| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 10, 1889 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | May 10, 1957 (aged 67) Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1909–1912 | Grove City |
| Positions | End, quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1913–1914 | DuBois HS (PA) |
| 1915 | Grove City (assistant) |
| 1916 | Grove City |
| 1919 | Grove City |
| 1922–1924 | Tulsa |
| Basketball | |
| 1915–1917 | Grove City |
| 1918–1920 | Grove City |
| 1923–1925 | Tulsa |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1922–1925 | Tulsa |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 19–15–5 (college football) 46–41 (college basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 OIC (1922) | |
Howard Mossman Acher (December 10, 1889 – May 10, 1957) was an American football, and basketball coach, athletics administrator, and banker. He served as the head football coach at Grove City in 1916 and 1919 and as head basketball coach from 1915 to 1917 and 1918 to 1920. He next served at the University of Tulsa from 1922 to 1925.[1] He was also the head football coach for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team during the 1922, 1923 and 1924 seasons.
Archer was raised in Grove City, Pennsylvania, where he attended Grove City High School. At Grove City College, he played football at the end and quarterback positions, and captained the 1911 team. He also played basketball and tennis at the college.[2] Arched coached at DuBois High School, in DuBois, Pennsylvania, from 1913 to 1914.[3] He returned to Grove City College in 1915 as assistant football coach under head coach and athletic director Herbert W. Harmon.[4][5] During World War I, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army, serving at Camp Lee in Virginia.[3] After Archer left Grove City College in 1920, he worked for two years as an athletic supervisor for General Electric in Erie, Pennsylvania.[6]
In 1925, Archer organized the Morris Plan Bank in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and served as its president. He later moved to Denver and then Albuquerque, New Mexico. Archer died on May 10, 1957, at the Veterans Hospital in Albuquerque.[7]
Head coaching record
[edit]College football
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grove City Crimson (Independent) (1916) | |||||||||
| 1916 | Grove City | 2–4–2 | |||||||
| Grove City Crimson (Independent) (1919) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Grove City | 6–0–1 | |||||||
| Grove City: | 8–4–3 | ||||||||
| Tulsa Golden Hurricane (Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference) (1922–1924) | |||||||||
| 1922 | Tulsa | 8–0 | 4–0 | T–1st | |||||
| 1923 | Tulsa | 2–5–1 | |||||||
| 1924 | Tulsa | 1–6–1 | 0–1–1 | 8th | |||||
| Tulsa: | 11–11–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 19–15–5 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
Basketball
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grove City Crimson () (1915–1917) | |||||||||
| 1915–16 | Grove City | 9–7 | |||||||
| 1916–17 | Grove City | 5–6 | |||||||
| Grove City Crimson () (1918–1920) | |||||||||
| 1918–19 | Grove City | 3–9 | |||||||
| 1919–20 | Grove City | 13–7 | |||||||
| Grove City: | 30–29 (.508) | ||||||||
| Tulsa Golden Hurricane () (1922–1925) | |||||||||
| 1922–23 | Tulsa | 1–3 | |||||||
| 1923–24 | Tulsa | 2–1 | |||||||
| 1924–25 | Tulsa | 13–8 | |||||||
| Tulsa: | 16–12 (.571) | ||||||||
| Total: | 46–41 (.529) | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Howard Acher". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ "Howard Acher '13". Grove City College. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ^ a b Keck, Harry (October 19, 1919). "Grove City College Counting On Winning Eleven". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 4, section 3. Retrieved December 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Howard Acher Signed By Grove City College". The Pittsburgh Press. July 20, 1915. p. 21.
- ^ "Grove City Looks For Successful Season". The Gazette Times. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 5, 1915. p. 4, section 3. Retrieved December 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Archer Selected Athletic Chief At Tulsa Univ". Sunday Tulsa Daily World. Tulsa, Oklahoma. June 25, 1922. p. 11. Retrieved December 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Ex-city Bank Officer Dies". Tulsa Sunday World. Tulsa, Oklahoma. May 12, 1957. p. 5, section 1. Retrieved December 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Howard Archer; Football". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
- ^ "Football Year-by-Year Records". Grove City College. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics; Coach; Howard Archer; Basketball". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 26, 2025.
