Hal "Coach" Hilpirt (August 9, 1908 – September 16, 1998) was born in Aurora, Missouri. He was an American football player who played college football for Oklahoma City University, and professionally for the New York Giants (1930–1931), Chicago Cardinals (1931–1932), and the Cincinnati Football Reds (1933). He was part of the beginnings of the modern era of American professional football and made a major impact as a baseball coach in Jackson County, Oklahoma winning 3 championships between 1945-1951.