Bob Peck (American football)
{{Short description|American football player (1891–1932)}}
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{{Infobox gridiron football person
| name = Bob Peck
| image = PopandPeck1918Owl.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Peck with head coach "Pop" Warner during the 1916 season. That year, Pitt outscored its opponents 255–25 along the way to an 8–0 record and a consensus national championship.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1891|5|30}}
| birth_place = Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1932|6|14|1891|5|30}}
| death_place = Culver, Indiana, U.S.
| team =
| number =
| status =
| position1 = Center
| height_ft =
| height_in =
| weight_lb =
| college = Pittsburgh
| playing_years1 = 1917
| playing_team1 = Youngstown Patricians
| playing_years2 = 1917
| playing_team2 = Massillon Tigers
| playing_years3 = 1920
| playing_team3 = Fort Wayne Friars
| other_title = athletic director
| other_years1 = 1917–1932
| other_team1 = Culver Military Academy
| career_highlights =
- First-team All-Pro (1917)
- 2× National Champion (1915, 1916)
- 2× Consensus All-American (1915, 1916)
- First-team All-American (1914)
| CollegeHOF = 1323
| CollegeHOFYear = 1954
}}
Bob Peck (May 30, 1891 – June 14, 1932) was an American football player who most famously played center for the Pittsburgh Panthers, where he was a three-time All-American.
Career
=Pitt=
Peck was a prominent center for "Pop" Warner's Pitt Panthers. He was selected as a first-team All-American in each of 1914, 1915, and 1916.{{Cite book |editor1-last=Borghetti |editor1-first=E.J. |editor2-last=Nestor |editor2-first=Mendy |editor3-last=Welsh |editor3-first=Celeste |title=2008 Pitt Football Media Guide |publisher=University of Pittsburgh |year=2008 |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |page=8 |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pitt/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2008FBMediaGuide.pdf |access-date=2009-03-26 |archive-date=2011-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523130245/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pitt/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2008FBMediaGuide.pdf |url-status=dead }} Peck also won back-to-back national championships in 1915 and 1916.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html |title=Past Division I-A Football National Champions |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070122031313/http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html |archive-date=2007-01-22 }} He dropped out of college during the spring of 1916 due to the death of his father, but he was able to academically qualify for the 1916 season – during which Peck served as team captain – by attending class throughout the summer.{{Cite news |title=Peck to Lead Panthers |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/09/02/104689720.pdf |work=The New York Times |date=September 1, 1916 |page=9 |access-date=December 14, 2009 }}
=Pro ball=
In 1917 he played in the Ohio League, the direct predecessor to the modern National Football League for the Youngstown Patricians and the Massillon Tigers. That season, he earned first team all-pro honors.{{cite journal|title=Canton Wins Again 1917 |journal=Coffin Corner |publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association |pages=1–5 |url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Canton_Wins_Again.pdf |author=PFRA Research |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617101934/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Canton_Wins_Again.pdf |archive-date=2013-06-17 }} In 1920, Peck played for the Fort Wayne Friars in the team's victory over the Columbus Panhandles.{{cite journal | title=Inflation of 1920; A Tale of Two Cities | journal=Coffin Corner | publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association | volume=14 | issue=3 | year=1992 | pages=1–6 | url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/14-03-463.pdf | author=Klosinski, Emil | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218201315/http://profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/14-03-463.pdf | archive-date=2010-12-18 }}
=Culver Academy=
Following his time at Pitt, he served as the Athletic director at Culver Military Academy until his unexpected death attributed to heart disease in 1932.{{Cite web |url={{College Football HoF/url|id=1323}} |title=Bob Peck |work=College Football Hall of Fame |access-date=December 14, 2009}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19320620&id=Ov8cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gY4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4181,835372&hl=en|title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search|publisher=}} He was posthumously elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.
References
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Category:American football centers
Category:Fort Wayne Friars players
Category:Massillon Tigers players
Category:Pittsburgh Panthers football players
Category:Youngstown Patricians players
Category:All-American college football players
Category:College Football Hall of Fame inductees
Category:People from Lock Haven, Pennsylvania