Hunk Anderson
| Name | Heartley Anderson |
| Image |  |
| Caption | c. 1920 |
| Birth Date | 1898-9-22 |
| Birth Place | Calumet, Michigan, U.S. |
| Death Place | West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Player Years1 | 1918–1921 |
| Player Team1 | Notre Dame |
| Player Years2 | 1920–1921 |
| Player Team2 | Canton Bulldogs |
| Player Years3 | 1922–1923 |
| Player Team3 | Chicago Bears |
| Player Years4 | 1923 |
| Player Team4 | Cleveland Indians |
| Player Years5 | 1924–1925 |
| Player Team5 | Chicago Bears |
| Player Positions | Guard |
| Coach Years1 | 1927 |
| Coach Team1 | Notre Dame (assistant) |
| Coach Years2 | 1928–1929 |
| Coach Team2 | Saint Louis |
| Coach Years3 | 1930 |
| Coach Team3 | Notre Dame (line) |
| Coach Years4 | 1931–1933 |
| Coach Team4 | Notre Dame |
| Coach Years5 | 1934–1936 |
| Coach Team5 | NC State |
| Coach Years6 | 1937 |
| Coach Team6 | Michigan (line) |
| Coach Years7 | 1939 |
| Coach Team7 | Detroit Lions (assistant) |
| Coach Years8 | 1942–1945 |
| Coach Team8 | Chicago Bears |
| Overall Record | 34–34–4 (college) 24–12 (NFL) |
| Awards | * NFL 1920s All-Decade Team * First-team All-Pro (1922) |
| Cfbhof Year | 1974 |
| Cfbhof Id | 1368 |
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. 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 and weighed 170lb. 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 and Anderson was promoted to head coach ten days
Head coaching record
College
NFL
| Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | Won | Lost | Ties | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#fdd;" | CHI | 1942 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1st in NFL Western | 0 | 1 | Lost to Washington Redskins in NFL Championship Game. | ||
| style="background:#FDE910;" | CHI | 1943 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1st in NFL Western | 1 | 0 | 1943 NFL Champions | ||
| CHI | 1944 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2nd in NFL Western | – | – | – | – | ||
| CHI | 1945 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4th in NFL Western | – | – | – | – | ||
| CHI Total | 23 | 11 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Total | 23 | 11 | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||||
Personal life
Anderson was a Freemason.
References
- The Taylorville Scandal
- 10,000 Famous Freemasons By William R. Denslow - Volume 1 "A-D", 2023-03-12, www.phoenixmasonry.org
External links
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