Francis Peay

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Francis Peay
Date of birth:	May 23, 1944 (1944-05-23) (age 64)
Place of birth:	Pittsburgh, PA
Career information
Position(s):	Tackle
College:	Missouri
NFL Draft:	1966 / Round: 1 / Pick 10
Organizations
As player:
1966-1967 1968-1972 1973-1974	New York Giants Green Bay Packers Kansas City Chiefs
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Francis Peay (born May 23, 1944 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a retired American football offensive lineman and head coach.

Peay was drafted out of the University of Missouri in the 1966 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. He would also play for the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs.

After his playing career, Peay would be the head coach at Northwestern University. He would be the second black head coach in the Big Ten Conference, after his predecessor Dennis Green. Peay was the 25th head college football coach for the Northwestern University Wildcats located in Evanston, Illinois and he held that position for six seasons, from 1986 until 1991. His career coaching record at Northwestern was 13 wins, 51 losses, and 2 ties. This ranks him 12th at Northwestern in total wins and 24th at Northwestern in winning percentage.^[1]

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• Career stats
• Northwestern University athletics website

Preceded by Dennis Green

Northwestern University Head Football Coach 1986–1991

Succeeded by Gary Barnett

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