Peter Demmerle

Peter Demmerle
	Demmerle from the "Dome" (1975)
No. 85
Position	Wide receiver
Personal information
Born	September 6, 1953
Died	May 24, 2007 (aged 53); Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
Career information
High school	New Canaan (CT)
College	University of Notre Dame
Career history
1972–1974	Notre Dame
Awards and highlights
	National champion (1973); Consensus All-American (1974);

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.

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 with the 320th overall pick in the thirteenth round of the 1975 NFL draft by the San Diego Chargers.

Demmerle graduated from Fordham University School of Law and worked in the insurance practice group at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae. He died in 2007 at age 53, suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), better known as Lou Gehrig's disease, after an eight-year illness.

References

v t e 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