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Harold V. Almquist
	Almquist circa 1927
Biographical details
Born	January 19, 1904; Chisago County, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	April 5, 1994 (aged 90); Moline, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1925–1927	Minnesota
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1928–1940	Augustana (IL)
1941–1961	Rock Island HS (IL)
Basketball
1931–1932	Augustana (IL)
1934–1941	Augustana (IL)
Baseball
1929–1942	Augustana (IL)
Head coaching record
Overall	65–31–10 (college football); 99–60 (college basketball); 23–35 (college baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 1 IIAC (1934)
Awards
	Third-team All-American (1927);

Harold V. "Shorty" Almquist (January 19, 1904 – April 5, 1994) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois from 1928 to 1940, compiling a record of 65–31–10. Almquist was also the school's head basketball coach in 1931–32 and from 1934 to 1941, tallying a mark of 99–60, and head baseball coach from 1929 to 1942, amassing a record of 23–35; Augustana did not field a baseball team from 1931 to 1937.^{[citation needed]}

Almquist was born on January 19, 1904, in Chisago County, Minnesota. He died on April 5, 1994, at Trinity Medical Center, East Campus in Moline, Illinois.^[1]

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Augustana (Illinois) Vikings (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1928–1937)
1928	Augustana	7–1	6–1	T–3rd
1929	Augustana	3–4–1	3–3–1	T–13th
1930	Augustana	4–3	3–2	T–10th
1931	Augustana	5–2–2	3–1–2	4th
1932	Augustana	6–0–2	5–0–1	3rd
1933	Augustana	7–1–1	4–1–1	T–5th
1934	Augustana	9–0	6–0	T–1st
1935	Augustana	5–3	3–2	10th
1936	Augustana	3–5	3–3	T–10th
1937	Augustana	5–2–1	4–1–1	6th
Augustana (Illinois) Vikings (Illinois College Conference) (1938–1940)
1938	Augustana	3–4–1	1–3	T–8th
1939	Augustana	4–4	2–2	T–7th
1940	Augustana	4–2–2	4–1–1	T–2nd
Augustana:		65–31–10	47–20–7
Total:		65–31–10
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth