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American sports coach (1897–1973)

Hamlet Peterson
Biographical details
Born	(1897-04-06)April 6, 1897 Scarville, Iowa, U.S.
Died	October 2, 1973(1973-10-02) (aged 76) Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1918–1922	Luther (IA)

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1925–1945	Luther (IA)
Basketball
1922–1965	Luther (IA)
Baseball
1967	Luther (IA)

Head coaching record
Overall	79–76–9 (football) 481–356 (basketball) 11–7 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 4 Iowa Conference (1932, 1935, 1938, 1941)

Hamlet Edwin Peterson (April 6, 1897 – October 2, 1973) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa from 1925 to 1945. Peterson was also the head basketball coach at Luther from 1922 to 1965 and the school's baseball coach in 1967.

Peterson died October 2, 1973, at a hospital Rochester, Minnesota following treatment for cancer.

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Luther Norse (Iowa Conference) (1925–1945)
1925	Luther	3–4	0–2	T–12th
1926	Luther	4–4	1–2	10th
1927	Luther	0–8	0–4	T–13th
1928	Luther	6–2	5–2	3rd
1929	Luther	6–3	6–2	T–2nd
1930	Luther	5–3	5–1	5th
1931	Luther	5–4	5–2	5th
1932	Luther	6–2	4–1	1st
1933	Luther	4–3	3–2	T–8th
1934	Luther	3–3–2	2–1–2	T–7th
1935	Luther	7–1	4–0	1st
1936	Luther	5–4	4–1	T–3rd
1937	Luther	4–1–3	2–1–3	4th
1938	Luther	5–2–1	4–0–1	1st
1939	Luther	3–5	2–3	10th
1940	Luther	3–4–1	1–3	10th
1941	Luther	6–1–1	4–0–1	1st
1942	Luther	2–4–1	1–4	T–11th
1943	Luther	0–2
1944	Luther	0–4
1945	Luther	2–5	1–3	7th
Luther:		79–69–9	54–34–7
Total:		79–69–9
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

References

Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
"Hamlet Peterson, 76, Dies; Won 762 Games at Luther". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. October 3, 1973. p. 17. Retrieved May 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .

External links

Luther College profile

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Club team (1892–1894) No team (1895) Club team (1896) No team (1897–1917) Army training corps (1918) Walter Jewell (1919) Ossie Solem (1920) Ivan Doseff (1921–1922) Franklin Cappon (1923–1924) Hamlet Peterson (1925–1945) Robert Bungum (1946–1949) Wally Johnson (1950–1951) Edsel Schweizer (1952–1977) Bob Naslund (1978–1995) Brad Pole (1996–2001) Paul Hefty (2002–2007) Mike Durnin (2008–2012) Aaron Hafner (2013–2017) Caleb Padilla (2018–2021) Joe Troche (2022– )

Luther Norse head football coaches

Club team (1892–1894)
No team (1895)
Club team (1896)
No team (1897–1917)
Army training corps (1918)
Walter Jewell (1919)
Ossie Solem (1920)
Ivan Doseff (1921–1922)
Franklin Cappon (1923–1924)
Hamlet Peterson (1925–1945)
Robert Bungum (1946–1949)
Wally Johnson (1950–1951)
Edsel Schweizer (1952–1977)
Bob Naslund (1978–1995)
Brad Pole (1996–2001)
Paul Hefty (2002–2007)
Mike Durnin (2008–2012)
Aaron Hafner (2013–2017)
Caleb Padilla (2018–2021)
Joe Troche (2022– )

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