Wally Lemm
| Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
October 23, 1919 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | October 8, 1988 (aged 68) Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1938–1941 | Carroll (WI) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1945 | Notre Dame (assistant) |
| 1946–1947 | Carroll (WI) (assistant) |
| 1948 | Waukesha HS (WI) |
| 1949–1951 | Lake Forest (assistant) |
| 1952–1953 | Lake Forest |
| 1954 | Montana State (assistant) |
| 1955 | Montana State |
| 1956 | Chicago Cardinals (assistant) |
| 1957 | Lake Forest |
| 1959 | Chicago Cardinals (assistant) |
| 1960–1961 | Houston Oilers (assistant) |
| 1961 | Houston Oilers |
| 1962–1965 | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1966–1970 | Houston Oilers |
| Basketball | |
| 1949–1954 | Lake Forest |
| 1954–1955 | Montana State |
| 1958–1959 | Lake Forest |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 64–64–7 (AFL/NFL regular season) 21–10–2 (college football) 80–72 (college basketball) |
Walter Horner Lemm (October 23, 1919 – October 8, 1988) was an American football coach at the high school, collegiate and professional levels and achieved his greatest prominence as head coach of the American Football League's Houston Oilers and the National Football League's St. Louis Cardinals.
Lemm graduated from Carroll College, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, in 1942 after playing football for head coach John W. Breen. After service in World War II during the next two years, Lemm served as an assistant coach at the University of Notre Dame under Hugh Devore in 1945. Lemm returned to Carroll as an assistant coach with the school's football team the following year, then became a head coach for the first time, accepting the top job for Waukesha High School in 1948.
Following Lemm's one year at Waukesha, Carroll's former coach, Breen, took the head coaching position at Lake Forest College. Lemm served under his leadership for the next three years, while also working as the school's head basketball coach, then replaced Breen in 1952. During his two seasons, he compiled an 11–4–1 record before leaving to accept the head coach position at Montana State University. An 8-1 season in 1954 was followed the next year by a 4–4–1 campaign. On May 14, 1956, he reached the National Football League (NFL) when he accepted a defensive assistant position with the Chicago Cardinals.
Lemm spent just one season before resigning to again accept the head coaching position at Lake Forest. During the next two years, he nearly matched his previous stint at the school with an 11–5 record, winning District Coach of the Year accolades in 1957 from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). On February 21, 1959, he returned to an assistant's role with the Cardinals, and would remain at the professional level for the remainder of his career.
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