Marty Peters Explained

Marty Peters
Birth Place:Decatur, Illinois, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1933–1935
Player Team2:Notre Dame
Player Sport3:Basketball
Player Years4:1933–1936
Player Team4:Notre Dame
Player Positions:End (football)
Forward (basketball)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1936
Coach Team2:St. Teresa HS (IL)
Coach Years3:1937–1941
Coach Team3:St. Benedict's
Coach Years4:1946–1947
Coach Team4:St. Benedict's
Coach Sport5:Basketball
Coach Years6:1936–1937
Coach Team6:St. Teresa HS (IL)
Coach Years7:1937–1942
Coach Team7:St. Benedict's
Coach Years8:1946–1948
Coach Team8:St. Benedict's
Admin Years1:1937–?
Admin Team1:St. Benedict's
Overall Record:29–24–5 (college football)
78–73 (college basketball)
Championships:Football
1 CIC (1940)

Martin J. Peters (–?) was an American football and basketball player and coach and college athletic administrator. He was drafted in the seventh round of the 1936 NFL Draft.[1] He served two stints as the head football coach at St. Benedict's College—now known as Benedictine College—in Atchison, Kansas, from 1937 to 1941 and again from 1946 to 1947, compiling a record of 29–24–5.[2] Peters was also the head basketball coach at St. Benedict's, tallying a mark of 78–73.

Peters was a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he played on the football and basketball teams. He began his coaching career at St. Teresa High School in Decatur, Illinois.[3]

Peters served in the United States Navy during World War II and was discharged as a lieutenant commander. He resigned from his post at St. Benedict's in May 1948 to take a job with a beverage company in Atchison.[4]

Head coaching record

College football

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1936 NFL Draft Listing . 2023-03-20 . Pro-Football-Reference.com . en.
  2. Web site: Football Media Guide . . August 31, 2011 . 2011 . dead . https://archive.today/20120714034006/http://ravenathletics.benedictine.edu/2011-football-media-guide?width=300&height=170&iframe=true&template=colorbox . July 14, 2012 .
  3. News: . New Raven Coach . . . . February 18, 1937 . 1 . November 24, 2020 . .
  4. News: . Muskies Beaten By Exntesion 12-7 . . . May 10, 1948 . 8 . November 24, 2020 . .