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Peete Nkuebe Peete
Peete is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Calvin Peete (1943–2015), American professional golfer * Charlie Peete (1929–1956), American professional baseball player *Louise Peete (1880–1947), American serial killer; executed in the gas chamber * Holly Robinson Peete (born 1964), American actress and singer; wife of Rodney Peete *Rodney Peete (born 1966), American professional football player; brother of Skip Peete *Skip Peete Skip Peete (born January 30, 1963) is an American football coach who is the running backs coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). Prior to the Buccaneers, he coached running backs for the Los Angeles Rams, Chica ... (born 1963), American professional football coach; brother of Rodney Peete See also * Peet § Surname * Pete (surname) {{surname, Peete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvin Peete
Calvin Peete (July 18, 1943 – April 29, 2015) was an American professional golfer. He was the most successful African-American to have played on the PGA Tour, with 12 wins, prior to the emergence of Tiger Woods. Peete won the 1985 Tournament Players Championship and finished the season top-5 on the PGA Tour money list three times; 1982, 1983 and 1985. He was ranked in the top 10 players on the McCormack's World Golf Rankings in 1984. Biography Peete was born in Detroit. He played on the 1983 and 1985 U.S. Ryder Cup teams. He won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average in 1984. He was in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for several weeks when they debuted in 1986. Peete did not begin playing golf until he was in his 20s, but immediately excelled at a game most pros learn as young children. He learned the game while peddling goods to migrant workers in Rochester, New York, playing on the public course at Genesee Valley Park. Growing up poor, Peete suffered a ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Peete
Charles Peete (February 22, 1929 – November 27, 1956) was an American professional baseball player. The reigning batting champion of the Triple-A American Association, who received a one-month, 23-game trial with the 1956 St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball, Peete was projected by some as the leading candidate to be the Cardinals' 1957 starting center fielder,Schuster, Joe, ''Charlie Peete'' Biography Project but he was killed in a commercial airplane crash near the |
Louise Peete
Louise Peete (September 20, 1880 – April 11, 1947) was a convicted American serial killer. Peete was first convicted of the 1920 murder of wealthy mining engineer Jacob C. Denton, and was sentenced to life in prison in 1921. She was paroled in April 1939. In May 1945, Peete was convicted a second time for murdering her employer, Margaret Logan, and was sentenced to death. She was executed in April 1947, making her the second of only four women to be executed in the California gas chamber. Early life Peete was born Lofie Louise Preslar in Bienville, Louisiana. Her father was a prominent and wealthy newspaper publisher. Peete would later say that she "came from cultured, educated people. My parents were not delinquents, and did not rear delinquent children." She attended a private school in New Orleans, but was expelled at the age of 15 for stealing from her classmates and engaging in promiscuous behavior. In 1903, she married a traveling salesman, Henry Bosley, who commit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holly Robinson Peete
Holly Elizabeth Robinson Peete (born September 18, 1964) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Judy Hoffs on the Fox police drama '' 21 Jump Street'', Vanessa Russell on the ABC sitcom '' Hangin' with Mr. Cooper'', and Dr. Malena Ellis on the NBC/The WB sitcom ''For Your Love''. She also served as one of the original co-hosts of the CBS Daytime talk show, '' The Talk''. After graduating from high school, Peete entered Sarah Lawrence College in New York. She majored in Psychology and French. After she graduated in 1986, she considered attending graduate school and perhaps working in languages for the U.S. State Department. However, she decided to give an acting career a chance. Within a short time, Peete found roles on a television series and in two films. Peete's children's book, ''My Brother Charlie'', won her an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in March 2011. In 2012 the book was awarded the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award. Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney Peete
Rodney Peete (born March 16, 1966) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions, Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders, and Carolina Panthers. He played college football for the University of Southern California. Early years Peete was born in Mesa, Arizona. He attended Sahuaro High School in Tucson. He was a three-year letterman in football, basketball, and baseball. In football, he was named the Arizona High School Player of the Year and an Academic All-American as a junior. He also contributed to his teams winning state championships in basketball and baseball. He transferred to Shawnee Mission South High School in Overland Park, Kansas for his senior year, after his father Willie was hired as an assistant coach by the Kansas City Chiefs. He received Prep All-American honors at quarterback at the end of the season. He also was drafted in the 30th round (722nd overall) by the Toronto Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skip Peete
Skip Peete (born January 30, 1963) is an American football coach who is the running backs coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). Prior to the Buccaneers, he coached running backs for the Los Angeles Rams, Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys, and Oakland Raiders. He also has experience in college, coaching running backs for two years at UCLA Bruins football, UCLA, wide receivers at Michigan State Spartans football, Michigan State and Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Rutgers, and both running backs and wide receivers at the Pittsburgh Panthers, University of Pittsburgh. Playing career In college, Peete was an All-Big Eight Conference wide receiver in 1985 with the Kansas Jayhawks football, Kansas Jayhawks. Coaching career In 1988, Peete began his coaching career when he became a graduate assistant at the University of Pittsburgh. In his final two seasons with Pitt, he coached future Pro Football Hall of Famer Curtis Martin. In his two seasons at Michigan State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peet (other)
Peet or PEET may refer to: Surname A surname of English or Dutch origin *Alfred Peet (1920–2007), a Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea **Peet's Coffee & Tea, a specialty coffee roaster and retailer founded in 1966 *Amanda Peet (born 1972), an American actress *Azalia Emma Peet (1887–1973), American missionary teacher in Japan * Bill Peet (1915–2002), an American children's book illustrator and a story writer for Disney Studios * John Peet (other), various individuals *Mal Peet (1947–2015), an English author of novels mainly for young adults * Margot Peet (1903–1995), an American painter * Stephen Peet (1920–2005), a British filmmaker *Thomas Eric Peet (1882–1934), an English Egyptologist * Wayne Peet (born 1954), an American jazz pianist and organist Given name *Peet Aren (1889–1970), Estonian artist *Peet Coombes (1952–1997), English musician * Peet Johanson (1881–1939), Estonian politician * Peet Kask (born 1948), Esto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
