Hamlet Peterson
Appearance
Biographical details | |
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Born | Scarville, Iowa | April 6, 1897
Died | October 2, 1973 Rochester, Minnesota | (aged 76)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1918–1922 | Luther (IA) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1925–1945 | Luther (IA) |
Basketball | |
1922–1965 | Luther (IA) |
Baseball | |
1967 | Luther (IA) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 481–356 (basketball) 11–7 (baseball) |
Hamlet Edwin Peterson (April 6, 1897 – October 2, 1973) was an American college football and basketball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa from 1925 to 1945.[1] Peterson died October 2, 1973, at a hospital Rochester, Minnesota following treatment for cancer.[2]
References
- ^ Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- ^ "Hamlet Peterson, 76, Dies; Won 762 Games at Luther". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. October 3, 1973. p. 17. Retrieved May 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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- College track and field coaches in the United States
- People from Winnebago County, Iowa
- Deaths from cancer in Minnesota
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