engineer for North American Rockwell Co. (Molded Fiberglass Division) in Ashtabula, Ohio. He married Barbara Ann Piper, a Michigan graduate who he met for the first time in wartime Philippines, and they had four children. He died in a plane crash in November 1971. Wiese and two other Rockwell executives had chartered a twin-engine plane to take them to Detroit for a company meeting and attend the Michigan/Ohio football game. The plane crashed in a field in Lake County, Ohio, killing the three Rockwell executives and the pilot. The Robert L Wiese scholarship is established in his name in the Athletics Department at the University of Michigan. References 1923 births 1971 deaths Michigan Wolverines football players Detroit Lions players People from Jamestown, North Dakota Players of American football from North Dakota