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]

Fred V. Archer
Fred Archer pictured in Ravone 1909, Hanover yearbook
Biographical details
Born(1888-10-06)October 6, 1888
Vevay, Indiana, U.S.
DiedJanuary 1971 (aged 82)
Winchester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materHanover College (1910)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1913North Dakota
Basketball
1913–1914North Dakota
Head coaching record
Overall2–4 (football)
10–7 (basketball)

Archer 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.

Before coming to North Dakota, Archer taught at a school in McCook, Nebraska and later, in 1912, chemistry and physics at Ottawa, Illinois.[4] He married Gladys Richardson in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 1, 1914.[5][6] Archer was living in Lexington, Massachusetts in 1925.[7] He died at Winchester, Massachusetts in 1971.[8]

Head coaching record

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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

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  1. ^ "View Images —". Familysearch.org. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  2. ^ "Full text of "The Quarterly journal of the University of North Dakota, Volume 3"". Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  3. ^ The Quarterly Journal - University of North Dakota - University of North Dakota - Google Books. 1914. Retrieved December 20, 2012 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "The Ottawa Free Trader - Google News Archive Search". Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  5. ^ The Phi Gamma Delta - Google Books. June 30, 2004. Retrieved December 20, 2012 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Person Details for Fred Van Buren Archer, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915" — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  7. ^ The Phi Gamma Delta - Google Books. June 30, 2004. Retrieved December 20, 2012 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Person Details for Fred Archer, "United States Social Security Death Index" — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Retrieved September 22, 2014.