Alex Petersen

{{about|the American football coach|the English footballer|Alex Peterson}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Alex Petersen

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|7|20}}

| birth_place = Coquille, Oregon, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|6|23|1924|7|20}}

| death_place = Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.

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| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1952–1954

| coach_team2 = Southern Oregon

| coach_sport3 = Basketball

| coach_years4 = 1955–1956

| coach_team4 = Southern Oregon

| coach_years5 = 1975–1976

| coach_team5 = Southern Oregon

| overall_record = 8–14 (football)
19–29 (basketball)

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Alexander Petersen Jr. (July 20, 1924 – June 23, 2014){{cite news|title=Peach Basket Society Article|url=http://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2018/10/alex-petersen.html|accessdate = October 4, 2018}} was an American football coach, basketball coach and basketball player. He played basketball at Oregon State University, and while studying for his doctorate at Columbia University, he played a little basketball in the American League and the Eastern Basketball League of Connecticut. He returned to Oregon after finishing his doctorate. He was served as the head football coach at Southern Oregon College of Education—now known as Southern Oregon University—in Ashland, Oregon for three seasons, from 1952 to 1954. His record at Southern Oregon was 8–14.{{Cite web|last=DeLassus |first=David |title=Southern Oregon Coaching Records |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/naia/independents/southern_oregon/coaching_records.php |accessdate=November 4, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920065019/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/naia/independents/southern_oregon/coaching_records.php |archivedate=September 20, 2011 }}