17 Facts About Pete Calac

Pedro "Pete" Calac was a professional football player who played in the Ohio League and during the early years of the National Football League.

Calac was born on May 13,1892, to Felicidad Calac and listed Francisco Calac as Pete's father on his enrollment at Carlisle.

Two of Pete Calac's brothers had died of typhoid fever and he had a brother and two sisters living in 1908.

Pete Calac ran from Sherman home to the reservation two consecutive years.

Pete Calac came to the Carlisle Indian School located across the country in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on November 16,1908, at the age of 15.

Pete Calac came to the school via the Union Pacific Railroad with only a third-grade education.

Pete Calac left Carlisle in June 1911 and returned to California.

Pete Calac asked to return to Carlisle and was re-enrolled September 22,1912.

Pete Calac was first elected as the team's captain in 1914 when the team's current captain, Elmer Busch, was forced to resign.

Until attending the school, Pete Calac had never played football before and had no knowledge of the game.

Thorpe and Pete Calac soon became friends and would later play professional football with the Canton Bulldogs and the Oorang Indians.

Pete Calac served with the 91st Division, known as the "Wild West Division," in France and Belgium during World War I Pete Calac returned from the war without a wound.

Pete Calac later stated that "I guess I dug in too much".

However, in an article by the Professional Football Researchers Association, Pete Calac was reported to have suffered career threatening wounds during the war but was back at the top of his game by 1922.

Pete Calac played the team's halfback for both years of the Indians existence.

Pete Calac was scooped up by the Buffalo Bisons, who were previously known as the Buffalo All-Americans.

The combination of Hughitt, Boynton, Eddie Kaw, and Pete Calac gave Buffalo the most potent offensive backfield in the league.