Pete Dawkins
Dawkins as a senior West Point Cadet, 1959
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| Army Black Knights No. 24 | |
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| Position | Halfback |
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| High school | Cranbrook School |
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| Date of birth | March 8, 1938 |
| Place of birth | Royal Oak, Michigan |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
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| College Football Hall of Fame (1975) | |
Peter Miller Dawkins (born March 8, 1938) is an American business executive and former college football player, military officer, and political candidate. Dawkins attended the United States Military Academy, where he played as halfback on the Army Cadets football team from 1956 to 1958. As a senior in 1958 he won the Heisman Trophy, the Maxwell Award, and was a consensus All-America selection. After graduating from the Military Academy in 1959, he studied at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. Dawkins served as an officer in the United States Army until he retired in 1983 with the rank of brigadier general. He was a Republican candidate for United States Senate in 1988. Dawkins has held executive positions with Lehman Brothers, Bain & Company, Primerica, and Citigroup.
At age 11, he was successfully treated for polio with aggressive physical therapy. After earning a scholarship, Dawkins entered Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. There he was an all-league quarterback, and captain of the baseball team. He graduated from Cranbrook in 1955.
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