Tony Peters

American football player (born 1953)

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American football player

Tony Peters

Peters playing for the Redskins in Super Bowl XVII

No. 20, 23
Position:| Safety / Cornerback
Personal information
Born:|  (1953-04-28) April 28, 1953 (age 72)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Height:| 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:| 187 lb (85 kg)
Career information
High school:| Pauls Valley (OK)
College:| Oklahoma
NFL draft:| 1975: 4th round, 82nd pick
Career history

* Cleveland Browns (1975–1978)
* Washington Redskins (1979–1985)

Career highlights and awards

* Super Bowl champion (XVII)
* Pro Bowl (1982)
* National champion (1974)
* Second-team All-Big Eight (1974)

Career NFL statistics
| Interceptions:| 16

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Fumble recoveries:| 4
Sacks:| 3.0
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Anthony Lemont Peters (born April 28, 1953) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Browns and Washington Redskins.

Born in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, Peters played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners at the University of Oklahoma. He and his wife, Jewell, have two children. Jewell died in 2017. Peters' half-brother, Charles Bray, played for the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League (CFL).[1]

Peters helped the Washington Redskins win Super Bowl XVII, and earned Pro Bowl honors for the 1982 season.

On August 3, 1983, Peters was arrested by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) at the Washington Redskins' training camp in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, accused of having taken $3,000 from an undercover DEA agent in return for assisting in two cocaine deals in Northern Virginia in the summer of 1983.[1] He was one of eight men charged in a drug conspiracy to sell $115,000 worth of cocaine in the Washington area.[2] On September 2, 1983, Peters pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic cocaine. The same day, he was suspended indefinitely by the NFL.[3] On October 8, 1983, Peters was fined $10,000, placed on four years' probation and ordered to perform 500 hours of community work.[2] In June 1984, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle declared that Peters was eligible to resume playing for the Redskins.[4] Peters completed the terms of his plea deal and went on to be a successful high school football coach and social studies teacher in Texas and Oklahoma. He currently lives in Tulsa.

## References

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1. ^ a b DEA Followed a Year-Long Trail To Carlisle--and Tony Peters Paul Attner and Eve Zibart, The Washington Post (August 7, 1983) Archived August 28, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ a b Peters Given Probation The New York Times (October 8, 1983) Archived March 21, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ Peters pleads guilty Pamela Murphy, United Press International (September 2, 1983) Archived March 21, 2024, at archive.today
4. ^ NFL Surprises Redskins, OK's Peters' Return Jet (June 4, 1984) Archived March 21, 2024, at the Wayback Machine

* https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PeteTo00.htm

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1974 Oklahoma Sooners football—AP national champions

* Vickey Ray Anderson
* Karl Baldischwiler
* Dean Blevins
* Billy Brooks
* Sam Claphan
* Jim Culbreath
* Kyle Davis
* Steve Davis
* Jimbo Elrod
* Gary Gibbs
* Zac Henderson
* Dave Hudgens
* Randy Hughes
* Horace Ivory
* Tinker Owens
* Elvis Peacock
* Jimmy Rogers
* John Roush
* Tony Peters
* Lee Roy Selmon
* Dewey Selmon
* Rod Shoate
* Mike Vaughan
* Joe Washington

* Head coach: Barry Switzer

* Assistant coaches: Donnie Duncan
* Galen Hall
* Warren Harper
* Larry Lacewell
* Wendell Mosley
* Rex Norris
* Jerry Pettibone

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Cleveland Browns 1975 NFL draft selections

* Mack Mitchell
* Oscar Roan
* Tony Peters
* John Zimba
* Jim Cope
* Charles Miller
* Henry Hynoski
* Merle Wang
* Barry Santini
* Larry Poole
* Floyd Hogan
* Stan Lewis
* Tom Marinelli
* Dick Ambrose
* Willie Armstead
* Tim Barrett
* Willie Moore
* J. K. McKay
* Dave Graf

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Washington Redskins Super Bowl XVII champions

* 3 Mark Moseley
* 5 Jeff Hayes
* 7 Joe Theismann
* 8 Bob Holly
* 17 Tom Owen
* 20 Joe Lavender
* 21 Mike Nelms
* 22 Curtis Jordan
* 23 Tony Peters
* 25 Joe Washington
* 29 Mark Murphy
* 30 Nick Giaquinto
* 32 Vernon Dean
* 38 Clarence Harmon
* 39 Otis Wonsley
* 40 Wilbur Jackson
* 44 John Riggins (MVP)
* 45 Jeris White
* 46 LeCharls McDaniel
* 47 Greg Williams
* 50 Larry Kubin
* 51 Monte Coleman
* 52 Neal Olkewicz
* 53 Jeff Bostic
* 54 Peter Cronan
* 55 Mel Kaufman
* 56 Quentin Lowry
* 57 Rich Milot
* 58 Stuart Anderson
* 62 Donald Laster
* 63 Fred Dean
* 65 Dave Butz
* 66 Joe Jacoby
* 68 Russ Grimm
* 69 Perry Brooks
* 71 Garry Puetz
* 72 Dexter Manley
* 73 Mark May
* 74 George Starke
* 75 Pat Ogrin
* 76 Mat Mendenhall
* 77 Darryl Grant
* 78 Tony McGee
* 79 Todd Liebenstein
* 80 Virgil Seay
* 81 Art Monk
* 82 Rich Caster
* 84 Mike Williams
* 85 Don Warren
* 86 Clint Didier
* 87 Charlie Brown
* 88 Rick Walker
* 89 Alvin Garrett

* Head coach: Joe Gibbs

* Coaches: Don Breaux
* Joe Bugel
* Dan Henning
* Larry Peccatiello
* Richie Petitbon
* Wayne Sevier
* Rennie Simmons
* Charley Taylor
* LaVern Torgeson

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