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Line 1: {{Short description\|American football player (1955–1979)}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=July 2024}} {{Use American English\|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography \| name = Troy Archer \| number =77 77▼ ~~\|image=~~ \| position = [[Tackle (American and Canadian football)#Defensive tackle\|Defensive tackle]] \| birth_date = {{birth date\|1955\|1\|16}}▼ ▲\|number=77 \| birth_place = [[Glendale, California]], U.S.▼ ▲\|birth_date={{birth date\|1955\|1\|16}} \| death_date = {{death date and age\|1979\|6\|22\|1955\|1\|16}}▼ ▲\|birth_place=[[Glendale, California]], U.S. \| death_place = [[North Bergen, New Jersey]], U.S.▼ ▲\|death_date={{death date and age\|1979\|6\|22\|1955\|1\|16}} \| height_ft = 6 ▲\|death_place =[[North Bergen, New Jersey]], U.S. \| weight_lb = 250 \|draftyear=1976▼ \| height_in = 4 \|draftround=1▼ \| high_school = [[California High School (Whittier, California)\|California (Whittier)]] \|draftpick=13▼ \| college = [[~~University of~~ Colorado ~~Boulder~~Buffaloes football\|Colorado]] ▲\| draftyear = 1976 \|teams=▼ ▲\| draftround = 1 ▲\| draftpick = 13 ▲\| teams = * [[New York Giants]] ([[1976 NFL season\|1976]]–[[1978 NFL season\|1978]]) \|highlights = ~~\|statlabel1=Games played~~ * Second-team All-[[Big Eight Conference\|Big Eight]] ([[1975 All-Big Eight Conference football team\|1975]]) \|statvalue1=38▼ \| statlabel1 = [[Quarterback sack\|Sacks]] \|statlabel2=[[Fumble]] recoveries▼ ▲\| statvalue1 =38 16.5 \|statvalue2=5▼ ▲\| statlabel2 = [[Fumble]]\|Fumble recoveries]] \|statlabel3=Defensive touchdowns▼ ▲\| statvalue2 = 5 \|statvalue3=1▼ ▲\| statlabel3 = [[Touchdown\|Defensive ~~touchdowns~~TDs]] ~~\|nfl=Troy-Archer~~ ▲\| statvalue3 = 1 \| pfr = ArchTr20 }} '''James Troy Archer''' (January 16, 1955 – June 22, 1979) was an American professional [[American football\|football]] player who was a [[Tackle (American and Canadian football)#Defensive tackle\|defensive tackle]] ~~who played~~for three seasons inwith the [[~~National~~New ~~Football~~York ~~League~~Giants]] ~~(NFL) for~~of the [[~~New~~National ~~York~~Football ~~Giants~~League]] (NFL). He began playing football at age six after his father forged his [[birth certificate]] to show he was eight years old. He played football at California High School in Whittier, California where he was smaller in stature than would be expected from a professional football player. After high school, he grew significantly while playing [[college football]] at [[Rio Hondo College]] and the [[University of Colorado, Boulder]]. A resident of [[Guttenberg, New Jersey]],<ref>Staff. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D00EFDF143EE732A25750C2A9609C946890D6CF "TROY ARCHER DIES; LINEMAN FOR GIANTS; Former Defensive End at Colorado Is Killed in Crash of a Truck in North Bergen, N.J."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 23, 1979. Accessed April 17, 2016.</ref> Archer was killed in an [[Traffic collision\|auto accident]]<ref name=Times-News>{{cite news\|title=Pro Gridder Troy Archer Killed In Car Accident\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CWAaAAAAIBAJ&pg=2345%2C6187019\|accessdate=22 September 2014\|work=The Times-News\|publisher=The Times-News\|date=June 23, ~~1970~~1979\|ref=Times-News}}</ref> during [[Training camp (National Football League)\|training camp]]. ==References== {{reflist}} Line 39 ⟶ 47: [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:1979 deaths]] [[Category:~~Sportspeople~~Players of American football from Glendale, California]] ~~[[Category:Players of American football from Los Angeles County, California]]~~ [[Category:People from Guttenberg, New Jersey]] [[Category:American football defensive tackles]] Line 46 ⟶ 53: [[Category:New York Giants players]] [[Category:Road incident deaths in New Jersey]] [[Category:Burials at Rose Hills Memorial Park]]