Heartley Anderson

Heartley Anderson
Biographical details

Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1898-09-22)September 22, 1898 Calumet, Michigan
Died	April 24, 1978(1978-04-24) (aged 79) West Palm Beach, Florida
Playing career
1918–1921	Notre Dame
1922–1923	Chicago Bears
1923	Cleveland Indians
1924–1925	Chicago Bears
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1927	Notre Dame (assistant)
1928–1929	Saint Louis
1930	Notre Dame (line)
1931–1933	Notre Dame
1934–1936	NC State
1937	Michigan (line)
1939	Detroit Lions (assistant)
1942–1945	Chicago Bears
Head coaching record
Overall	34–34–4 (college) 24–12 (NFL)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
NFL 1920s All-Decade Team

College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1974 (profile)

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 coach Knute Rockne. From 1922 to 1926, he played for the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Bears. In 1939, he coached for the Detroit Lions.

Anderson was born in Calumet, Michigan and attended Calumet High School. He was 5'11" and weighed 170 lbs. Anderson was named to the National Football League 1920s All-Decade Team, and is only one of 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.

Head coaching record

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
Total:		34–34–4

Team	Year	Regular Season					Post Season
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
CHI	1942	6	0	0	1.000	1st in NFL Western	0	1	.000	Lost to New York Giants in NFL Championship Game.
CHI	1943	8	1	1	.850	1st in NFL Western	1	0	1.000	1943 NFL Champions
CHI	1944	6	3	1	.650	2nd in NFL Western	–	–	–	–
CHI	1945	3	7	0	.300	4th in NFL Western	–	–	–	–
CHI Total		23	11	2	.667		–	–	–	–
Total		23	11	2	.667		–	–	–	–

Notre Dame Fighting Irish head football coaches

No coach (1887–1893) James L. Morison (1894) H. G. Hadden (1895) Frank E. Hering (1896–1898) James McWeeney (1899) Pat O'Dea (1900–1901) James Farragher (1902–1903) Louis J. Salmon (1904) Henry J. McGlew (1905) Thomas A. Barry (1906–1907) Victor M. Place (1908) Frank Longman (1909–1910) John L. Marks (1911–1912) Jesse Harper (1913–1917) Knute Rockne (1918–1930) Heartley Anderson (1931–1933) Elmer Layden (1934–1940) Frank Leahy (1941–1943) Edward McKeever (1944) Hugh Devore (1945) Frank Leahy (1946–1953) Terry Brennan (1954–1958) Joe Kuharich (1959–1962) Hugh Devore (1963) Ara Parseghian (1964–1974) Dan Devine (1975–1980) Gerry Faust (1981–1985) Lou Holtz (1986–1996) Bob Davie (1997–2001) George O'Leary (2001) Tyrone Willingham (2002–2004) Kent Baer # (2004) Charlie Weis (2005–2009) Brian Kelly (2010–present)

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

George Halas (1920–1929)
Ralph Jones (1930–1932)
George Halas (1933–1942)
Heartley Anderson & Luke Johnsos (1942–1945)
George Halas (1946–1955)
Paddy Driscoll (1956–1957)
George Halas (1958–1967)
Jim Dooley (1968–1971)
Abe Gibron (1972–1974)
Jack Pardee (1975–1977)
Neill Armstrong (1978–1981)
Mike Ditka (1982–1992)
Dave Wannstedt (1993–1998)
Dick Jauron (1999–2003)
Lovie Smith (2004–2012)
Marc Trestman (2013–2014)
John Fox (2015– )

Heartley Anderson—championships, awards, and honors

1919 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football—national champions

21 Heartley Anderson 66 George Gipp Eddie Anderson Leonard Bahan Norman Barry Dutch Bergman Joe Brandy Frank Coughlin Roger Kiley Bernard Kirk Slip Madigan Grover Malone Harry Mehre John Mohardt Buck Shaw Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith Fritz Slackford George Trafton Earl Walsh Chet A. Wynne Head coach: Knute Rockne Assistant coach: Gus Dorais *selected national champion by NCF

1920 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football—national champions

21 Heartley Anderson 66 George Gipp Eddie Anderson Norman Barry Frank Coughlin Chet Grant Roger Kiley Harry Mehre John Mohardt Gene Oberst Buck Shaw Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith Earl Walsh Chet A. Wynne Head coach: Knute Rockne

NFL's 1920s All-Decade Team

Jimmy Conzelman Paddy Driscoll Red Grange Joe Guyon Curly Lambeau Jim Thorpe Ernie Nevers Guy Chamberlin LaVern Dilweg George Halas Ed Healey Pete Henry Cal Hubbard Steve Owen Hunk Anderson Walt Kiesling Mike Michalske George Trafton

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