Peter Demmerle

Peter Demmerle
Career information
Demmerle from the "Dome" (1975)
Date of birth	September 6, 1953
Date of death	May 24, 2007(2007-05-24) (aged 53)
Place of death	Greenwich, Connecticut
Position(s)	Wide receiver
College	University of Notre Dame
High school	New Canaan High School
Career history
As player
1973–1974	Notre Dame
Career highlights and awards
Consensus All-American (1974)

Peter Kirk Demmerle (September 6, 1953 – May 24, 2007) was an American football player. He played college football at the wide receiver position for the University of Notre Dame and was a consensus first-team selection to the 1974 College Football All-America Team.^[1] He graduated from Fordham University School of Law and worked in the insurance practice group at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae.^[2] He died in 2007 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), better known as Lou Gehrig's disease.^[3]^[4]

References

1974 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Steve Bartkowski RB Anthony Davis RB Archie Griffin RB Joe Washington WR Peter Demmerle TE Bennie Cunningham OT Marvin Crenshaw OT John Roush G Gerry DiNardo G Ken Huff C Steve Myers

Defense	DL Rubin Carter DL Leroy Cook DL Pat Donovan DL Mike Hartenstine DL Louie Kelcher DL Jimmy Webb DL Randy White LB Kenneth Bernich LB Woodrow Lowe LB Rod Shoate LB Richard Wood DB Dave Brown DB John Provost DB Pat Thomas

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