Biographical details | |
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Born | c. 1913 Decatur, Illinois, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1933–1935 | Notre Dame |
Basketball | |
1933–1936 | Notre Dame |
Position(s) |
End (football) Forward (basketball) |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1936 | St. Teresa HS (IL) |
1937–1941 | St. Benedict's |
1946–1947 | St. Benedict's |
Basketball | |
1936–1937 | St. Teresa HS (IL) |
1937–1942 | St. Benedict's |
1946–1948 | St. Benedict's |
Administrative career ( AD unless noted) | |
1937–? | St. Benedict's |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 29–24–5 (college football) 78–73 (college basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
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]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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St. Benedict's Ravens (Independent) (1937–1938) | |||||||||
1937 | St. Benedict's | 4–3–2 | |||||||
1938 | St. Benedict's | 4–2–1 | |||||||
St. Benedict's Ravens ( Central Intercollegiate Conference) (1939–1941) | |||||||||
1939 | St. Benedict's | 5–3 | 3–2 | T–2nd | |||||
1940 | St. Benedict's | 6–4 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
1941 | St. Benedict's | 5–2–1 | 2–1–1 | T–2nd | |||||
St. Benedict's Ravens ( Central Intercollegiate Conference) (1946–1947) | |||||||||
1946 | St. Benedict's | 4–2–1 | 2–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
1947 | St. Benedict's | 1–8 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
St. Benedict's: | 29–24–5 | 11–10–2 | |||||||
Total: | 29–24–5 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
Biographical details | |
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Born | c. 1913 Decatur, Illinois, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1933–1935 | Notre Dame |
Basketball | |
1933–1936 | Notre Dame |
Position(s) |
End (football) Forward (basketball) |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1936 | St. Teresa HS (IL) |
1937–1941 | St. Benedict's |
1946–1947 | St. Benedict's |
Basketball | |
1936–1937 | St. Teresa HS (IL) |
1937–1942 | St. Benedict's |
1946–1948 | St. Benedict's |
Administrative career ( AD unless noted) | |
1937–? | St. Benedict's |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 29–24–5 (college football) 78–73 (college basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
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]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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St. Benedict's Ravens (Independent) (1937–1938) | |||||||||
1937 | St. Benedict's | 4–3–2 | |||||||
1938 | St. Benedict's | 4–2–1 | |||||||
St. Benedict's Ravens ( Central Intercollegiate Conference) (1939–1941) | |||||||||
1939 | St. Benedict's | 5–3 | 3–2 | T–2nd | |||||
1940 | St. Benedict's | 6–4 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
1941 | St. Benedict's | 5–2–1 | 2–1–1 | T–2nd | |||||
St. Benedict's Ravens ( Central Intercollegiate Conference) (1946–1947) | |||||||||
1946 | St. Benedict's | 4–2–1 | 2–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
1947 | St. Benedict's | 1–8 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
St. Benedict's: | 29–24–5 | 11–10–2 | |||||||
Total: | 29–24–5 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |