Knox College Athletics

It is no small irony that the largest man to report to play football for the Siwash on 1958 would one day dedicate his entire post-graduate life to welcoming our smallest citizens into the world.

Glenn Weyhrich brought his 6-foot-1, 235 pound frame to Knox College from Pekin, Illinois only after he reached a binding agreement with then-Knox athletic director Dean Trevor: he would play for Knox, but practice only when he had the time. Studies would always come first.
   
He arrived at Knox a highly-publicized All-Stater who had been recruiter by some of the largest football powers in the country. As a sophomore he played fullback and led the Siwash in rushing. On the defensive side, he anchored the line and his efforts didn’t go unnoticed as he was the first Knox player to be named All- Conference on both offensive and defense.
   
Knox’s big man left in 1962 to attend the University of Chicago Medical School, but not before he had earned three letters in the football, was named to the Midwest All-Conference teams and received an honorable Mention on the Little All-American team.

The time he spent away from the practice field paid off. Glenn was named to the dean’s list and in 1961 he was nmed a Junior Scholar. He was also a Union Carbide Scholar and found the times to sing in the choir and be a member of the German Club/ Glenn     was named Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
   
He received his B.S. and M.D. from the University of Chicago Medical School in 1965 and completed his internship at the University Hospital in Portland, Oregon. He stayed in Portland to complete his residency in gynecology and opened his first practice. Glenn would later spend six years at the Woman’s Clinic in Boise, underscoring his concern for the emerging field of women’s health.

Glenn’s continued commitment in this area made him instrumental in the foundation of the Planned Parenthood Organization, which today is the country’s largest provider of information and care in women’s health.