(1892-01-15)January 15, 1892 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died
December 20, 1959(1959-12-20) (aged 67) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
Baseball
1914–1916
Illinois
1916
Davenport Blue Sox
1920
Rock Island Islanders
1924
Hanover Raiders
Position(s)
Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1919–1922
Notre Dame (assistant)
1923
Mount St. Mary's
1927–1941
Drexel
1942
Maryland (assistant)
Basketball
1920–1923
Notre Dame
1923–1924
Mount St. Mary's
1924–1927
Haverford
1927–1934
Drexel
Baseball
1921–1923
Notre Dame
1924
Mount St. Mary's
1924
Hanover Raiders
1925–1927
Haverford
1928–1941
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]
^"All-Time Rosters". fightingillini.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
^"Walter Harris Dead at 67". Schenectady Gazette. Associated Press. December 21, 1959. Retrieved September 1, 2014 – via Google News.
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