Peter Adrian Liske was an American football quarterback, star quarterback with Calgary Stampeders in the late-60s and later a university athletics administrator.
16 Facts About Pete Liske
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Pete Liske played for Penn State from 1961 to 1963, quarterbacking winning teams each year.
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Pete Liske chose the AFL, and played with the newly renamed New York Jets.
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Pete Liske saw limited playing time in 1964 with New York, playing in only four games.
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Pete Liske's career took a turn up north, with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
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Pete Liske was named an all-star and won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award.
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Pete Liske's passing records would eventually be eclipsed by Doug Flutie's in a more wide-open era.
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Pete Liske chose to return to the AFL in 1969, joining the Denver Broncos and playing seven games with them.
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Pete Liske moved on to the Philadelphia Eagles for the 1971 and 1972 seasons, playing 14 games in each season.
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Pete Liske's combined total American professional record was: 50 games over five seasons, with 396 of 778 passes completed, for 5170 yards and 30 touchdowns with 46 interceptions.
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Pete Liske remained in Calgary until part way through the 1974 season, when he joined the British Columbia Lions.
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Pete Liske was a game official in the NFL from 1983 through 1988, a back judge wearing uniform number 21.
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Pete Liske left the private sector in 1985 for the University of Washington in Seattle, where he started as an associate athletic director, with a focus on fundraising and promotions.
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Pete Liske became the athletic director at the University of Idaho in Moscow in 1992, and moved to the University of Toledo in 1996.
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In late 2001, Pete Liske returned to his alma mater, Penn State, where he was appointed director of major gifts for intercollegiate athletics, with special emphasis on developing funding for the improvement of athletic facilities.
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Peter A Liske died on 12 February 2022, in Wenatchee, Washington, due to Alzheimer's disease.