Will Hill Acker (December 17, 1899 – July 28, 1951) was an American football player and coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at East Texas State Teachers College—now known as Texas A&M University–Commerce—from 1929 to 1930.[1] Acker was also head basketball coach at East Texas State from 1928 to 1930 and the school's athletic director from 1930 to 1949.[2]
Personal life
Acker was born December 17, 1899, in Ellis County, Texas, to Walter L. Acker and Pearl Hill.[3][4]
In 1918, during World War I, Acker belonged to the Student Army Training Corps while at Christian College of North Texas.[5][6]
Acker died on July 28, 1951, at a hospital in Greenville, Texas,[4][5][7] from injuries he sustained four days earlier in an automobile accident.[8]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Texas State Lions (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1929–1930) | |||||||||
| 1929 | East Texas State | 0–6–1 | 0–3–1 | 9th | |||||
| 1930 | East Texas State | 2–7 | 1–4 | 9th | |||||
| East Texas State: | 2–13–1 | 1–7–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 2–13–1 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Will Hill Acker". Texas A&M–Commerce Lions. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "A&M Commerce All-Time Coaching Records". Texas A&M–Commerce Lions. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Texas, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 3
- ^ a b Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA
- ^ a b National Archives at Washington DC; Washington DC, USA; Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941; NAID: A1, 2110-C; Record Group Number: 92; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General
- ^ Registration State: Texas; Registration County: Tarrant County
- ^ Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit.
- ^ "Ex-Frog Grid Captain Dies". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas. July 29, 1951. p. 17. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
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