Harold V. Almquist

Harold V. "Shorty" Almquist (January 19, 1904 – April 5, 1994) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois from 1928 to 1940, compiling a record of 65–31–10. Almquist was also the school's head basketball coach in 1931–32 and from 1934 to 1941, tallying a mark of 99–60, and head baseball coach from 1929 to 1942, amassing a record of 23–35; Augustana did not field a baseball team from 1931 to 1937.