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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
URL: https://small.library.virginia.edu/
Ellen Welch
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation
MSS 16093, Robert L. "Pete" Potter photograph, Small Special Collections Library, University of Viginia
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.