Walter Halas

Walter Halas
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
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	Illinois
1916	Davenport Blue Sox
1920	Rock Island Islanders
1924	Hanover Raiders
Position(s)	Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919–1922	Notre Dame (assistant)
1923	Mount St. Mary's
1927–1941	Drexel
1942	Maryland (assistant)
Basketball
1920–1923	Notre Dame
1923–1924	Mount St. Mary's
1924–1927	Haverford
1927–1934	Drexel
Baseball
1921–1923	Notre Dame
1924	Mount St. Mary's
1924	Hanover Raiders
1925–1927	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.
↑ "Walter Harris Dead at 67". Schenectady Gazette. Associated Press. December 21, 1959. Retrieved September 1, 2014.

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