17 Facts About Haps Benfer

Harold Arthur "Haps" Benfer was an American college football and college basketball player and coach.

Haps Benfer was selected as a first-team All-American fullback while playing for Albright College in 1914.

Haps Benfer later spent 40 years as an athletic coach and administrator at Muhlenberg College.

Haps Benfer became a five-sport star athlete at William Penn High School.

Haps Benfer became the first York County, Pennsylvania high school basketball player to score 1,000 points in basketball.

Haps Benfer was a star for William Penn's football team for three years and played goalkeeper on the school's first soccer team in 1910.

Haps Benfer played fullback for the football team and was selected as a first-team All-American fullback in 1914 by the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.

Haps Benfer was named Albright College's "Athlete of the Century" in 1956.

Haps Benfer later worked as a teacher, coach, and administrator for 50 years.

Haps Benfer played baseball for St Louis Cardinals' farm teams for two summers.

Haps Benfer was the basketball and baseball coach at Bucknell University from 1918 to 1919.

Haps Benfer then returned to Albright College where he served as the athletic director and taught Latin and history until 1925.

Haps Benfer was Muhlenberg's director of admissions from 1935 to 1963 and the director of men's dormitories until his poor health forced him to retire in August 1965.

Haps Benfer was known for his work on behalf of American Legion baseball.

Haps Benfer served as chairman of the Pennsylvania American Legion state championship tournament.

Haps Benfer died at his home in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in January 1966 at age 73.

Haps Benfer was survived by his wife, the former Mabel Hoffman, and a son, Robert H Benfer.