12 Facts About Herb Gallagher

Herbert Wendell Gallagher was an American ice hockey and baseball coach and college athletics administrator.

Herb Gallagher served two stints as the head ice hockey coach at Northeastern University, from 1936 to 1942 and 1946 to 1955.

Herb Gallagher was the school's athletic director from 1955 to 1976 and a backfield coach for the football program.

Herb Gallagher arrived at Northeastern University in 1929 after graduating from Newton High School and swiftly became a local sports legend.

Herb Gallagher returned to Northeastern as a professor of physical education and economics and took on three separate coaching roles with the hockey, baseball and football programs.

Herb Gallagher worked at the university for six years before leaving after the outbreak of World War II.

Herb Gallagher pitched for Harwich in 1938, and in 1939 returned to the league as Bourne's player-manager.

Herb Gallagher was a league all-star in 1939, playing infield and pitching for Bourne.

Herb Gallagher joined the Navy and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander.

Herb Gallagher returned to Boston after the war and resumed his coaching duties in 1946.

Herb Gallagher was named as the New England hockey coach of the year in 1948 and shortly afterwards became one of the driving forces behind the formation of the Beanpot an annual ice hockey tournament held between the four Boston-area programs.

Herb Gallagher has been honored several times, including being inducted into the Northeastern University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1975, and receiving the Hobey Baker Legend of Hockey award in 1985 and the John "Snooks" Kelley Founders Award in 1991.