Hal Mefford

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Hal Mefford

| image = Hal Mefford, University of Chicago.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date |1882|6|18}}

| birth_place = Robinson, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age |1932|12|24|1882|6|18}}

| death_place = Palestine, Illinois, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1904–1906

| player_team2 = Chicago

| player_positions = End, halfback

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1916

| coach_team2 = Rose Polytechnic

| coach_years3 = 1917

| coach_team3 = Kendall

| coach_sport4 = Basketball

| coach_years5 = 1917–1918

| coach_team5 = Kendall

| overall_record = 2–14–1 (football)
1–5 (basketball)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

• National (1905)

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

Harry Lee "Hal" Mefford (June 18, 1882 – December 24, 1932) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He played for the Chicago Maroons football team in 1905 and 1906 and was the first athletic director of the Rose Polytechnic Institute in Terre Haute, Indiana.{{cite news|title=Hal Mefford Dies|newspaper=The Jacksonville (IL) Daily Journal|date=December 25, 1932|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4500952/hal_mefford_dies/}} He was the head football coach for the Kendall Orange and Black football team during the 1917 season.{{cite web|title=Hal Medford|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=March 2, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/hal-medford-1.html}} In his only season as the head coach, the Orange and Black compiled a 0–8–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 221 to 61.{{cite web|title=Tulsa Yearly Results (1915–1919)|publisher=David DeLassus|work=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=March 1, 2016|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/t/tulsa/1915-1919_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304224445/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/t/tulsa/1915-1919_yearly_results.php|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}{{cite web|title=1917 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=March 2, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/tulsa/1917-schedule.html}}