends.

LaVern Dilweg's death came just two days after the famous Ice Bowl game at Green Bay on New Year's Eve.

LaVern Dilweg is interred at the Fort Howard Cemetery in Green Bay.

LaVern Dilweg's wife, Eleanor Coleman LaVern Dilweg was an Olympic swimmer from Milwaukee and a former world record holder.

Grandson Anthony LaVern Dilweg was an NFL quarterback from 1989 to 1991, with the Packers and Los Angeles Raiders.

LaVern Dilweg played college football at Duke under head coach Steve Spurrier.