Pete Carlston | |
Birth Date: | 3 February 1911 |
Birth Place: | Fairview, Utah, U.S. |
Death Place: | Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Utah (1934) |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1931–1933 |
Player Team2: | Utah |
Player Positions: | End |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1937–1938 |
Coach Team2: | Westminster (UT) |
Coach Years3: | 1939–1941 |
Coach Team3: | Mesa JC (CO) |
Coach Years4: | 1946–1949 |
Coach Team4: | Utah (freshmen) |
Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
Coach Years6: | 1939–1942 |
Coach Team6: | Mesa JC (CO) |
Coach Sport7: | Baseball |
Coach Years8: | 1950–1953 |
Coach Team8: | Utah |
Coach Sport9: | Swimming |
Coach Years10: | 1947–1954 |
Coach Team10: | Utah |
Coach Sport11: | Track |
Coach Years12: | 1965–1979 |
Coach Team12: | Utah |
Overall Record: | 39–27 (baseball) |
Peter LeRoy Carlston (February 3, 1911 – April 27, 1992) was an American football, basketball, baseball, golf, swimming, wrestling, and track and field coach. He also served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Carlston lettered at end for the University of Utah from 1931 to 1933, before graduating in 1934.[1]
Carlston served as a football coach at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah and Mesa Junior College in Colorado, as well as serving as Mesa's head men's basketball coach.[2]
Carlston was the head baseball coach at his alma mater, the University of Utah, from 1950 to 1953. His 1951 squad placed third at the 1951 College World Series.[3]