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FOOTBALL- BASKETBALL- TRACK Lettered in Football- Basketball- Track BASKETBALL Team won Ottawa County Championship 1925-26 TRACK Competed in 50 yard dash, shot put and pole vaulting Was Division B Ohio State Champ in shot put- 45' 3" FOOTBALL Captain of the football team- 1926 Was known as "War horse Rader," a true triple threat player Won athletic scholarship to Michigan State Normal College (Now eastern Michigan University) Participated in Football, Baseball, and Track Set shot put record that stood until 1984 After graduating from College in 1937, Archie Rader started out as a teacher and coach in Sylvania, Ohio, teaching industrial arts. He than moved on to Timkin High School in Canton, Ohio to continue in the teaching profession for many years until his retirement in 1972. During his career, Archie touched many lives with his outgoing personality. Archie always enjoyed being with young people and, after retirement, he became the best-loved babysitter at an indoor tennis club, tending to the needs of as many as 50 tots, while their mothers enjoyed playing tennis. In 1978, Archie and his wife, Dolores, his high school sweetheart, whom he married in 1932, moved to Mesa, Arizona where they spent the rest of their lives. Archie died in 1994 at age 87. |
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