Howard Harpster

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Howard Harpster

Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1907-05-14)May 14, 1907 Salem, Ohio
Died	March 9, 1980(1980-03-09) (aged 72) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Playing career
1926–1928	Carnegie Tech
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1930–1932 1933–1936	Geneva Carnegie Tech
Head coaching record
Overall	34–26–5

College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1956 (profile)

Howard Harpster (May 14, 1907 – April 9, 1980) was an American football player and coach. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1956.

Playing career

Harpster played quarterback for the Carnegie Mellon University (then called "Carnegie Tech") from 1926 until 1928. The College Football Hall of Fame states that he was known as "one of the great Eastern quarterbacks of the late 1920s."^[1] In 1926, Carnegie Tech's football team beat Knute Rockne's Notre Dame Fighting Irish.^[2] The game was ranked the fourth-greatest upset in college football history by ESPN.^[3]

Coaching career

Geneva

Harpster was the 15th head football coach for the Geneva College Golden Tornadoes located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania and he held that position for three seasons, from 1930 until 1932. His coaching record at Geneva was 22 wins, 6 losses, and 2 ties. As of completion of the 2007 season, this ranks him sixth at Geneva in total wins and third at Geneva in winning percentage (.767).^[4]

Geneva College fans generally consider him among the best coaches in the history of the school.^[5] His teams were considered among the leading small college teams in the country at the time.^[6]

Carnegie Tech

In 1933, Harpster returned to Carnegie Tech and coached for four years where his teams produced a record of 12 wins, 20 losses, and 3 ties.^[7]

References

↑ College Football Hall of Fame Howard Harpster
↑ "Tech's Greatest Victory". carnegiemellontoday.com. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
↑ "Upset special: With Rockne gone, Irish took a Michigan-like tumble". sports.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
↑ Geneva College coaching records
↑ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The Geneva Story: A Winning Fairy Tale" by MARINO PARASCENZO November 3, 1971
↑ The St. Petersburg Independent "Geneva Athlete to Assist Benn" September 7, 1936
↑ College Football Hall of Fame Howard Harpster

External links

Howard Harpster at the College Football Data Warehouse

Geneva Golden Tornadoes head football coaches

William McCracken (1890–1896)
Ross Fiscus (1897–1899)
J. B. Craig (1900–1903)
Smith Alford (1904)
Archibald Leech (1905)
No team (1906)
Arthur McKean (1907–1911)
Graydon Long (1912)
Coligny Brainerd Metheny (1913–1916)
Phillip Henry Bridenbaugh (1917–1921)
Robert Park (1922)
Tom Davies (1923)
Jack Sack (1924)
Bo McMillin (1925–1927)
Mack Flenniken (1928–1929)
Howard Harpster (1930–1932)
Jimmy Robertson (1933)
Dike Beede (1934–1936)
Edgar P. Weltner (1937–1940)
Alured Ransom (1941)
Cal Hubbard (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Alured Ransom (1946–1948)
Walter J. West (1949–1952)
Byron E. Morgan (1953–1962)
Donald Lederick (1963–1966)
Joe Banks (1967–1968)
Dan Frasier (1969–1971)
Max Holm (1972–1973)
Dick Lasse (1974–1975)
Gene Sullivan (1976–1992)
Geno DeMarco (1993– )

Carnegie Mellon Tartans head football coaches

Challinor (1906)
Joseph Thompson (1907)
William Knox (1908)
E. M. Enitzer (1909)
E. S. Dowling (1910)
E. R. Cozens (1911)
W. L. Marks (1912–1913)
Walter Steffen (1914–1917)
No team (1918)
Walter Steffen (1919–1932)
Howard Harpster (1933–1936)
Bill Kern (1937–1939)
Edward Baker (1940–1942)
Joe Skladany (1943)
No team (1944–1945)
William W. Donohoe (1946–1948)
Edward Baker (1949–1959)
Edward Hirshberg (1960–1962)
Joe Gasparella (1963–1975)
Chuck Klausing (1976–1985)
Rich Lackner (1986– )

v t e 1928 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

QB Howard Harpster HB Chris Cagle HB Chuck Carroll HB Paul Scull FB Ken Strong C Peter Pund G Don Robesky G Edward Burke G Seraphim Post T Mike Getto G Otto Pommerening E Wes Fesler E Irvine Phillips

Persondata
Name	Harpster, Howard
Alternative names
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	May 14, 1907
Place of birth	Salem, Ohio
Date of death	April 9, 1980
Place of death	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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