- Volney Peters
Pro Football player
DateOfBirth=Birth date and age|1928|1|1|mf=y
Birthplace=flagicon|USAMinneapolis, Minnesota
Position=Defensive tackle
College=Southern California
NFLDraftedYear=1951
NFLDraftedRound=13 / Pick 151
Jersey=79
Stats=Y
NFL=PET166113
Career Highlights=Y
DatabaseFootball=PETERVOL01
PFR=PeteVo00
PreAFLProBowls=1955
TSNAllAFL=1960
AFLAllStar=1960
years=1952-1953
1954-1957
1958
1960
1961
teams=NFL Chicago Cardinals
NFLWashington Redskins
NFLPhiladelphia Eagles
AFL Los Angeles Chargers
AFLOakland Raiders Volney Monroe Peters (born
January 1 ,1928 in Minneapolis,Minnesota ) is a formerAmerican football defensive tackle in theNational Football League and theAmerican Football League .High School Career
Peters graduated from
San Diego 's Hoover High in 1947.College career
Peters went to
Compton Community College and then was a two-way lineman for three years at theUniversity of Southern California . As a senior, he was a first-team All-Pacific Coast Conference pick and was named to the1951 East-West Shrine Game first team and the 1951College All StarsHula Bowl first team. Peters established a USC career record for minutes played.Professional career
After a brief time in the
Marine Corps , Peters played in the NFL from 1952 to 1958. He was drafted by theChicago Cardinals and also played for theWashington Redskins and thePhiladelphia Eagles . He retired briefly before then-Los Angeles Chargers coachSid Gillman convinced him to make a comeback to play for theAmerican Football League team. He finished his career with theOakland Raiders .Peters was named a 1956 NFLPro Bowl pick, and was named to the the "Sporting News " 1960 All-AFL team.ee also
*Other American Football League players
External links
* [http://www.usclegends.org/volney-peters.php Volney Peters] Profile at USC Legends
* [http://www.remembertheafl.com/1960AFLUnheraldedAllStars.htm#VolneyPeters Peters' 1961 Fleer football card]
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