HARRY STUHLDREHER

'Harry Augustus Stuhldreher' (October 14, 1901—January 26, 1965) was a three-time All-American quarterback and member of the legendary Four Horsemen of Notre Dame football backfield of the 1920s.
He was born in Massillon, Ohio, home of the Massillon Tigers professional football team. There is a story, likely apocryphal, that as a boy Stuhldreher carried gear for future University of Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne when the latter was a Tigers star.
Stuhldreher played football for both Massillon Washington High School and The Kiski School in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1921. At Notre Dame he became quarterback in 1922 and in 1924 led the team to a 10-0 record, a 27-10 win over Stanford University in the 1925 Rose Bowl, and a national championship. He was one of the smallest quarterbacks in Notre Dame football history, standing 5'05" tall and weighing just 137 pounds.
After graduating, Stuhldreher turned to college coaching, initially also moonlighting for pro teams on weekends. He served for 11 years as head coach at Villanova University, compiling a 65-25-9 record, and 13 years (1936 to 1948) as head coach and athletic director at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During his tenure, he compiled a 45-62-6 (.425) record, and Wisconsin was twice the Big Ten Conference runner-up under his guidance.
Leaving Wisconsin, Stuhldreher joined U.S. Steel in Pittsburgh in 1950. He died in Pittsburgh of acute pancreatitis and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Stuhldreher wrote two books, "Quarterback Play" and "Knute Rockne, Man Builder." The latter was a source for the movie Knute Rockne, All American, starring Ronald Reagan as George Gipp. Stuhldreher's wife Mary was also a writer; the couple had four sons.
Stuhldreher was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1958.

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External links and references

★ Four Horsemen page at University of Notre Dame's official site

★ Harry Stuhldreher page at College Football Hall of Fame site

★ 2002 article on Harry Stuhldreher by The Repository of Canton, Ohio

★ Coaching Record