Herb Alward

James Herbert Alward was an American football player and coach. He served as the third head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for a single season in 1891, compiling a record of 3–1–1. Alward coached for the Armour Institute and Rush Medical College.
Alward attended Harvard University and was a member of the football team, which was later recognized as a national champion. He played amateur club football with Chicago's University Club in 1891 and the Chicago Athletic Association in 1892 and 1893, serving as team captain in 1893.
Alward died of typhoid fever, on December 21, 1897, at his home in Chicago.