Peter Louis Pihos was an American football player and coach.
57 Facts About Pete Pihos
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Pete Pihos was selected as a first-team All-American in 1942,1943, and 1945.
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Pete Pihos's college playing career was interrupted by service in the United States Army during World War II.
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Pete Pihos was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1966, the first Indiana player to be so honored.
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Pete Pihos played professional football as an end in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1947 to 1955.
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Pete Pihos was selected six times to play in the Pro Bowl and six times as a first-team All-Pro.
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Pete Pihos was named to the NFL 1940s All-Decade Team in 1969 and inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1970.
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Pete Pihos held coaching positions with Tulane University and the Richmond Rebels.
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Pete Pihos's body was discovered behind the counter of the restaurant with his skull fractured in 12 places.
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Pete Pihos attended Orlando High School where he played football as a tackle and basketball as a guard.
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Pete Pihos attended the Indiana University and played for the Indiana Hoosiers football team, first as an end in 1942 and 1943.
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Pete Pihos was named to the All-America team selected based on the votes of 1,706 fellow players, earned honorable mention on the United Press All-America team, and was a second-team selection on the UP's All-Big Ten team.
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Pete Pihos was named a first-team All-American by Sporting News, Collier's Weekly, and The New York Sun.
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Pete Pihos was a unanimous selection by conference coaches as a first-team end on the 1943 All-Big Nine Conference football team.
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Pete Pihos was drafted into the United States Army in January 1944.
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Pete Pihos served in the 35th Infantry Division under George S Patton.
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Pete Pihos was granted a furlough to return to Indiana University in September 1945 while awaiting his final discharge.
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When Pete Pihos returned to Indiana after his military service, he played at the fullback position for the 1945 Indiana Hoosiers football team that compiled the only undefeated record in Indiana football history, won the program's first Big Ten Conference championship, and finished the season ranked No 4 in the final AP Poll.
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Pete Pihos had only two days of practice before his first game back, Indiana's second game of the season, against Northwestern.
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Pete Pihos scored Indiana's only touchdown in the game, when he caught a pass at the Northwestern five-yard line and dragged three defenders with him over the goal-line.
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Pete Pihos finished the season having carried the ball 92 times for 410 yards and seven touchdowns.
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Pete Pihos earned first-team All-America honors from Yank, the Army Weekly magazine, and finished eighth in voting for the Heisman Trophy.
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Pete Pihos ended his college career by scoring three touchdowns against the Purdue Boilermakers, helping the Hoosiers win the Old Oaken Bucket for that year.
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Pete Pihos finished third in the voting for the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the most valuable player in the Big Nine Conference.
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In four seasons at Indiana, Pete Pihos scored 138 points, which was then the school's all-time scoring record.
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Pete Pihos broke Indiana career records for touchdowns and receptions.
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Pete Pihos was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round of the 1945 NFL Draft, but he continued to play for Indiana in 1945 and 1946.
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Pete Pihos blocked a punt by Sammy Baugh and returned it 26 yards for a touchdown against the Washington Redskins.
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Pete Pihos caught three passes for 27 yards in that game and intercepted a pass while playing defense.
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Pete Pihos scored the only offensive touchdown of the 1949 championship game via a 31-yard reception in the second quarter during a heavy downpour.
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Pete Pihos' 766 receiving yards and 11 receiving touchdowns in 1948 were both the second-most in the NFL that season.
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Pete Pihos earned first-team All-Pro recognition in 1948 from United Press, New York Daily News, Chicago Herald-American, and Pro Football Illustrated and in 1949 from the International News Service, UP, Associated Press, and New York Daily News.
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Pete Pihos was invited to his first of six-straight Pro Bowls after the 1950 season.
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In 1951, Pete Pihos led the Eagles in receptions and receiving yards and intercepted two passes as a defensive end.
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Pete Pihos caught only 12 passes and scored only one touchdown in 1952, causing the Eagles front office to suspect he was washed up.
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Pete Pihos went on to have his greatest statistical success over the next three seasons, which were ultimately his final three; he recorded similar statistics over that three-year span to his first six seasons.
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Pete Pihos led the NFL in receptions in each of his final three seasons, in receiving yards twice, and in receiving touchdowns once.
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In November 1955, Pete Pihos announced that the current season would be his last as a player.
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In March 1956, shortly after retiring from the NFL, Pete Pihos was hired as the head football coach at National Agricultural College in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
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Pete Pihos had been an advisory coach for the college in 1955 and taught classes in business law.
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Pete Pihos's contract was not renewed after the 1958 season.
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In February 1961, Pete Pihos was hired by a group seeking to secure a professional football franchise for Cincinnati in the American Football League for the 1962 season.
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Pete Pihos was the general manager of the enterprise and was slated to be head coach of the proposed team.
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In 1962 and 1963, Pete Pihos served as the head coach of the Hammonton Bakers, a semipro football team in Hammonton, New Jersey.
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In 1964, Pete Pihos served as the head coach of the Richmond Rebels of the Atlantic Coast Football League.
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Pete Pihos remained with the Rebels in 1965 as the team joined the Continental Football League.
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Pete Pihos stepped down as the coach of the Rebels in February 1966.
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Pete Pihos received numerous honors for his accomplishments as a football player.
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Pete Pihos was at that time a private in the Army stationed at Camp Reynolds.
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Pete Pihos was next married in December 1949 to model Mary Cecile Clark, known as Cecile Chandler.
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Pete Pihos was married for a third time to Charlotte Berlings Wolfe in November 1967.
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Pete Pihos spent his last years at the Grace Healthcare nursing home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Pete Pihos's neurologist opined that Pihos' dementia was caused by blows to the head during his career as a football player.
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Pete Pihos was buried at Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Winston-Salem.
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Pete Pihos began in 2010 with a documentary short titled Dear Dad juxtaposing photos and footage from his days as a football player with images of him as he fought the disease.
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Pete Pihos created Pihos: A Moving Biography, exploring aspects of her father's life and his struggle with Alzheimer's disease through film and dance.
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Pete Pihos's efforts culminated in a feature-length documentary titled Pihos: A Life in Five Movements.