{{Short description|American football player (1917–2009)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Larry Peace | image = | number = 34, 2<ref name="pfa"/> | position = Halfback | birth_date = {{birth date|1917|2|13}} | birth_place = Bradford, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2009|1|12|1917|2|13}} | death_place = Bradford, Pennsylvania, U.S. | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lbs = 185 | high_school = Bradford (Pennsylvania) | college = Pittsburgh (1936–1938) | undraftedyear = 1939 | pastteams = * Buffalo Indians (1940) * Brooklyn Dodgers ({{NFL Year|1941}}) |highlights = * 2× National champion (1936–1937) | pfr = P/PeacLa20 }} '''Lawrence W. Peace''' (February 13, 1917 – January 12, 2009) was an American professional football halfback who played one season with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh.
==Early life and college== Lawrence W. Peace was born on February 13, 1917, in Bradford, Pennsylvania.<ref name="pfa"/> He played high school football at Bradford Area High School as a fullback.<ref name="pfa"/><ref name="peace">{{cite web | url=https://www.oleantimesherald.com/sports/local-legend-larry-peace-dead/article_0f4126f3-7a24-53af-a2e4-3834e358eff7.html | title=Local legend "Larry Peace" dead | publisher=oleantimesherald.com | date=January 19, 2009 | accessdate=19 December 2024}}</ref> Bradford High was undefeated from 1933 to 1935, with yearly records of 9–0, 9–0, and 10–0.<ref name="peace"/>
He was a member of the Pittsburgh Panthers of the University of Pittsburgh from 1936 to 1938.<ref name="pfa"/> He was not on the varsity team his freshman year in 1936 when the team won the Rose Bowl and were selected national champion by the contemporary Boand math system and retroactively years later by the Football Researchers poll and Houlgate math system.<ref name="peace"/><ref name="2018ncaabook">{{cite book | url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2018/FBS.pdf | title=2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records | publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association | date=August 2018 | access-date=November 29, 2018 | page=112}}</ref> He was then a two-year varsity letterman from 1937 to 1938.<ref name="pfa">{{cite web | url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/p/peac00200.html | title=Larry Peace | publisher=profootballarchives.com | accessdate=19 December 2024}}</ref> The 1937 Panthers were consensus national champions.
==Professional career== Peace played in six games, starting four, for the Buffalo Indians of the American Football League in 1940 and converted one of one extra points.<ref name="pfa"/>
He signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League in 1941.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/transactions/p/peac00200.html | title=Larry Peace NFL Transactions | publisher=profootballarchives.com | accessdate=19 December 2024}}</ref> He appeared in seven games for the Dodgers during the 1941 season, rushing four times for two yards and converting one of one extra points.<ref name="pfr">{{cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PeacLa20.htm | title=Larry Peace | publisher=pro-football-reference.com | accessdate=19 December 2024}}</ref> He was then drafted into the United States Army during World War II and spent the next four years in the Army.<ref name="peace"/>
==Personal life== Peace was later an amateur golfer and football official.<ref name="peace"/> He died on January 12, 2009, in Bradford at the age of 91.<ref name="pfa"/>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Peace, Larry}} Category:1917 births Category:2009 deaths Category:Players of American football from McKean County, Pennsylvania Category:American football halfbacks Category:Pittsburgh Panthers football players Category:Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) players Category:People from Bradford, Pennsylvania Category:Buffalo Indians players Category:United States Army personnel of World War II