Will Hill Acker (December 17, 1899 – July 28, 1951) was an American football player and coach and college athletics administrator.
[1] Acker was also head basketball coach at East Texas State from 1928 to 1930 and the school's athletic director from 1930 to 1949.
[2] Acker was born December 17, 1899, in Ellis County, Texas, to Walter L. Acker and Pearl Hill.
[3][4] In 1918, during World War I, Acker belonged to the Student Army Training Corps while at Christian College of North Texas.
[5][6] Acker died on July 28, 1951, at a hospital in Greenville, Texas,[4][5][7] from injuries he sustained four days earlier in an automobile accident.