Harold Bolig

Harold Luther Bolig coached football at Selinsgrove from 1927 through 1942. The home field carries his name. PA Football News lists that run at 61-58-13. The alumni hall of fame lists it at 60-54-14, and says the first thirty games were 27-0-3.

The alumni page says he was born Feb. 14, 1904, in Monessen, class of 1922 at Selinsgrove and class of 1926 at Susquehanna, a three-year letterman in football, basketball, and baseball with no formal football background before college. He taught one year at Duncannon, then came back in 1927 to teach science and coach football, basketball, baseball, and track. He went to early Knute Rockne clinics. He married Betty Ulrich Wagonseller on Feb. 20, 1929. They had daughters Nancy and Kay, and a granddaughter, Pamela Vargo.

A heart condition kept him out of active service in World War II. He served with the American Red Cross in North Africa and Europe from 1942 to 1944, then was junior high principal for a year and supervising principal. He died June 2, 1955, at 51, hours after awarding diplomas to the class of 1955. The alumni page says the field was named Harold L. Bolig Memorial Field.

The PA Football News yearly lines are 1927 9-0, 1928 8-0, 1929 8-0-2, 1930 6-4-1, 1931 6-1-1, 1932 5-0-2, 1933 0-8, 1934 2-4-1, 1935 4-3-1, 1936 3-4-1, 1937 1-6-1, 1938 3-4-2, 1939 2-8, 1940 1-8, 1941 2-3-1, 1942 1-5.