| Overall UK Wins: 1 | Overall UK Losses: 0 | Win % 100 |
Date of Birth: December 18, 1892
Date of Death: January 30, 1966
Hometown: Kansas City, MO
Alma Mater: Wisconsin [1926]
For a generalized listing of officials, please consult this page.
| Date | Matchup | W/L | Score | UK Fouls | Opp Fouls | UK FTA | Opp FTA | UK DQ | Opp DQ | Technicals | Officiating Crew |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/20/1940 | Kentucky at Kansas State | W | 28 - 25 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 2 | - | Mathias Volz (Nebraska) and Reeves Peters (Kansas City) |
Obituary - Kansas City (MO) Times (January 31, 1966)
Reaves Peters Is Dead at 73
The Former Big Eight Director Had a Long Sports Career
50 YEARS IN ATHLETICS
Former Northeast High School Coach Dies at the Home
Reaves E. Peters, former executive director the Big Eight conference and a man who contributed more than 50 years to athletics, died last night at the home.
Mr. Peters, 73, of 4106 Homestead Drive, Prairie Village, was president of the Missouri Track and Field federation. He retired July 1, 1963, as executive director of the Big Eight.
He helped organize the National Football Foundation and the football Hall of Fame and was later president of the foundation.
Long with N.C.A.A.
He also was an organizer of the National Association of Collegiate Commissioners and was secretary-treasurer 24 years.
Mr. Peters served on several committees of the National Collegiate Athletic association and was a member of the Olympic basketball committee.
Mr. Peters was born on a farm near Warrensburg, Mo., and spent the early part of his life there.
Following graduation from the Warrensburg Normal College, a 2-year school and now Central Missouri State College, Peters was head coach and physical education instructor at the Ferguson, Mo., and Jefferson City High Schools.
After teaching athletics at high schools in Birmingham, Ala., and Fort Scott, Kas., where he turned out a state high school football champion after two seasons, he took over in 1921 as athletic director of Northeast High School.
Prior to his appointment at Northeast, he served overseas 11 months in the 6th regiment of the Marines in World War I.
In 1926 he graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a bachelor's degree in philosophy and in 1931 he received his master's degree in philosophy - attending the university during summer sessions.
Mr. Peters closed out a successful coaching career at Northeast High School in 1948 to assume full-time duties as assistant secretary of the Big Seven conference.
In 1938 he was named commissioner of officials for the Big Six. He had served as a football and basketball official in that conference and its predecessor, the Missouri Valley conference 15 years.
A Winning Coach
At Northeast High School, Peters' basketball teams won 11 city championships, three state championships and a national consolation championship.
His track teams won five state championships. Relay teams coached by Mr. Peters set several state and two world records.
Mr. Peters was a member of the Rotary Club.
In 1962, while he was executive director of the Big Eight conference, Mr. Peters was elected president of the newly organized Missouri State Track and Field Federation.
Surviving are a son, Reaves Peters Jr., Edina Minn; four brothers, O.L. Peters, Warrensburg, Mo.; Robert H. Peters, Columbia, Mo., and Emery Peters, Poplar Bluff, Mo., two sisters, Mrs. Louise Dyer, Higginsville, Mo., and Mrs. Jesse Draper, Warrensburg, Mo., and three grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday at the Village United Presbyterian Church; burial in Johnson County Memorial Gardens cemetery.
The family requests no flowers and suggests contributions to either the cancer society or the Olympic fund. Friends may call after 2:30 o'clock today at the Stine & McClure chapel.
The pallbearers: Alex George, E.A. Markey, Robert N. Miller, Verne L. Pickens, John Waldorf and James C. Willcoxon.
