{{Short description|American baseball player and coach}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Walter Halas | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|1|15}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1959|12|20|1892|1|15}} | death_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | alma_mater = | 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 | overall_record = | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-basebl/archive/BSBHist-All-TimeRosters--1900-24.html#1910 |title=All-Time Rosters |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=fightingillini.com |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=September 1, 2014 |archive-date=February 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210075817/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-basebl/archive/BSBHist-All-TimeRosters--1900-24.html#1910 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Walter Harris Dead at 67 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19591221&id=OvEqAAAAIBAJ&pg=5139,3551654 |newspaper=Schenectady Gazette |agency=Associated Press |date=December 21, 1959 |access-date=September 1, 2014 |via=Google News }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Baseballstats|brm=halas-001wal}} * {{Find a Grave}}
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