Pete Dwyer

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Pete Dwyer
Biographical details
Alma mater Notre Dame (1910)
Playing career
Football
1907–1909 Notre Dame
Position(s) Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1923–1928 Niagara
1929–1930 Syracuse (assistant)
1931–1942 Clarkson
Basketball
1923–1927 Niagara
1930–1936 Clarkson
Baseball
c. 1925 Niagara
Head coaching record
Overall70–42–7 (football)
99–82 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
3 New York State Conference (1926–1928)
2 Western New York Little Three (1926–1927)

Peter Dwyer was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach and head basketball coach at Niagara University from 1923 to 1927. [1] After working as an assistant coach at Syracuse University, Dwyer became the head football coach and head basketball coach at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York. [2] He was a 1910 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he played left halfback on the school's football team. [3] [4]

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Dwyer was the Niagara head coach during the notorious 1923 Niagara vs. Colgate football game in which his player refused to tackle Colgate players unless they agreed to play a shortened game with 8-minute quarters. [5]

Head coaching record

Football

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Niagara Purple Eagles (Western New York Little Three Conference)(1923–1925)
1923 Niagara4–4
1924 Niagara4–4
1925 Niagara4–4
Niagara Purple Eagles (New York State Conference / Western New York Little Three Conference)(1926–1928)
1926 Niagara4–3–12–0–1 / 2–01st / 1st
1927 Niagara5–31–01st
1928 Niagara4–44–01st
Niagara:25–22–1
Clarkson Golden Knights (Independent)(1931–1943)
1931 Clarkson5–3
1932 Clarkson6–2
1933 Clarkson4–3–1
1934 Clarkson3–3
1935 Clarkson5–1–1
1936 Clarkson3–3–2
1937 Clarkson2–5
1938 Clarkson2–4–1
1939 Clarkson5–2
1940 Clarkson5–3
1941 Clarkson5–1–1
Clarkson:45–30–6
Total:70–42–7
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

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