Howard Roland "Bosey" Reiter (1871 – November 11, 1957) was an All-American football player, coach and athletic director.

"[5]Reiter was the starting left halfback on the 1902 Athletics team until he broke his right leg near his hip while playing in a game against Waterton.

In July 1903, after completing three years of seminary studies, The New York Times reported that he "passed a brilliant examination at the Presbytery meeting" and was granted a license as a minister.

There are few directors of gymnasiums who can handle classes of men on the floor, teach them to fence, box and wrestle, coach them in football, baseball and track athletics, and lead them in exercises in the chapel.

Reiter's chapel talks to the students are as much a feature of his work as the words of advice to the football men on the field.

[13] Reiter remained at Lehigh for many years as the head of the Department of Physical Education[14] and a member of its Athletic Control Board.

However, when the rules changed for the 1906 season, Reiter was ready to introduce his overhand spiral forward pass technique.

Reiter contended that the first modern forward pass in college football was thrown by Sammy Moore to Irwin van Tassel on October 3, 1906, in a game between Wesleyan and Yale in 1906.

Our two ends angled down the field toward the sidelines as a decoy, and I slipped through the strong side of our line straight down the center and past the secondary defense.

"[19][20]At the beginning of September 1907, Reiter announced his intention to build Wesleyan's entire offense around the spiral forward pass.

"[21] Upon taking over the Lehigh team in 1910, Reiter dedicated the summer training period to teach his players a new offensive scheme relying heavily on "new forward pass formations.

In that article, writer Sally Jenkins credited coach Eddie Cochems of the Saint Louis Billikens with calling the first forward pass in college football.

A more notable pass was completed against Yale, by Wesleyan on Oct. 3, but Carlisle may deserve partial credit for that throw: Wesleyan's coach, Howard R. Reiter, claimed he learned how to throw a spiral from a Carlisle Indian in 1903 when Reiter coached the semipro Philadelphia Football Athletics and the Indian was on the team.