Weber State University Athletics
Hall of Fame - Jim Scmedding
3/5/2015 6:28:00 PM | Wildcat Club
Jim Schmedding
Football (1965-67)
Inducted March 1993
Jim Schmedding was a top football performer for Coach Sark Arslanian's Wildcats, earning Big Sky Conference and national honors in the process.
Schmedding, a 6-foot-2, 250-pounder from Atherton, California, earned Associated Press First Team All-America honors as an offensive guard in 1967. Schmedding claimed All-Big Sky Conference first team honors as a tackle in 1966, and as a guard in 1967.
Schmedding, who transferred to Weber State from San Mateo Junior College, was named to the Big Sky Conference Silver Anniversary Team in 1988.
Schmedding signed a contract with the Chicago Bears of the NFL, then played three seasons (1968-70) with the San Diego Chargers with the AFL.