Hal Lahar

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Name = Hal Lahar


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DateOfBirth = birth date|1919|7|14
Birthplace = Durant, OK
DateOfDeath = death date and age|2003|10|20|1919|7|14
Deathplace = Dallas, Texas
OverallRecord = 77–63–10
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Years = 1938-1940 1941 1946-1948
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Position = Guard
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CoachYears = 1950-1951
1952-1956 1957-1961 1962-1967
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Colgate Houston Colgate
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Harold W. "Hal" Lahar (birth date|1919|7|14 — death date|2003|10|20) was an American football coach. He was the head football coach at Colgate University (1952 to 1956; 1962 to 1967) and the University of Houston (1957 to 1961).

Lahar was born in Durant, Oklahoma and attended Central High School in Oklahoma City. He later was an All-Southwest Conference guard for the Oklahoma Sooners under coach Tom Stidham. [ [http://soonersports.com/bobstoops/pages/Tradition/all_conference.html The University of Oklahoma-Sooner Sports] OU Football All Conference Honors] Lahar was selected 79th overall in the 1941 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears, [ [http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LAHARHAL01 NFL Football Database] Hal Lahar] where he spent the 1941 NFL season before serving with the United States Navy in the South Pacific during World War II.

After leaving the service in 1945, Lahar played for the Buffalo Bills of the All-America Football Conference from 1946-1948 [ [http://www.wnypfra.org/pdf/1946%20AAFC%20Game%20Summary.pdf The Encyclopedia of Pro Football In Western New York: 1900-1949] by Jerome Collins and PFRA Western New York Committee] before beginning his college coaching career as an assistant under Otis Douglas at the University of Arkansas in 1950. In 1952 he became the 25th head coach at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. In 1957 he succeeded Bill Meek at the University of Houston, where he spent five years, before returning to Colgate in 1962, making him the first man to return to a Division I head-coaching job after leaving for another school. [ [http://www.gocolgateraiders.com/news/football/2003/10/21/news_1751.asp?path=football Colgate Raiders News] "Harold Lahar, Former Colgate Coach-Athletic Director Dies"] Following the 1967 season, Lahar retired from coaching and served as athletic director at Colgate. His overall coaching record at Colgate was 53 wins, 40 losses, and 8 ties. This ranks him fourth at Colgate in terms of total wins and 18th at Colgate in terms of winning percentage. [http://www.Colgatesports.com/sports/football/2007%20Guide/2007%20FB%20Web%20Guide.pdf]

Lahar was also assistant commissioner of the Southwest Conference. He worked at the now-defunct SWC from 1973 until his retirement in 1983.

Head coaching record

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name = Colgate Raiders
conf = Independent
startyear = 1952
endyear = 1956CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1952
name = Colgate
overall = 6–3
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year = 1953
name = Colgate
overall = 3–4–2
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year = 1954
name = Colgate
overall = 5–2–2
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year = 1955
name = Colgate
overall = 6–3
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year = 1956
name = Colgate
overall = 4–5
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name = Colgate
overall = 24–17–4
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name = Houston Cougars
conf = Missouri Valley Conference
startyear = 1957
endyear = 1959CFB Yearly Record Entry
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year = 1957
name = Houston
overall = 5–4–1
conference = 3–0–1
confstanding = 1st
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year = 1958
name = Houston
overall = 5–4
conference = 2–2
confstanding = 3rd
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year = 1959
name = Houston
overall = 3–7
conference = 3–1
confstanding = 1st
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name = Houston
overall = 13–15–1
confrecord = 8–3–1CFB Yearly Record Subhead
name = Houston Cougars
conf = Independent
startyear = 1960
endyear = 1961CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1960
name = Houston
overall = 6–4
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year = 1961
name = Houston
overall = 5–4–1
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name = Houston
overall = 11–8–1
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name = Colgate Raiders
conf = Independent
startyear = 1962
endyear = 1967CFB Yearly Record Entry
year = 1962
name = Colgate
overall = 3–5–1
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year = 1963
name = Colgate
overall = 3–4–1
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year = 1964
name = Colgate
overall = 7–2
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year = 1965
name = Colgate
overall = 6–3–1
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year = 1966
name = Colgate
overall = 8–1–1
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year = 1967
name = Colgate
overall = 2–8
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name = Colgate
overall = 29–23–4
confrecord = CFB Yearly Record End
overall = 77–63–10
bcs = no
poll = no

References

External links

* [http://www.gocolgateraiders.com/news/football/2003/10/21/news_1751.asp?path=football Lahar's death]