Archie Myrl Buckley

Born and raised in Colville, Washington, Archie Myrl Buckley attended Washington State College (WSC) from 1926 through 1930, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education on June 2, 1930. While at WSC, Buckley earned nine letters, three each in football, basketball, and baseball, and received the J. Fred Bohler Award in 1929 for his inspirational athletic performances. He was also active in non-athletic pursuits, serving as class president and as a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity. Following graduation from WSC, Buckley married Mary Maude Hungate and fathered two children, James and Betty Moe. Buckley was a football coach at North Central High School in Spokane before enlisting in the Navy in March 1943.  Commissioned as a lieutenant (junior grade), Buckley served on the U.S.S. Saratoga. He was killed during a kamikaze strike off Chichijima on February 21, 1945. He is memorialized at the Tablets of the Mising at the Honolulu Memorial within the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Buckley was inducted into Washington State University's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1984.