Pete Berezney | |
Number: | 40, 47 |
Position: | Tackle |
Birth Date: | 14 November 1923 |
Birth Place: | Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
Death Place: | Olean, New York, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 2 |
Weight Lbs: | 240 |
High School: | Jersey City (NJ) Dickinson |
College: | Notre Dame |
Draftyear: | 1946 |
Draftround: | 7 |
Draftpick: | 58 |
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Pfr: | B/BerePe20 |
Peter James Berezney (November 14, 1923 – October 13, 2008) was an American football tackle who played two seasons in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) with the Los Angeles Dons and Baltimore Colts. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the seventh round of the 1946 NFL draft. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame and attended William L. Dickinson High School in Jersey City, New Jersey.[1]
Berezney played for he Notre Dame Fighting Irish from 1943 to 1945. He was a starter his senior year in 1945.[2]
Berezney played in twelve games, starting three, for the Los Angeles Dons in 1947.[1] He played in thirteen games for the Baltimore Colts during the 1948 season.[1]
Berezney's brother Paul played in the National Football League and AAFC.[3] Pete's brother Steve wrote a book on their family, titled after their father Pete, called "Sugarhouse Pete: An American Family Story".[4]