:Troy Archer

{{Short description|American football player (1955–1979)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Troy Archer

| number = 77

| position = Defensive tackle

| birth_date = {{birth date|1955|1|16}}

| birth_place = Glendale, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1979|6|22|1955|1|16}}

| death_place = North Bergen, New Jersey, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| weight_lb = 250

| height_in = 4

| high_school = California (Whittier)

| college = Colorado

| draftyear = 1976

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 13

| teams =

• New York Giants (1976–1978)

|highlights =

• Second-team All-Big Eight (1975)

| statlabel1 = Sacks

| statvalue1 = 16.5

| statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue2 = 5

| statlabel3 = Defensive TDs

| statvalue3 = 1

| pfr = ArchTr20

}}

James Troy Archer (January 16, 1955 – June 22, 1979) was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle for three seasons with the New York Giants of the National Football 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,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. Archer was killed in an auto accident{{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, 1979|ref=Times-News}} during training camp.