| Herb Alward | |
| Birth Date: | 1 November 1865 |
| Birth Place: | Negaunee, Michigan or Oconto, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1890 |
| Player Team1: | Harvard |
| Player Years2: | 1891 |
| Player Team2: | University Club of Chicago |
| Player Years3: | 1892–1893 |
| Player Team3: | Chicago Athletic Association |
| Player Positions: | Tackle, halfback |
| Coach Years1: | 1891 |
| Coach Team1: | Wisconsin |
| Coach Years2: | 1893 |
| Coach Team2: | Beloit |
| Coach Years3: | 1895 |
| Coach Team3: | Armour Institute |
| Coach Years4: | 1895 |
| Coach Team4: | Rush Medical |
James Herbert Alward (November 1, 1865 – December 21, 1897) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the third head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for a single season in 1891, compiling a record of 3–1–1. Alward coached for the Armour Institute (later merged into Illinois Institute of Technology) and Rush Medical College.[1]
As a player, Alward was a member of Harvard's national championship team of 1890. He played amateur club football with Chicago's University Club in 1891 and the Chicago Athletic Association in 1892 and 1893, serving as team captain in 1893.[2] [3]
Alward died of typhoid fever, in 1897.[4] [5]