Bill Hargis, Ex-KU Coach, Dies at 91
Special to The Times Kansas City Times

     LAWRENCE, Kan.—H. W. "Bill" Hargiss, 91, Lawrence, former football and track coach at the University of Kansas, died Sunday at a hospital here.
     Mr. Hargiss was football coach at KU from 1928 to 1932. The Jayhawks compiled a 18-16-2 record over the four seasons. His best season was in 1930, when the team won six and lost two.
     He was named head track coach at the university in 1933 and directed the Kansas Relays during his 10 years in that position.
     Mr. Hargiss served as president of the Missouri Valley Association of Amateur Athletic Union from 1940 to 1942 and was a coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers football team in 1942.
     He was graduated from the Kansas Normal School, Emporia, in 1909 after playing fullback on the football team four years.
     He later was director of athletics and football, basketball and track coach at the school, then the Kansas State Teachers College. He also served as athletic director and coach at Oregon State Agricultural College, Corvallis, before going to KU.
     He was director of recreation at the Pratt and Whitney Co. plant in Kansas City, Kansas, and later served in the Army during World War II. He was born in Cherokee County, Kan., and had lived in Lawrence most of his life.
     He leaves a son, Willard Clarke Hargiss. Pittsburgh; two daughters, Dr. Genevieve F. Hargiss of the borne, and Mrs. Shirley Hargiss Oberheide, St. Louis; a brother, Meade T. Hargiss, Sun City, Ariz.; a sister. Mrs. Vetra Beringer, Salina, Kan., and six grandchildren.
     Graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Maplewood Cemetery, Emporia. Friends ma y call after 8 a.m. today at the Rumsey Chapel, Lawrence.