Samuel Archer Explained
| Birth Date: | 23 December 1870 |
| Birth Place: | Chesterfield, Virginia, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1898–1901 |
| Player Team1: | Colgate |
| Coach Years1: | 1905–1908 |
| Coach Team1: | Morehouse |
| Coach Years2: | 1912–1915 |
| Coach Team2: | Morehouse |
| Overall Record: | 35–2–5 |
| Office: | 5th President of Morehouse College |
| Predecessor: | John Hope |
| Successor: | Charles D. Hubert
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Samuel Howard "Big Boy" Archer Sr. (December 23, 1870 – January 15, 1941) was an American college football player and coach and educator. He served as the head football coach at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia from 1905 to 1908 and again from 1912 to 1915, compiling a record of 35–2–5.[1]
Archer was a graduate of Colgate University, where he and George L. Hayes were the first African Americans to play for the Colgate Raiders football team in 1899.[2]
He went on to teach mathematics at Morehouse College, and served that institution in many capacities for 33 years.[3] He was the fifth president of Morehouse from 1931 to 1937.[4] He died in 1941 and is buried in Atlanta's South-View Cemetery.[5]
Notes and References
- Web site: 2016 Media Guide. Morehouse Maroon Tigers. October 22, 2019.
- Leather helmets and the flying wedge . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234405/http://www4.colgate.edu/scene/sept2004/early_football.html . March 3, 2016 . The Colgate Scene . XXXIII . 2 . September 2004 . The 1899 football team included Colgate's first two identified African American players, George L. Hayes (above), Class of 1903, and Samuel H. Archer, Class of 1903. Both men went on to distinguished careers as educators. Hayes retired as superintendent of the Indianapolis Public Schools. Archer was also the star of the Colgate Debate Team and was chosen as one of six commencement speakers in recognition of his speaking ability and standing as a student. He retired from public life as president of Morehouse College. .
- News: Dr. S.H. Archer, Dies, Burial Tomorrow . January 16, 1941 . The Atlanta Constitution . newspapers.com . June 21, 2020 .
- Web site: The Samuel Howard Archer Collection. Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History. October 22, 2019.
- Book: Henderson, D.L. . South-View: An African American City of the Dead . 2018 . 978-0998577203 . Dunwoody, Georgia . Carrelspin Press . 1048552699 . 171–172.
