Harry Van Surdam

Harry Van Surdam
Biographical details
Born(1881-08-28)August 28, 1881
Hoosick Falls, New York, U.S.
DiedMay 28, 1982(1982-05-28) (aged 100)
Hoosick Falls, New York, U.S.
Playing career
1902–1905Wesleyan
Position(s)Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1906–1907Marietta
1908Sewanee
1920Texas Mines
Head coaching record
Overall22–8–3
College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1972 (profile)

Henderson Edmund "Harry" "Dutch" Van Surdam (September 28, 1881 – May 28, 1982) was an American football player, coach, and official, musician, composer, bandleader, and superintendent of the El Paso Military Institute.

Van Surdam played college football at Wesleyan University from 1902 to 1905. Van Surdam then served as the head football coach at Marietta College in 1906 and 1907, at Sewanee in 1908, at the El Paso Military Institute from 1909 to 1912, and at the Texas School of Mines (now known as the University of Texas at El Paso) in 1920, compiling a career record of 22–8–3. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1972.