Pete Dwyer

Peter Dwyer was an American football and basketball coach.  He served as the head football coach and head basketball coach at Niagara University from 1923 to 1927. After working as an assistant coach at Syracuse University, Dwyer became the head football coach and head basketball coach at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York. He was a 1910 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he played left halfback on the school's football team.

Dwyer was the Niagara head coach during the notorious 1923 Niagara vs. Colgate football game in which his player refused to tackle Colgate players unless they agreed to play a shortened game with 8-minute quarters.

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