:Gary Weaver

{{Short description|American football player (born 1949)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Gary Weaver

| number = 52

| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|3|13}}

| birth_place = Florence, Alabama, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lbs = 224

| high_school = Bradshaw (AL)

| college = Trinidad, Fresno State

| draftyear = 1973

| draftround = 7

| draftpick = 179

| teams =

• Oakland Raiders ({{nfly|1973|1974}})
• Green Bay Packers ({{nfly|1975|1979}})

| statlabel1 = Games

| statvalue1 = 87

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 5.0

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 5

| pfr = WeavGa20

}}

Gary Lynn Weaver (born March 13, 1949) is an American former professional football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). Weaver was born on March 13, 1949, in Florence, Alabama, where he attended Bradshaw High School.{{Cite web | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WeavGa20.htm | title = Gary Weaver Stats | website = Pro-Football-Reference.com | access-date = February 5, 2024 | archive-date = October 31, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231031083937/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WeavGa20.htm | url-status = live }} After high school, he attended Trinidad State Junior College before transferring to Fresno State University, where he played for their football team.{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee-pros-draft-crump-weaver/140309657/ | title = Pros Draft Crump, Weaver | newspaper = The Fresno Bee | date = January 31, 1973 | access-date = February 5, 2024 | last = Lopez | first = Eddie | via = Newspapers.com | type = clipping | page = C1 | archive-date = February 9, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240209181652/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee-pros-draft-crump-weaver/140309657/ | url-status = live }}

Weaver was selected in the seventh round of the 1973 NFL draft by the Oakland Raiders. After playing for two seasons, he was placed on waivers after the Raiders acquired Ted Hendricks in a trade with the Green Bay Packers. Ironically, the Packers claimed Weaver off of waivers as a potential replacement for Hendricks, even though the Raiders intention was to keep Weaver in the long run.{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oshkosh-northwestern-ex-raider-weave/140309434/ | title = Ex-Raider Weaver pays off in Hendricks deal | agency = UPI | date = August 11, 1976 | access-date = February 5, 2024 | newspaper = The Oshkosh Northwestern | type = clipping | via = Newspapers.com | page = 17 | archive-date = February 5, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240205194104/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oshkosh-northwestern-ex-raider-weave/140309434/ | url-status = live }} With Weaver being claimed just a few days before the beginning of the season, he started off primarily as a back-up to fellow linebacker Tom Toner.{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-crescent-weaver-impresses-in-d/140309395/ | title = Weaver impresses in 'debut' | last = Christl | first = Cliff | author-link = Cliff Christl | date = November 13, 1975 | access-date = February 5, 2024 | newspaper = The Post-Crescent | type = clipping | via = Newspapers.com | page = B-10 | archive-date = February 5, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240205194105/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-crescent-weaver-impresses-in-d/140309395/ | url-status = live }} Weaver transition to a starter and played for the Packers for five seasons.{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette-koch-healthy-pa/140309339/ | title = Koch Healthy; Pack Adds Wide Receiver | last = Wheatley | first = Tom | date = August 25, 1978 | access-date = February 5, 2024 | newspaper = Green Bay Press-Gazette | type = clipping | via = Newspapers.com | page = B-1 | archive-date = February 5, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240205194106/https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette-koch-healthy-pa/140309339/ | url-status = live }}