Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
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Biographical details | |
Born | c. 1882 |
Died | December 24, 1932 (aged 50) Palestine, Illinois |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1904–1906 | Chicago |
Position(s) | End, halfback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1916 | Rose Polytechnic |
1917 | Kendall |
Basketball | |
1917–1918 | Kendall |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 2–14–1 (football) 1–5 (basketball) |
Hal Mefford (c. 1882 – December 24, 1932) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He played for the Chicago Maroons football team in 1905 and 1906 and was the first athletic director of the Rose Polytechnic Institute in Terre Haute, Indiana. He was the head football coach for the Kendall Orange and Black football team during the 1917 season. In his only season as the head coach, the Orange and Black compiled a 0–8–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 221 to 61.