Pete MacRae

{{Short description|American football and basketball player (1902–1965)}}

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{{Infobox gridiron football person

| name = Pete MacRae

| image = File:Pete MacRae in 1923 with Syracuse Football.jpg

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| caption = MacRae in 1923.

| position1 = End

| birth_date = January 22, 1902

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| death_date = March 1965

| death_place = Hollywood, Florida

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| College = Syracuse University

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| Weight_lbs = 180

| playing_years1 = 1923

| playing_team1 = Syracuse Orange

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| career_highlights =

• Consensus All-American (1923)

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Evander G. "Pete" MacRae (January 22, 1902 – March 1965) was an American football and basketball player. He first gained note as a football player for the undefeated 1919 Allegheny High School football team from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.{{cite web|title=Great PA Teams: Pittsburgh Allegheny 1919|author=Hal Wilson|publisher=Pennsylvania Football News|accessdate=August 22, 2014|url=http://tsi4.com/pafootballnews/HalWilson/PittsburghAllegheny1919.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826113235/http://tsi4.com/pafootballnews/HalWilson/PittsburghAllegheny1919.pdf|archive-date=August 26, 2014|url-status=dead}} He then enrolled at Syracuse University where played both football and basketball. He played at the end position for the Syracuse Orange football team and was a consensus first-team All-American in 1923.{{cite web|title=2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2014|accessdate=August 16, 2014|page=5|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082159/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf|url-status=dead}} He also played for three years from 1921 to 1924 on the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team.{{cite web|title=Evander MacRae|publisher=OrangeHoops.org|accessdate=August 22, 2014|url=http://www.orangehoops.org/emacrae.htm}} After graduating from Syracuse, he played professional basketball with the Syracuse All Stars.