Martin J. Peters was an
American football and
basketball player and coach and college athletic administrator. 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. 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
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.
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.
Head coaching record
College football
See also
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List of college football head coaches with non-consecutive tenure
References
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