Fred V. Archer
 Fred Archer pictured in Ravone 1909, Hanover yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 6, 1888 Vevay, Indiana |
| Died | January 1971 (aged 82) Winchester, Massachusetts |
| Alma mater | Hanover College (1910) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1913 | North Dakota |
| Basketball | |
| 1913–1914 | North Dakota |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 2–4 (football) 10–7 (basketball) |
Fred Van Buren Archer (October 6, 1888 – January 1971) was the head football coach for the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team. He compiled an overall record of 2–4. He was born in Vevay, Indiana in 1888.[1]
He was from Ottawa, Illinois[2] He was a graduate of Hanover College, having received a Bachelor of Science degree there in 1910.[3] He was also a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity during his college years. He was living in Lexington, Massachusetts in 1925.[4]
Before coming to North Dakota, Archer taught at a school in McCook, Nebraska and later, in 1912, chemistry and physics at Ottawa, Illinois.[5]
He married Gladys Richardson in Boston, Massachusetts on June 1, 1914.[6][7]
He died at Winchester, Massachusetts in 1971.[8]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota Flickertails (Independent) (1913) | |||||||||
| 1913 | North Dakota | 2–4 | |||||||
| North Dakota: | 2–4 | ||||||||
| Total: | 2–4 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "View Images —". Familysearch.org. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
- ^ "Full text of "The Quarterly journal of the University of North Dakota, Volume 3"". Archive.org. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
- ^ The Quarterly Journal - University of North Dakota - University of North Dakota - Google Books. Retrieved 2012-12-20 – via Google Books.
- ^ The Phi Gamma Delta - Google Books. 2004-06-30. Retrieved 2012-12-20 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Ottawa Free Trader - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
- ^ The Phi Gamma Delta - Google Books. 2004-06-30. Retrieved 2012-12-20 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Person Details for Fred Van Buren Archer, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915" — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
- ^ "Person Details for Fred Archer, "United States Social Security Death Index" — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
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