:Marty Peters

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| name = Marty Peters

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| birth_date = {{Circa|1913}}

| birth_place = Decatur, Illinois, U.S.

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| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1933–1935

| player_team2 = Notre Dame

| player_sport3 = Basketball

| player_years4 = 1933–1936

| player_team4 = Notre Dame

| player_positions = End (football)
Forward (basketball)

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1936

| coach_team2 = St. Teresa HS (IL)

| coach_years3 = 1937–1941

| coach_team3 = St. Benedict's

| coach_years4 = 1946–1947

| coach_team4 = St. Benedict's

| coach_sport5 = Basketball

| coach_years6 = 1936–1937

| coach_team6 = St. Teresa HS (IL)

| coach_years7 = 1937–1942

| coach_team7 = St. Benedict's

| coach_years8 = 1946–1948

| coach_team8 = St. Benedict's

| admin_years1 = 1937–?

| admin_team1 = St. Benedict's

| overall_record = 29–24–5 (college football)
78–73 (college basketball)

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| championships = Football
1 CIC (1940)

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Martin J. Peters ({{Circa|1913}} –?) was an American football and basketball player and coach and college athletic administrator. He was drafted in the seventh round of the 1936 NFL Draft.{{Cite web |title=1936 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1936/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He served two stints as the head football coach at St. Benedict's College—now known as Benedictine College—in Atchison, Kansas, from 1937 to 1941 and again from 1946 to 1947, compiling a record of 29–24–5.{{cite web|url=http://ravenathletics.benedictine.edu/2011-football-media-guide?width=300&height=170&iframe=true&template=colorbox |publisher=Benedictine College |title=Football Media Guide |accessdate=August 31, 2011 |year=2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120714034006/http://ravenathletics.benedictine.edu/2011-football-media-guide?width=300&height=170&iframe=true&template=colorbox |archivedate=July 14, 2012 }} Peters was also the head basketball coach at St. Benedict's, tallying a mark of 78–73.

Peters was a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he played on the football and basketball teams. He began his coaching career at St. Teresa High School in Decatur, Illinois.{{cite news |author= |title=New Raven Coach |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19370218&id=XwZRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Fb8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3801,909718 |newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World |location=Lawrence, Kansas |agency=Associated Press |date=February 18, 1937 |page=1 |access-date=November 24, 2020 |via=Google News }}

Peters served in the United States Navy during World War II and was discharged as a lieutenant commander. He resigned from his post at St. Benedict's in May 1948 to take a job with a beverage company in Atchison.{{cite news |author= |title=Muskies Beaten By Exntesion 12-7 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63949514/the-decatur-daily-review/ |newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review |location=Decatur, Illinois |date=May 10, 1948 |page=8 |access-date=November 24, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}