Peter P. Stevens | |
Birth Date: | 18 June 1909 |
Birth Place: | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | West Melbourne, Florida, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1933–1935 |
Player Team2: | Temple |
Player Years3: | 1936 |
Player Team3: | Philadelphia Eagles |
Player Positions: | Center |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1937–1940 |
Coach Team2: | Ursinus (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1941–1943 |
Coach Team3: | Ursinus |
Coach Years4: | 1946 |
Coach Team4: | Ursinus |
Coach Years5: | 1947–1955 |
Coach Team5: | Temple (assistant) |
Coach Years6: | 1956–1959 |
Coach Team6: | Temple |
Coach Years7: | 1960 |
Coach Team7: | Drexel (assistant) |
Coach Sport8: | Basketball |
Coach Years9: | 1942–1943 |
Coach Team9: | Ursinus |
Coach Sport10: | Baseball |
Coach Years11: | 1947–1952 |
Coach Team11: | Temple |
Overall Record: | 8–44–3 (football) 3–4 (basketball) 40–52 (baseball) |
Peter P. Stevens (June 18, 1909 – May 5, 1989) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He played college football at Temple University from 1933 to 1935 and professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1936. Stevens served as the head football coach at Ursinus College from 1941 to 1943 and again in 1946 and at his alma mater, Temple, from 1956 to 1959, compiling a career college football coaching record of 8–44–3. In 1960, he became an assistant football coach at Drexel.[1] He was also the head basketball coach at Ursinus in 1942–43 and the head baseball coach at Temple from 1947 to 1952. Stevens died on May 5, 1989, at his home in West Melbourne, Florida.[2]