| Harold V. Almquist | |
| Birth Date: | 19 January 1904 |
| Birth Place: | Chisago County, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Moline, Illinois, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1925–1927 |
| Player Team2: | Minnesota |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1928–1940 |
| Coach Team2: | Augustana (IL) |
| Coach Years3: | 1941–1961 |
| Coach Team3: | Rock Island HS (IL) |
| Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
| Coach Years5: | 1931–1932 |
| Coach Team5: | Augustana (IL) |
| Coach Years6: | 1934–1941 |
| Coach Team6: | Augustana (IL) |
| Coach Sport7: | Baseball |
| Coach Years8: | 1929–1942 |
| Coach Team8: | Augustana (IL) |
| Overall Record: | 65–31–10 (college football) 99–60 (college basketball) 23–35 (college baseball) |
| Championships: | Football 1 IIAC (1934) |
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Harold V. "Shorty" Almquist (January 19, 1904 – April 5, 1994) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois from 1928 to 1940, compiling a record of 65–31–10. Almquist was also the school's head basketball coach in 1931–32 and from 1934 to 1941, tallying a mark of 99–60, and head baseball coach from 1929 to 1942, amassing a record of 23–35; Augustana did not field a baseball team from 1931 to 1937.
Almquist was born on January 19, 1904, in Chisago County, Minnesota. He died on April 5, 1994, at Trinity Medical Center, East Campus in Moline, Illinois.[1]