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Robert L. "Pete" Potter photograph

 Collection — Box: BW 5, Folder: 1 [X031589253]
Identifier: MSS 16093

Dates

  • Creation: 1953

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Biographical / Historical

Robert L. "Pete" Potter football coach and boxing champion and class of '55 University of Virginia. He served in the Korean war and was the head coach at McCallie High shool in Chatanooga Tennessee from 1973 to 1993. The McCallie football field at Spears Stadium in Chattanooga was officially named n memory of Peter Potter in a special ceremony on October 9, 2015.

According to a speech given by his son, Ralph Potter (McCallie football coach), "Pete Potter was a great coach, a great mentor, a great husband, and a great dad". He was a stand out athlete at Red Bank High School and the University of Virgnia.

Extent

0.03 Cubic Feet (One folder in a document box BW 5.)

Language of Materials

English

Title
Robert L. "Pete" Potter photograph
Author
Ellen Welch
Date
5/5/17
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

Contact:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States