Albert L. Weiser
Albert Luther Weiser was an American sports coach and athletics administrator. Weiser coached football, basketball, track and field, golf, and tennis at Drury College—now known as Drury University—in Springfield, Missouri.
Weiser coached and served as director physical education at Springfield Senior High School in Springfield, Missouri for five years, from 1922 to 1927. There he coached football, basketball, and track. In 1927, Weiser was hired as the athletic director and head of the department of health education at Drury. Weiser coached the basketball team at Drury from 1927 to 1958, compiling a record of 316–256 in 31 seasons. He also coached Drury's football team until the school dropped the sport in 1933. He retired as Drury's athletic director in 1963, and was appointed the first commissioner of the Missouri College Athletic Union. In 1971, Drury's Weiser Gymnasium, which had been built in 1946–47 was renamed in his honor.
Weiser died on October 21, 1980, at Cox Medical Center in Springfield.