Pete Dwyer

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]

Pete Dwyer
Biographical details
Alma materNotre Dame (1910)
Playing career
Football
1907–1909Notre Dame
Position(s)Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1923–1928Niagara
1929–1930Syracuse (assistant)
1931–1942Clarkson
Basketball
1923–1927Niagara
1930–1936Clarkson
Baseball
c. 1925Niagara
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)

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

References
  1. "Basketball". Sports-Reference College Basketball. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  2. "Pete Dwyer". Clarkson University Athletics. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  3. "1909 Football" (PDF). University of Notre Dame. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  4. "All-Time Roster" (PDF). University of Notre Dame. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  5. "Football's Big Burlesque". Buffalo Courier-Express.
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