Herb Alward

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1865–1897)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1865|11|1}}

| birth_place = Negaunee, Michigan or Oconto, Wisconsin, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1897|12|21|1865|11|1}}

| death_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

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| player_years1 = 1890

| player_team1 = Harvard

| player_years2 = 1891

| player_team2 = University Club of Chicago

| player_years3 = 1892–1893

| player_team3 = Chicago Athletic Association

| player_positions = Tackle, halfback

| coach_years1 = 1891

| coach_team1 = Wisconsin

| coach_years2 = 1893

| coach_team2 = Beloit

| coach_years3 = 1895

| coach_team3 = Armour Institute

| coach_years4 = 1895

| coach_team4 = Rush Medical

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James Herbert Alward (November 1, 1865 – December 21, 1897) was an American football player and coach. He served as the third head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for a single season in 1891, compiling a record of 3–1–1. Alward coached for the Armour Institute (later merged into Illinois Institute of Technology) and Rush Medical College.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mEY2AQAAMAAJ&q=football&pg=PP28|title=The Round Table, Volume 42|publisher=Beloit College|year=1895|access-date=February 7, 2018}}

Alward attended Harvard University and was a member of the 1890 Harvard Crimson football team, which was later recognized as a national champion. He played amateur club football with Chicago's University Club in 1891 and the Chicago Athletic Association in 1892 and 1893, serving as team captain in 1893.{{cite news|newspaper=The Meridien Daily Journal|location=Meridien, CT|date=October 29, 1892|page=14|title=Will Be Hard To Beat|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/151118943/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|newspaper=The Sunday Tribune|location=Minneapolis|date=November 9, 1893|page=5|title="Mr." If You Please|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/151118644/|via=Newspapers.com}}

Alward died of typhoid fever, on December 21, 1897, at his home in Chicago.{{cite news |author= |title=Death of Herb Alward |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-times/157139013/ |newspaper=The Racine Daily Journal |location=Racine, Wisconsin |date=December 22, 1897 |page=1 |access-date=October 14, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}