Peter Cronan

{{Short description|American football player (born 1955)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Peter Cronan

| number = 57, 54

| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|1|13|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Bourne, Massachusetts, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lbs = 238

| high_school = Framingham (MA) Marian

| college = Boston College

| draftyear = 1977

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 51

| pastteams =

• Seattle Seahawks ({{NFL Year|1977}}–{{NFL Year|1981}})
• Washington Redskins (1981–{{NFL Year|1985}})

| highlights =

• Super Bowl champion (XVII)
• 2× First-team All-East (1975, 1976)

| statlabel1 = Sacks

| statvalue1 = 2.0

| statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue2 = 7

| statlabel3 = Interceptions

| statvalue3 = 2

| pfr = CronPe20

}}

Peter Joseph Cronan (born January 13, 1955) is an American former professional football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and Seattle Seahawks. He played both defensive line and linebacker during his college football career at Boston College and was an All-East performer. Selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the second round of the 1977 NFL draft. He was traded to the Washington Redskins (now Commanders) team where he earned two Super Bowl rings as Captain of the special teams. He has been the color commentator on the Boston College radio broadcasts since 1988. His broadcast partners have included, Gil Santos, Dale Arnold, Dick Lutsk, Sean McDonough, Sean Grande, John Rooke, and his current partner Jon Meterparel.