He converted 17 drop kicks into field goals in a game between the Bobcats' freshman team and Billings Polytechnic Institute.
Montana State athletic director Schubert Dyche said that "We agreed that every time we got inside the 30-yard line.
[12] He helped lead the Illini to the outdoor national championship as a member of the 1927 track and field team.
[18] He spent time as a baseball umpire, serving in the Florida State League and then the American Association (AA).
[3] He was a sergeant during World War II and spent time instructing trainees at an army air forces technical training command detachment at the University of Michigan.
Peters then resigned, stating that "when an umpire gets socked and they fine the guy only $100 and five days, it's an open invitation for everybody in the league to start punching you around.