Archie W. Butcher | |
Birth Date: | 29 April 1901 |
Birth Place: | Solomon, Kansas, U.S. |
Death Place: | Salina, Kansas, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1923–1924 |
Player Team2: | Kansas State |
Player Positions: | Running back |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1928–1929 |
Coach Team2: | Ottawa |
Coach Years3: | 1930 |
Coach Team3: | Oklahoma Baptist |
Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
Coach Years5: | 1930–1931 |
Coach Team5: | Oklahoma Baptist |
Overall Record: | 6–18–1 (football) 5–10 (basketball) |
Archie W. Butcher (April 29, 1901 – May 29, 1981) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas from 1928 to 1929 and at Oklahoma Baptist University in 1930, compiling a career college football record of 6–18–1. Butcher was also the head basketball coach at Oklahoma Baptist for one season, in 1930–31, tallying a mark of 5–10.
He obtained a degree in medicine from the University of Kansas School of Medicine in 1935, practicing in Miltonvale and Wakefield before moving to Abilene where he retired in 1976. Butcher died in 1981 at the age of 80.[1]