Pete Calac
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| Date of birth | May 13, 1892 |
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| Place of birth | Valley Center, California |
| Date of death | January 30, 1968 (aged 75) |
| Place of death | Canton, Ohio |
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| Position(s) | End/Wingback/Tailback/Fullback |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
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Carlisle Indian West Virginia Wesleyan |
| Career history | |
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| 1916–1920 | Canton Bulldogs (OL)/(NFL) |
| 1921 | Cleveland Indians (NFL) |
| 1921 | Union Quakers (Ind.) |
| 1921 | Washington Senators (NFL) |
| 1922–1923 | Oorang Indians (NFL) |
| 1924 | Buffalo Bisons (NFL) |
| 1925–1926 | Canton Bulldogs (NFL) |
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| Military career | |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 U.S. Army
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| Unit | 91st Division |
| Battles/wars |
World War I Western Front |
Pedro "Pete" Calac (May 13, 1892 – January 30, 1968) was a professional football player who played in the Ohio League and during the early years of the National Football League. Over the course of his 10-year career he played for the Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Oorang Indians and the Buffalo Bisons.
Calac was born on May 13, 1892 to Felicidad Calac (Some list Francisco as Pete's father - Francisco is his grandfather) of Valley Center, California. Two of Pete's brothers had died of typhoid fever and he had a brother and two sisters living in 1908. A Mission Indian, he was born on a reservation and attended grammar school in nearby Fallbrook, California. While there, he was selected to attend the Carlisle Indian School.
Calac came to the Carlisle Indian School located across the country in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on November 16, 1908 at the age of 15. He came to the school via the Union Pacific Railroad with only a third-grade education. Calac left Carlisle in June 1911 and returned to California. He asked to return to Carlisle and was re-enrolled September 22, 1912. At the school, he played competitive football. In 1914 and 1915, he was captain of the football team. He was first elected as the team's captain in 1914 when the team's current captain, Elmer Busch, was forced to resign. Until attending the school, Calac had never played football before and had no knowledge of the game. Calac recalled in Robert W. Wheeler's book, Jim Thorpe: World's Greatest Athlete, that the other players took an interest in him because of his large size. It was then that Jim Thorpe, who would later be recognized as being one of the Top Athletes of the 20th Century. Thorpe and Calac soon became friends and would later play professional football with the Canton Bulldogs and the Oorang Indians.
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