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Colorado State University Athletics
Colorado State Athletics Hall of Fame
Joe Peters
- Induction:
- 1997
- Class:
- 1939
Baseball (1936 to 1939)
Basketball (1936 to 1939)
Football (1936 to 1938)
Joe Peters earned 11 athletic letters while attending Colorado State between 1935 and 1939. A native of Durango, Colo., Peters was a starter on the baseball team all four years and played right halfback on the football team. Peters was an integral part of the 1938 conference champion baseball team and earned all-conference honors.
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After graduation in 1939 with a degree in economics and minor in education, Peters coached high school sports. In 1952 he went to work for the Cocoa-Cola bottling plant in his hometown of Durango where he worked for 37 years retiring as the Vice President and general manager. Joe Peters died on October 26, 1999 at the age of 86.
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Other Accomplishments:
Basketball (1936 to 1939)
Football (1936 to 1938)
Joe Peters earned 11 athletic letters while attending Colorado State between 1935 and 1939. A native of Durango, Colo., Peters was a starter on the baseball team all four years and played right halfback on the football team. Peters was an integral part of the 1938 conference champion baseball team and earned all-conference honors.
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After graduation in 1939 with a degree in economics and minor in education, Peters coached high school sports. In 1952 he went to work for the Cocoa-Cola bottling plant in his hometown of Durango where he worked for 37 years retiring as the Vice President and general manager. Joe Peters died on October 26, 1999 at the age of 86.
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Other Accomplishments:
- Nye Award (1939)
- Leader in Durango Community volunteering
- 1938 All-Conference (Baseball)
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