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 East Texas A&M University—from 1929 to 1930. Acker was also head basketball coach at East Texas State from 1928 to 1930 and the school's athletic director from 1930 to 1949.
Personal life Acker was born December 17, 1899, in Ellis County, Texas, to Walter L. Acker and Pearl Hill.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: 3Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA
In 1918, during World War I, Acker belonged to the Student Army Training Corps while at Christian College of North Texas.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 GeneralRegistration State: Texas; Registration County: Tarrant County
Acker died on July 28, 1951, at a hospital in Greenville, Texas,Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit. from injuries he sustained four days earlier in an automobile accident.
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