Walter Halas | |
Birth Date: | 15 January 1892 |
Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Death Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Baseball |
Player Years2: | 1914–1916 |
Player Team2: | Illinois |
Player Years3: | 1916 |
Player Team3: | Davenport Blue Sox |
Player Years4: | 1920 |
Player Team4: | Rock Island Islanders |
Player Years5: | 1924 |
Player Team5: | Hanover Raiders |
Player Positions: | Pitcher |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1919–1922 |
Coach Team2: | Notre Dame (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1923 |
Coach Team3: | Mount St. Mary's |
Coach Years4: | 1927–1941 |
Coach Team4: | Drexel |
Coach Years5: | 1942 |
Coach Team5: | Maryland (assistant) |
Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
Coach Years7: | 1920–1923 |
Coach Team7: | Notre Dame |
Coach Years8: | 1923–1924 |
Coach Team8: | Mount St. Mary's |
Coach Years9: | 1924–1927 |
Coach Team9: | Haverford |
Coach Years10: | 1927–1934 |
Coach Team10: | Drexel |
Coach Sport11: | Baseball |
Coach Years12: | 1921–1923 |
Coach Team12: | Notre Dame |
Coach Years13: | 1924 |
Coach Team13: | Mount St. Mary's |
Coach Years14: | 1924 |
Coach Team14: | Hanover Raiders |
Coach Years15: | 1925–1927 |
Coach Team15: | Haverford |
Coach Years16: | 1928–1941 |
Coach Team16: | Drexel |
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]