Archie Harris (athlete)
Archie Haggie Harris Jr. (July 3, 1918 – October 29, 1965) was an American world-record-setting discus thrower and football player.
Raised in Ocean City, New Jersey, Harris graduated in 1937 from Ocean City High School.[1]
As an
During World War II Harris joined the United States Army Air Forces, reaching the rank of second lieutenant and serving as a bomber pilot in the 332d Fighter Group, known as the Tuskegee Airmen.[4] An African American, he was unable to find a job as a commercial pilot after the war. He became physical education teacher at the YMCA in Harlem.[5]
In 2001 he was inducted into the Indiana University Athletics Hall of Fame.[6]
Harris died on October 29, 1965, at Veterans Administration Hospital in New York City.[7]
References
- ^ Miller, Fred. "Beach History: World Record Holder Worked the Beach Patrol; Ocean City High School graduate Archie Harris set a 1941 world record in discus.", Ocean City, NJ, Patch, June 14, 2011. Accessed November 9, 2020. "Archie Harris, a 1937 graduate of Ocean City High School, was a senior at Indiana University when he broke the world record at the NCAA track and field championships in Palo Alto, CA."
- ISBN 978-1-4759-3209-6.
- St. Petersburg Times. St. Petersburg, Florida. Associated Press. p. 12. Retrieved November 9, 2020 – via Google News.
- ^ tkelly (February 22, 2020). "An Enlightening Lesson on Ocean City's Black History". OCNJ Daily. Ocean City, New Jersey. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ISBN 9780738524474, pp. 126–128
- ^ Indiana University Athletics: Hall of Fame - Archie Harris Archived 2019-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Newspapers.com.
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