| Overall UK Wins: 1 | Overall UK Losses: 0 | Win % 100 |
Date of Birth: April 27, 1894
Date of Death: October 20, 1972
Hometown: Knoxville, TN
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| Date | Matchup | W/L | Score | UK Fouls | Opp Fouls | UK FTA | Opp FTA | UK DQ | Opp DQ | Technicals | Officiating Crew |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2/9/1925 | Kentucky at Tennessee | W | 35 - 22 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | Pete Siler |
Obituary - Knoxville Journal (October 21, 1972)
Coaching Great, Petie Siler, Dies
MORRISTOWN - One of Tennessee's most colorful and beloved sports figures passed from the scene when Petie Siler died at Hamblen Hospital here Friday.
The retired coach of all sports at Morristown High School and member of the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame had returned to the hospital Wednesday after convalescence at home following surgery last month. Born Wymer George Siler, but always known as Petie, he was 76 years old.
The witty, tobacco-chewing Siler was an assistant coach at both old Knoxville High and Knoxville Central and at the University of Tennessee before taking over the Morristown reins in 1925. He guided the Hurricane football teams (and most of the other athletic teams) through 1951, when failing eyesight forced his retirement.
Although he was celebrated as a humorist, with his almost endless collection of first-hand sports yarns, he fact was that he was a football mind of the first water. At Morristown, often, with a squad that numbered less than 20 players, he chalked up a remarkable career record and played such powers as Knoxville High and Kingsport on level terms.
He was a practicioner of the old Pop Warner double wing, the last of the breed in East Tennessee, and he stayed with it through the years as other offenses came and went. With its double reverses and wingback passes, Morristown was always a colorful team to watch in action.
Coach Siler served under fire with an ambulance unit in the first World War, and then a quarter of a century later again served as a volunteer with the Red Cross in World War II.
He was a particularly close friend of the late Tennessee coach, Gen. Bob Neyland, who often called on him for scouting assignments. Among his top athletes were Floyd (Biggy) Marshall, the former UT All-American basketballer and Ermal Allen, ex-Kentucky great who is now an assistant coach with the Dallas Cowboys.
Survivors include his wife, daughter, Mrs. Robert Harmon of Clemson, S.C., and two grandchildren. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Stetzer's Chapel here.
