Hunk Anderson

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File:Luke Johnsos and Hunk Anderson 1942.jpg
Anderson (right) alongside Chicago Bears co-head coach Luke Johnsos (left), in 1942.

Heartley William "Hunk" Anderson (September 22, 1898 – April 24, 1978) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the Saint Louis University (1928–1929), University of Notre Dame (1931–1933), and North Carolina State University (1934–1936), compiling a career college football record of 34–34–4. From 1942 to 1945, Anderson was the head coach for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL), tallying a mark of 24–12 and winning the 1943 NFL Championship.

From 1918 to 1921, Anderson played as a guard for the Notre Dame football team, under new head coach Knute Rockne. During his time in South Bend he played under an assumed name for the Canton Bulldogs in 1920–1921, but Anderson later argued that he had only played in exhibition games.[1] From 1922 to 1926, he played professionally for the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Bears. Anderson played in 39 career games while starting in 32 of them. In 1939, he was an assistant coach for the Detroit Lions under Gus Henderson.

Born in Calumet, Michigan, on the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula, Anderson attended Calumet High School. He was Script error: No such module "convert".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and weighed Script error: No such module "convert".. Anderson was named to the National Football League 1920s All-Decade Team, and is one of only two players on the list not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1974.

A head coach at Saint Louis for two years, he returned to Notre Dame as an assistant under Rockne in 1930 and the Irish won all ten games. The following spring, Rockne was killed in a plane crash,[2][3][4] and Anderson was promoted to head coach ten days later.[5][6][7]

Head coaching record

College

Year Team Overall Conference Standing
Saint Louis Billikens (Independent) (1928–1929)
1928 Saint Louis 4–4–1
1929 Saint Louis 3–4–1
Saint Louis: 7–8–1
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Independent) (1931–1933)
1931 Notre Dame 6–2–1
1932 Notre Dame 7–2
1933 Notre Dame 3–5–2
Notre Dame: 16–9–2
NC State Wolfpack (Southern Conference) (1934–1936)
1934 NC State 2–6–1 1–3–1 8th
1935 NC State 6–4 2–2 T–5th
1936 NC State 3–7 2–4 12th
NC State: 11–17–1 5–9–1
Total: 34–34–4

NFL

Team Year Regular Season Post Season
Won Lost Ties Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result
CHI 1942 6 0 0 Template:Winpct 1st in NFL Western 0 1 Template:Winpct Lost to Washington Redskins in NFL Championship Game.
CHI 1943 8 1 1 Template:Winpct 1st in NFL Western 1 0 Template:Winpct 1943 NFL Champions
CHI 1944 6 3 1 Template:Winpct 2nd in NFL Western – – – –
CHI 1945 3 7 0 Template:Winpct 4th in NFL Western – – – –
CHI Total 23 11 2 Template:Winpct – – – –
Total 23 11 2 Template:Winpct – – – –

Personal life

Anderson was a Freemason.[8]

References

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External links

  • [[[:Template:College Football HoF/url]] College Football Hall of Fame profile]

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