Forrest Ingram "Frosty" Peters was an American football player who played three seasons in the National Football League with the Providence Steam Rollers, Portsmouth Spartans, Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cardinals.
18 Facts About Frosty Peters
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Frosty Peters played college football at Montana State and Illinois.
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Frosty Peters converted 17 drop kicks into field goals in a game between the Bobcats' freshman team and Billings Polytechnic Institute.
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Frosty Peters transferred to play for the Illinois Fighting Illini of the University of Illinois in 1925, where he was a part of the Illini freshman football team.
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Frosty Peters was heralded by some to be a potential successor to Red Grange.
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Frosty Peters lettered in football for the Illini in 1926,1928 and 1929.
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Frosty Peters sat out the 1927 season due to a knee injury.
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Frosty Peters helped lead the Illini to the outdoor national championship as a member of the 1927 track and field team.
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Frosty Peters played for the Providence Steam Roller and Portsmouth Spartans of the NFL in 1930.
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Frosty Peters then played for the NFL's Brooklyn Dodgers in 1931 and the Chicago Cardinals of the NFL in 1932.
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Frosty Peters played for the Memphis Tigers from 1932 to 1934.
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Frosty Peters was coach of the Tigers from 1933 to 1934, serving as a player-coach.
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Frosty Peters was named second-team all-league by the coaches while playing for the Tigers of the American Football League in 1934.
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Frosty Peters was later a player-coach with the St Louis Gunners.
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Frosty Peters attended George Barr umpire school in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
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Frosty Peters spent time as a baseball umpire, serving in the Florida State League and then the American Association.
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Frosty Peters was a sergeant during World War II and spent time instructing trainees at an army air forces technical training command detachment at the University of Michigan.
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Frosty Peters was assaulted by an AA manager in 1946.