Harry Stuhldreher

Biography

Harry Stuhldreher is an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played quarterback at University of Notre Dame from 1922 to 1924, where he was a three-time All-American and member of the legendary "Four Horsemen" backfield. After graduating from Notre Dame, Stuhldreher played professional football briefly with the Brooklyn Horsemen/Lions in 1926. He served as the head football coach at Villanova College-now known as Villanova University-from 1925 to 1935 and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1936 to 1948, compiling a career college football record of 110-87-15. Stuhldreher was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1958. Stuhldreher wrote two books, "Quarterback Play" and "Knute Rockne, Man Builder." The latter was a source for the movie Knute Rockne All American (1940), starring Ronald Reagan as George Gipp. Former Notre Dame star Nick Lukats played the part of Stuhldreher in this movie. Stuhldreher's wife Mary was also a writer. The couple had four sons. Harry Stuhldreher was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1958.