Archie Bruce "Beak" Weston (June 9, 1895 – April 1981) was an American football player who was a quarterback for the University of Michigan in 1917 and a halfback in 1919.

Sparks was injured in the second game of the season, and Yost gave Weston the start against Mount Union College.

On the second play of the game, Weston "straight-armed and dodged the entire Mount Union team, running sixty-five yards for a touchdown.

"[2] Weston celebrated his first day of play on a Michigan varsity team by tearing up the enemy so fast that the [sic?]

[3]Weston won the starting quarterback position and led the Wolverines in the next six games, outscoring their opponents by a combined score of 234 to 3.

Work seems to agree with him; he has put on three pounds of weight since he became famous two weeks ago, being no longer the lightest man on the squad.

"[8] His performance against Cornell also included runs of 45, 35, and 25 yards,[8] leading sportswriters to note his "remarkable skill as an open field runner.

"[10]After conquering Cornell at Ferry Field in Ann Arbor, the undefeated Michigan team traveled east to Philadelphia to play Penn.

His replacement at quarterback, Genebach, fumbled a punt, allowing Penn to recover the ball at the ten-yard-line in the third quarter.

[12] Penn won the game 16–0, and one eastern sports editor noted, "Weston, it appears, would make a better battler than a football star.

"[11] Weston's difficulties continued when it was announced two days before the season's final game that he would be barred from participation for his poor academic performance.

Flashing to recognition from the scrub eleven, he proved the backbone of Michigan's offense and is expected to be the Wolverines' field general next year.

[2] He was granted leave to play by the Army during autumn 1917,[3] but in December 1917 he announced he hoped to be called to active duty.

[19] By April 1918, newspapers reported a majority of members of Michigan's 1917 football team, including Weston, were on active duty in the military.

[21] However, Weston and two others were dismissed from the Army in October 1918 "following an incident in Decatur, in which the automobile in which he was riding was painted yellow because of alleged violation of the gasless Sunday order.