Harry A. Fisher
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Career history | |
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As coach: | |
1904–1905 | Fordham |
1906–1907 | Army |
1906–1916 | Columbia |
1909–1910 | St. John's |
1921–1923 | Army |
1924–1925 | Army |
Career highlights and awards | |
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As coach:
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Basketball Hall of Fame as player | |
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2006 |
Harold A. Fisher (February 6, 1882 – December 29, 1967) was an American college basketball coach from New York City, New York.
In 1905, while a student and player at Columbia University, Fisher began coaching the basketball team of Fordham University, leading the team to a 4–2 record while capturing All-American honors as a player and leading Columbia to its second straight national championship.
In 1906, Fisher assumed the head coaching duties at Columbia, where he would remain for ten years, during which times his teams amassed a record of 101–39 and won three
In recognition of his work at Columbia, Fisher was commissioned by
For his work in developing the game of basketball, first as a member of a four-person committee that wrote the first rules for collegiate basketball and the editor of the resulting "Collegiate Rules Committee and Collegiate Guide" (1905–1915), and later as athletic director at Columbia (1911–1917), Fisher was inducted as a contributor into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1974.
References
- ^ "Army season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.