Harold Hansen (American football)

This article is about the Rock Island Independents player. For the Green Bay Packers player, see Hal Hansen.

Harold Hansen

Biographical details
Born	(1894-11-30)November 30, 1894 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	June 23, 1977(1977-06-23) (aged 82) Annandale, Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1916	Minnesota
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1918	St. Thomas (MN)
1919–1920	Hamline
1921–1923	Minnesota (assistant)
1924–1925	Georgia Tech (backfield)
1926	Newark Demons
1927–1929	Staten Island Stapletons
1932	Staten Island Stapletons
Basketball
1924–1926	Georgia Tech
Head coaching record
Overall	10–4–1 (college football) 10–23 (college basketball) 0–3–2 (AFL) 2–7–3 (NFL)

Harold Frederick Hansen (November 30, 1894 – June 23, 1977) was an American football and basketball coach.

Early coaching positions

Hansen served as the head football coach at the University of St. Thomas (1918) and Hamline University (1919–1920), both in St. Paul, Minnesota.^[1]

Georgia Tech

Hansen spent two seasons as the head men's basketball coach at Georgia Tech from 1924 to 1926, where he was also an assistant backfield coach for the Yellow Jackets football team.^[2][3]

Professional football coaching

Hansen coached the 1926 Newark Demons of the short-lived American Football League.^[4] This led to his hiring at the head coach of the Staten Island Stapletons, first an independent team (1927–1929) and later of the National Football League (1932).^[5]

References

1. Maxymuk, John (July 30, 2012). NFL Head Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary, 1920–2011. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786465576. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
2. "Harold Hansen". Sports Reference College Basketball. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
3. "Harold Hansen Signed To Coach At Tech". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. April 20, 1924. p. 25. Retrieved April 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Harold Hansen". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
5. "Harold Hansen" (PDF). Professional Football Researchers Association. Retrieved December 30, 2018.