Walter Hargesheimer | |
Birth Date: | August 10, 1912 |
Birth Place: | Olmsted County, Minnesota, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1932–1933 |
Player Team2: | Minnesota |
Player Positions: | Back |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1935–1936 |
Coach Team2: | Sioux Falls |
Coach Years3: | 1937–1939 |
Coach Team3: | Oberlin (backfield) |
Coach Years4: | 1940 |
Coach Team4: | Highland Park HS (IL) |
Coach Years5: | 1941–1942 |
Coach Team5: | Massachusetts State |
Coach Years6: | 1946 |
Coach Team6: | Massachusetts State |
Coach Years7: | 1947–1948 |
Coach Team7: | Oklahoma (assistant) |
Coach Years8: | 1949–1952 |
Coach Team8: | USC (assistant) |
Coach Sport9: | Basketball |
Coach Years10: | 1935–1936 |
Coach Team10: | Sioux Falls |
Coach Years11: | 1937–1940 |
Coach Team11: | Oberlin |
Coach Years12: | 1940–1941 |
Coach Team12: | Highland Park HS (IL) |
Coach Years13: | 1941–1943 |
Coach Team13: | Massachusetts State |
Coach Years14: | 1946–1947 |
Coach Team14: | Massachusetts State |
Overall Record: | 15–22–2 (college football) 28–58 (college basketball) |
Walter Gould[1] Hargesheimer (August 10, 1912 - May 18, 1996) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Sioux Falls College, now the University of Sioux Falls, from 1935 to 1936 and at Massachusetts State College, now the University of Massachusetts Amherst, from 1941 to 1942 and again in 1946.
Hargesheimer played football at the University of Minnesota, from which he graduated in 1934, as a back for the Golden Gophers in 1932 and 1933. After coaching football at Sioux Falls College in 1935 and 1936, he was the backfield coach and varsity basketball coach at Oberlin College from 1937 to 1940. He then coached football, basketball, and track at Highland Park High School in Highland Park, Illinois, before taking the appointment of head football coach and Professor of Physical Education at Massachusetts State College in January 1941.[2]