Peter George Kmetovic (December 27, 1919 – February 8, 1990) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

player. A halfback, Kmetovic played college football for Stanford University, helping the team reach the

1941 Rose Bowl The 1941 Rose Bowl was the 27th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Wednesday, January 1. The undefeated and second-ranked Stanford Indians of the Pacific Coast Conference defeated the #7 ...

. In the game, Kmetovic rushed for 141 yards and returned a punt for a touchdown to lead the Indians to a 21-13 victory over

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. For his efforts, Kmetovic was named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game. He was drafted by the

Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team play ...

in the

1942 NFL Draft The 1942 National Football League Draft was held on December 22, 1941, at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. Two members of the draft class have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Bill Dudley, the first overall selection by the P ...

, but did not play. He played for the Eagles in the 1946 season, and for the Detroit Lions for the 1947 season. His great-grandson, Jack Tiernan O'Brien, plays

college soccer College soccer is played by teams composed of soccer players who are enrolled in colleges and universities. It is very prominent in United States, Japan, South Korea, Canada, and as well as in South Africa and the Philippines. The United K ...

for the Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team.

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1919 births 1990 deaths American football halfbacks Detroit Lions players Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football players Philadelphia Eagles players Stanford Cardinal football players Players of American football from San Jose, California {{Runningback-1910s-stub