Archie Haggie Harris Jr. (July 3, 1918 – October 29, 1965) was an American world-record-setting discus thrower and football player.
[1] As an Indiana University student-athlete, Harris won the 1940 NCAA Track and Field Championships,[2] defending his title 1941 with the world record of 53.26 m. In 1941 he also became US champion.
He was a second-team selection on the 1940 All-Big Ten Conference football team as an end.
[3] 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.