Albert "A.L." Weiser

Albert "A.L." Weiser

Scott Stearman

b. 1953, Kansas. Graduated from Southern Nazarene Univ.

Studio: Scott Stearman, Sculptor, PO Box 417, Green Mountain Falls, CO
Foundry: Art Castings of Colorado, 511 8th St. SE, Loveland, CO

Bronze bust of Albert "A. L." Weiser smiling, wearing suit jacket, shirt and tie.

Plaque: Albert "A.L." Weiser / Basketball coach at Drury College for 31 seasons, 1927 to 1958, with a 313-256 record, his teams were 193-144 in MCAU play and captured the conference title three years on a row, 1936-38. Under Weiser, Drury was in the national tournament (NAIA) in 1938, '46 and '58. He was elected to the Helms Hall of Fame and received the NAIA Award of Merit. A graduate of Capital and Drake Universities, he was a high school coach in Iowa and Wisconsin before coming to Springfield as coach at Senior High School. Drury's Board of Trustees voted to rename the school's 43-year-old gymnasium in his honor Feb. 20, 1971 and the building was dedicated as Weiser Gymnasium on May 22, 1971.

c. 2010

21st

45 cm. h. x 22 cm. w. x 21 cm. d.

Sculpture

Bronze

cast

Commissioned for the opening of the O'Reilly Family Event Center in 2010.
Gift of Lyle Reed and the Todd Parnell Family

2018.001

2018

20180001 (bust)

20180002 (plaque)

Stearman

Scott