Walter Halas

Walter Halas
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born	(1892-01-15)January 15, 1892 Chicago, Illinois
Died	December 20, 1959(1959-12-20) (aged 67) Chicago, Illinois
Playing career
Baseball 1914–1916 1916 1920 1924	Illinois Davenport Blue Sox Rock Island Islanders Hanover Raiders
Position(s)	Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1919–1922 1923 1927–1941 1942 Basketball 1920–1923 1923–1924 1924–1927 1927–1934 Baseball 1921–1923 1924 1924 1925–1927	Notre Dame (assistant) Mount St. Mary's Drexel Maryland (assistant) Notre Dame Mount St. Mary's Haverford Drexel Notre Dame Mount St. Mary's Hanover Raiders Haverford

Walter Henry Halas (January 15, 1892 – December 20, 1959) was an American baseball player and coach of American football, basketball, and baseball. He played college baseball at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1914 to 1916 as a pitcher for the Fighting Illini.^[1] Halas later pitched in minor league baseball for the Davenport Blue Sox, Moline Plowboys, and Rock Island Islanders of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League. In 1924, he pitched a no-hitter for the Hanover Raiders of the Blue Ridge League.

Halas died in Chicago on December 20, 1959 at the age of 67. He was the brother of George Halas, longtime coach and owner of the National Football League's Chicago Bears.^[2]

References

↑ "All-Time Rosters". fightingillini.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
↑ AP (December 21, 1959). "Walter Harris Dead at 67". Schenectady Gazette. Retrieved September 1, 2014.

Frank E. Hering (1898)
J. Fred Powers (1899)
No team (1899–1907)
Bertram Maris (1907–1912)
Bill Nelson (1912–1913)
Jesse Harper (1913–1918)
Gus Dorais (1918–1920)
Walter Halas (1920–1923)
George Keogan (1923–1943)
Moose Krause (1943–1944)
Clem Crowe (1944–1945)
Elmer Ripley (1945–1946)
Moose Krause (1946–1951)
John Jordan (1951–1964)
John Dee (1964–1971)
Digger Phelps (1971–1991)
John MacLeod (1991–1999)
Matt Doherty (1999–2000)
Mike Brey (2000–)

William Walsh (1908–1909)
Al Barrett (1909–1910)
Francis Liddy (1910–1911)
Mike Thompson (1911–1913)
John L. Day (1913–1917)
Mike Thompson (1917–1920)
Charles A. Dickerman (1920–1921)
John Sheridan (1921–1923)
Walter Halas (1923–1924)
Art Malloy (1924–1935)
Joe Lawler (1935–1937)
Joseph McCormick (1937–1938)
Art Malloy (1938–1941)
Wally Opekun (1941–1942)
No team (1942–1943)
Wally Opekun (1943–1947)
Steve Filipowicz (1947–1948)
Wally Opekun # (1948)
Michael Kennedy (1948–1949)
John McMahon (1949–1950)
Pete Caruso (1950–1951)
Bill Clark (1951–1954)
Jim Phelan (1954–2003)
Milan Brown (2003–2010)
Robert Burke (2010–2012)
Matt Henry # (2012)
Jamion Christian (2012– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers head baseball coaches

Drexel Dragons head football coaches

No coach (1895–1918) William McAvoy (1919–1921) Unknown (1922–1926) Walter Halas (1927–1941) Unknown (1942) Maury McMains (1944–1945) Ralph Chase (1946–1948) Otis Douglas (1949) Ed Allen (1950–1957) Jack Hinkle (1958–1960) Tom Grebis (1961–1968) Sterling Brown (1969–1973)

John Gray (1894–1895)
F. Knight (1895–1896)
No team (1896–1900)
No coach (1900–1905)
W. S. Brokaw (1905–1907)
F. Bennett (1907–1908)
G. Doughty (1908–1909)
No coach (1909–1910)
Frank Griffin (1910–1913)
No coach (1913–1914)
E. L. Lucas (1914–1917)
No coach (1917–1918)
James Barrett (1918–1920)
William McAvoy (1920–1922)
Harvey O'Brien (1922–1925)
Ernest Lange (1925–1927)
Walter Halas (1927–1934)
Ernest Lange (1934–1940)
Lawrence Mains (1940–1943)
Maury McMains (1943–1944)
John Marino (1944–1945)
Ralph Chase (1945–1949)
Harold Kollar (1949–1952)
Samuel Cozen (1952–1968)
Robert Morgan # (1968)
Frank Szymanski (1968–1971)
Ray Haesler (1971–1977)
Edward J. Burke (1977–1991)
Bill Herrion (1991–1999)
Steve Seymour (1999–2001)
Bruiser Flint (2001– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.