Chester H. "Shug" Harris was a versatile athlete from McAlester, Oklahoma.

He played center on the football team, earning recognition on the All-Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference second team in 1927 and first team in 1928. He was a member of the Tulsa World's All-Oklahoma Collegiate third team in 1927 and was a first-team All-Big Four Conference pick in 1929.

As a guard in basketball, he averaged 2.4, 6.1, 6.3, and 4.1, respectively, for his four years—during a very low-scoring era. He was captain of the basketball team in 1927-28 and captain of the football team in 1929.

With the track team, his specialty was the javelin.

After graduating from OBU, he worked as a lubricant engineer for Phillips Petroleum and other companies. In the 1970s and 1980s, Harris was a key figure in honoring his former coach, Victor C. Hurt, at OBU through the Victor C. Hurt Heritage Center and the Victor C. and Wincel Hurt Scholarship in track.

He died in 1993.