Robert Harris

Robert S. Harris (December 6, 1886 – July 11, 1964) was an American football and basketball player and basketball coach. He played college football and basketball at the University of Chicago. He was the head coach of the 1908–09 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team.

Early years Harris was born in 1886. He attended Hyde Park High School in Chicago where he played football as a center.

He attended the University of Chicago, where he was a member of Amos Alonzo Stagg's football teams that won consecutive Western Conference championships in 1907 and 1908.

Military service and later years During World War I, Harris served overseas in the U.S. Army's Rainbow Division under the command of Douglas MacArthur. He later served during World War II as commander of military training schools at Princeton University, Western Reserve University, University of Virginia, and University of Chicago.

For 50 years, Harris worked as a certified life insurance underwriter for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in Chicago.