Howard R. "Bosey" Reiter
Male, Deceased Person
1871 – 1957
Who was Howard R. "Bosey" Reiter?
Howard Roland "Bosey" Reiter was an All-American football player, coach and athletic director. He was selected for the 1899 College Football All-America Team and played professional football as a player coach for the Philadelphia Athletics of the first National Football League in 1902. He was the head football coach at Wesleyan University from 1903–1909 and at Lehigh University from 1910–1911. Reiter has been credited by some with the development of the overhand spiral forward pass, which he claimed to have developed while playing for the Athletics in 1902.
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- Born
- 1871
- Also known as
- Bosey Reiter
- Howard R. Reiter
- Died
- Nov 11, 1957
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on July 23, 2013
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