Alanson Weeks

Who was Alanson Weeks?

Alanson Weeks was an American football player and medical doctor.

Weeks was born in Allegan, Michigan, in 1877. He was the son of Julia Shoemaker and Capt. Harrison Weeks. He enrolled at the University of Michigan and played college football as a fullback for the undefeated 1898 Michigan Wolverines football team that were declared "Champions of the West." His younger brother, Boss Weeks, was the captain for Fielding H. Yost's "Point-a-Minute" teams at Michigan.

Weeks graduated from the University of Michigan in 1899 with a medical degree. He moved to San Francisco, California, where he became a surgeon. He was in that city at the time of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. From 1912 until 1919, he was the chief surgeon of San Francisco's emergency hospital service. For many years, he also served as a professor of surgery at the University of California Medical School. He was also "credited with developing many surgical procedures" which became common practice.

Weeks served as a Major in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War I.