Robert E. Harmon

Robert E. Harmon
Biographical details
Born	1882; Jacksonville, Illinois, U.S.
Died	1959
Playing career
Football
c. 1900	Illinois College
1905–1906	Denver
1907	Creighton
Baseball
1904	Illinois College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1903	Illinois College
1911	Loyola (IL)
1912	Butte HS (MT)
1913–1914	Gonzaga
1915–1916	University Farm
1917	Illinois College
1919–1920	Santa Clara
1921–1924	Quincy (IL)
Basketball
1913–1915	Gonzaga
1919–1921	Santa Clara
Baseball
1915	Gonzaga
1921	Santa Clara
1922–?	Quincy (IL)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1913–1915	Gonzaga
Head coaching record
Overall	41–27–3 (football, excluding Loyola); 14–13 (basketball); 6–9–1 (baseball, excluding Quincy)

Robert Emmett "Red Bob" Harmon (1882–1959) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Illinois College in 1903 and 1917, Loyola University Chicago in 1911, Gonzaga University from 1913 to 1914, the University Farm—now known as the University of California, Davis—from 1915 to 1916, and the University of Santa Clara—now known as Santa Clara University—from 1919 to 1920, and at Quincy College and Seminary—now known as Quincy University—in Quincy, Illinois from 1922 to 1924.

Coaching career[edit]

Harmon was the head coach for the Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team from 1913 to 1915. He recorded a 10–4 (.714) record during his two seasons.^[1]

In 1917, Harmon returned to his alma mater, Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois, to become head football coach, succeeding his brother, William T. Harmon, who was serving as a captain in the United States Army at Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois.^[2]^[3]

Law career[edit]

Harmon was a graduate of the Loyola University Chicago School of Law and did graduate work at the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. While he was coaching at Gonzaga, Harmon also practiced law with the offices of Luby and Pierson. At Santa Clara, he taught law as a member of the faculty. In 1930, Harmon passed the Illinois state bar and began a law practice in Jacksonville, Illinois.^[4]

Head coaching record[edit]

Football[edit]


Year	Team	Overall
Illinois College Blueboys (Independent) (1903)
1903	Illinois College	6–2
Gonzaga Blue and White (Independent) (1913–1914)
1913	Gonzaga	7–2
1914	Gonzaga	3–2–1
Gonzaga:		10–4–1
University Farm (Independent) (1915–1916)
1915	University Farm	3–2
1916	University Farm	7–1
University Farm:		10–3
Illinois College Blueboys (Independent) (1917)
1917	Illinois College	0–4–1
Illinois College:		6–6–1
Santa Clara Broncos (Independent) (1919–1920)
1919	Santa Clara	2–4
1920	Santa Clara	5–1
Santa Clara:		7–5
Quincy Hawks (Independent) (1922–1924)
1922	Quincy	4–3
1923	Quincy	2–2–1
1924	Quincy	2–4
Quincy:		8–9–1
Total:

References[edit]

^ Gonzaga Basketball History - Page 51 of 62
^ "Harmon Succeeds Brother as Illinois College Coach". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. September 18, 1917. p. 10. Retrieved January 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Harmon Returns To Alma Mater". Spokane Chronicle. Spokane, Washington. September 20, 1917. p. 16. Retrieved January 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Robert E. Harmon To Practice Law In Jacksonville". The Jacksonville Daily Journal. Jacksonville, Illinois. November 8, 1930. p. 16. Retrieved January 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

External links[edit]

Robert E. Harmon at Find a Grave

[1] Gonzaga Basketball History - Page 51 of 62

[2] "Harmon Succeeds Brother as Illinois College Coach". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. September 18, 1917. p. 10. Retrieved January 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

[3] "Harmon Returns To Alma Mater". Spokane Chronicle. Spokane, Washington. September 20, 1917. p. 16. Retrieved January 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

[4] "Robert E. Harmon To Practice Law In Jacksonville". The Jacksonville Daily Journal. Jacksonville, Illinois. November 8, 1930. p. 16. Retrieved January 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

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