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Peter Kirk Demmerle (September 6, 1953 – May 24, 2007) was an American football player. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame as a wide receiver and was a consensus first-team All-American in 1974.[1]
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 Demmerle from the "Dome" (1975) | |
| Born: | September 6, 1953 |
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| Died: | May 24, 2007 (aged 53) Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| College | University of Notre Dame |
| High school | New Canaan (CT) |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1972–1974 | Notre Dame |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Demmerle was a member of the national championship team of 1973 which defeated top-ranked Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. A year earlier, he scored Notre Dame's only touchdown in the Orange Bowl; he was selected in the thirteenth round of the 1975 NFL draft by the San Diego Chargers.[2]
Demmerle graduated from Fordham University School of Law and worked in the insurance practice group at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae.[3] He died in 2007 at age 53, after an eight-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), better known as Lou Gehrig's disease.[2][4]
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