Harvey Schofield | |
Birth Date: | 28 March 1877 |
Birth Place: | near Augusta, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Death Place: | Chetek, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1898–1899 |
Player Team2: | Stout Institute |
Player Years3: | 1902–1903 |
Player Team3: | Wisconsin |
Player Sport4: | Basketball |
Player Years5: | 1901 |
Player Team5: | Stevens Point Normal |
Player Years6: | 1902–1904 |
Player Team6: | Wisconsin |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1900 |
Coach Team2: | Stevens Point Normal |
Coach Years3: | 1903 |
Coach Team3: | Stevens Point Normal |
Overall Record: | 2–3–1 |
Harvey Axford Schofield (March 28, 1877 – August 3, 1941) served as was an American college football and college basketball player and coach and university administrator. He served head football coach at Stevens Point Normal School—now known as the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point—in 1900 and 1903, compiling a record of 2–3–1.[1] Schofield was as the president of the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire from 1916 to 1940. Schofield Hall is named in his honor.
Schofield was born on March 28, 1877, near Augusta, Wisconsin, in Eau Claire County. He died suddenly on August 3, 1941, at his summer home in Chetek, Wisconsin.[2]