Pete Pederson

Willard Merrill "Pete" Pederson


Born:
October 28, 1910   
Pueblo, CO

Died:
September 8, 1982 
Avila Beach, CA


Career
1928-29 Central High School - Pueblo, CO (High School)
1931-32 Western State University - Colorado (College)
1932-33 Western State University - Colorado (College)
1933-34 Western State University - Colorado (College)
1935-36 Western State University - Colorado (College) - Head Coach
1936-37 Western State University - Colorado (College) - Head Coach
1937-38 Western State University - Colorado (College) - Head Coach
1938-39 Western State University - Colorado (College) - Head Coach
1939-40 Oshkosh All-Stars (NBL) - Player / coach
1940-41 Oshkosh All-Stars (NBL) - Coach
1941-42 Toledo Jim White Chevrolets (NBL)


Born to Lorain and Ida Pederson, Pederson played at Western before becoming their head coach. He left there to be player/coach for Oshkosh for two years. In 1941, he became head football coach at Mount Union College, and stayed there through 1948 season (except for when he served in the U.S. Navy in World War 2, where he received a Silver Star, Purple Heart, 2 Oak Clusters and Presidential Unit citation.). From there, he took the head football coach job at Marshall for a couple seasons before returning to Western to lead their gridiron squad.


Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/p/pederwi01n.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=pederpe01