A. G. Harbaugh
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Roseville, Iowa, or Roseville, Illinois, U.S.
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 21, 1872 Roseville, Iowa, or Roseville, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | March 14, 1934 (aged 61) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1901 | Montana Agricultural |
| 1905 | Montana Agricultural |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 3–3–1 |
Arthur Granville Harbaugh (October 21, 1872 – March 14, 1934) was an American college football coach, assayer, and chemist.
Harbaugh born in Roseville, Iowa, or Roseville, Illinois (sources conflict), the son of James Alexander Harbaugh.[1][2] He attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, receiving a bachelor of arts degree in 1900.[3][4]
Harbaugh served as the head football coach at the Agricultural College of the State of Montana (later renamed Montana State University) during the 1901 and 1905 seasons. He compiled a 3–3–1 record as the football coach at Montana Agricultural.[5]
Professionally, Harbaugh was an assayer and chemist. He worked for the Hearst Mines in Durango, Mexico, and later for the American Smelting and Refining Company in Madison County, Montana.[6] After the 1905 football season, he took a job as an assayer in Tonopah, Arizona.[7] He became the chief assayer for the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company.[6] In 1919, he formed the Union Assay Company.[8]
Harbaugh was married to Nellie Grimes in 1904.[2] In 1934, he died at the Arizona State Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona; the cause of death was pulmonary tuberculosis.[1]