Alvin Lawrence "Moose" Wistert (June 26, 1916 – October 3, 2005) was an American football offensive tackle.

He began his collegiate football career at age 30 following 12 years of working in a factory and serving in the United States Marine Corps during World War II.

He played at the defensive tackle position for the undefeated 1947 and 1948 Michigan Wolverines football teams, both of which finished the season ranked No.

All three Wistert brothers played at the tackle position, were selected as consensus All-Americans, and were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

[11] Wistert's mother, Josephine, used money from her husband's war pension and the Policemen's Benefit Association to keep the family together and to educate her six children.

[12] At the time of the 1930 United States Census, Wistert's family continued to live at 5647 Waveland Avenue in Chicago.

With the income from his factory job, he helped pay for his younger brother, Albert, to attend the University of Michigan.

"[12] In 1940, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, spending four years overseas during World War II.

'"[16] When Wistert explained that it was his younger brother Albert who had played football, the officer "wiped off his handshake, turned on his heels and walked away."

Bill, Wistert spent one semester at Boston University and played for the school's football team as a 30-year-old freshman.

"[25] As a junior, Wistert was selected as a consensus All-American while playing for the undefeated 1948 Michigan team that finished the season ranked #1 in the Associated Press poll.

[12] Interviewed by Lyall Smith, she expressed her particular pride for Alvin's accomplishments: I am the proudest mother in the world.

He had the hard way and that's why I am so happy his teammates made him captain this year and that he was picked by you sportswriters as an All-America ...[12]The Sporting News published a photograph in December 1949 of Wistert's mother "Cheering Alvin's Final Game" while listening on the radio with a Michigan pennant and photographs of her three sons visible in the background.

[18][31] In 1981, he was also inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in the fourth class of inductees alongside his brothers.