Arnie Weinmeister

Arnold George Weinmeister (March 23, 1923 – June 28, 2000) was a Canadian professional football player who was a defensive tackle.

Weinmeister was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1984, becoming the second Canadian to receive the honor; his six seasons is among the shortest for an inductee.

[3] He is one of five Saskatchewan natives to make it to the NFL (the other four being Jon Ryan, Rueben Mayes, Ben Heenan, and Brett Jones).

In 2024, in celebration of the 100th season of the Giants, the team announced the top 100 players in franchise history, with Weinmeister being ranked 21st.

He was also president of Joint Council 28, covering locals in Washington, northern Idaho and Alaska, and was secretary-treasury of Local 117 in Seattle before retiring in 1992; the Justice Department filed a lawsuit to try and remove senior leadership such as Weinmeister in 1988 that tried to link the group to organized crime but he stayed in office.