Walter Halas

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Walter Halas
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born (1892-01-15)January 15, 1892
Chicago, Illinois
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Chicago, Illinois
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

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]

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