Walter GouldUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook - Class of 1947, Page 20 Hargesheimer (August 10, 1912 – May 18, 1996) was an

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player and coach of football and

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. He served as the head football coach at Sioux Falls College, now the

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, from 1935 to 1936 and at Massachusetts State College, now the

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, from 1941 to 1942 and again in 1946. Hargesheimer played football at the

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, from which he graduated in 1934, as a

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for the

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in 1932 and 1933. After coaching football at Sioux Falls College in 1935 and 1936, he was the backfield coach and varsity basketball coach at

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from 1937 to 1940. He then coached football, basketball, and

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at Highland Park High School in

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, before taking the appointment of head football coach and Professor of Physical Education at Massachusetts State College in January 1941.

Head coaching record

College football

College basketball

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