Wesley Fesler – Ohio State Buckeyes
6/28/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
Wesley Fesler
End 1928-30
Wes Fesler was Ohio State’s second three-time All-American, winning first-team recogniton at end in 1928, ’29 and ’30. Fesler, who also played fullback for the Buckeyes, was team captain as a senior. He also was the Ohio State and the Big Ten MVP in 1930.
Fesler, a superb all-around athlete, earned nine letters, three each in football, basketball and baseball. In basketball, he won All-Big Ten honors in 1931. In baseball, he spent time in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.
After graduating, Fesler served one year as an assistant on the OSU staff and then was head football coach at Princeton and Penn. In 1947, he returned to his alma mater as head coach and spent four years, compiling a 21-13-3 record and winning the 1949 Big Ten Championship and the 1950 Rose Bowl.
