Howard Acher

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Howard Acher
Biographical details
Born(1889-12-10)December 10, 1889
Cleveland, Ohio
DiedMay 10, 1957(1957-05-10) (aged 67)
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Alma materGrove City College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1916Grove City
1919Grove City
1922–1924Tulsa
Basketball
1915–1917Grove City
1918–1920Grove City
1923–1925Tulsa
Head coaching record
Overall19–15–5 (football)
46–41 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 OIC (1922)

Howard Mossman Acher (December 10, 1889 – May 10, 1957) was an American football and basketball player coach. He attended Grove City College, where he played football, basketball and tennis.[1] He was hired as a coach at Grove City College in July 1915.[2] 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.[3] He was also the head football coach for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team during the 1922, 1923 and 1924 seasons.[4]

Head coaching record[]

Football[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ "Howard Acher '13". Grove City College. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  2. ^ "Howard Acher Signed By Grove City College". The Pittsburgh Press. July 20, 1915. p. 21.
  3. ^ "Howard Acher". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  4. ^ "Howard M. Acher Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved March 2, 2016.

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