Pete Liske
Peter Adrian Liske
Born: May 24, 1942
Plainfield, NJ USA
Deceased: February 12, 2022
Position: QB
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 200
College: Penn St.
High School: Plainfield (NJ)
Career: 1964-1975
Drafted: 1963 in Round 10, #130 overall by the Philadelphia Eagles
Drafted: 1963 in Round 15, #115 overall (AFL) by the New York Jets
Pete Liske played from 1964 to 1975 during his career with the BC Lions, Calgary Stampeders, Denver Broncos, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles and Toronto Argonauts. Liske threw for 26,436 yards in his career, completing 1,845 of 3,349 passes with 160 touchdowns and 179 interceptions. He also ran for 909 yards in 277 attempts with 14 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | AFL New York Jets | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 55 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11.1 | 27 | 16.9 | ||
| 1965 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 261 | 123 | 47.1 | 1847 | 7.1 | 10 | 3.8 | 17 | 6.5 | 104 | 56.5 | ||
| 1966 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 283 | 146 | 51.6 | 2177 | 7.7 | 14 | 4.9 | 15 | 5.3 | 63 | 71.5 | ||
| 1967 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 508 | 303 | 59.6 | 4479 | 8.8 | 40 | 7.9 | 25 | 4.9 | 84 | 94.3 | ||
| 1968 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 438 | 271 | 61.9 | 4333 | 9.9 | 31 | 7.1 | 28 | 6.4 | 73 | 91.8 | ||
| 1969 | AFL Denver Broncos | 115 | 61 | 53.0 | 845 | 7.3 | 9 | 7.8 | 11 | 9.6 | 71 | 15 | 103 | 63.4 |
| 1970 | NFL Denver Broncos | 238 | 112 | 47.1 | 1340 | 5.6 | 7 | 2.9 | 11 | 4.6 | 74 | 28 | 228 | 55.3 |
| 1971 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 269 | 143 | 53.2 | 1957 | 7.3 | 11 | 4.1 | 15 | 5.6 | 69 | 13 | 134 | 67.1 |
| 1972 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 138 | 71 | 51.4 | 973 | 7.1 | 3 | 2.2 | 7 | 5.1 | 67 | 11 | 107 | 60.4 |
| 1973 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 409 | 226 | 55.3 | 2861 | 7.0 | 12 | 2.9 | 21 | 5.1 | 53 | 65.7 | ||
| 1974 | CFL BC Lions | 59 | 29 | 49.2 | 368 | 6.2 | 1 | 1.7 | 6 | 10.2 | 0 | 35.1 | ||
| 1974 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 333 | 199 | 59.8 | 2891 | 8.7 | 9 | 2.7 | 12 | 3.6 | 97 | 82.1 | ||
| 1975 | CFL BC Lions | 280 | 152 | 54.3 | 2310 | 8.2 | 13 | 4.6 | 9 | 3.2 | 72 | 83.8 | ||
| AFL | 133 | 70 | 52.6 | 900 | 6.8 | 9 | 6.8 | 13 | 9.8 | 71 | 15 | 103 | ||
| CFL | 2571 | 1449 | 56.4 | 21266 | 8.3 | 130 | 5.1 | 133 | 5.2 | 104 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 645 | 326 | 50.5 | 4270 | 6.6 | 21 | 3.3 | 33 | 5.1 | 74 | 52 | 469 | ||
| Totals | 3349 | 1845 | 55.1 | 26436 | 7.9 | 160 | 4.8 | 179 | 5.3 | 104 | 67 | 572 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | AFL New York Jets | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 38 | 196 | 5.2 | 23 | 2 |
| 1966 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 46 | 163 | 3.5 | 21 | 3 |
| 1967 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 50 | 206 | 4.1 | 19 | 1 |
| 1968 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 42 | 71 | 1.7 | 12 | 4 |
| 1969 | AFL Denver Broncos | 10 | 50 | 5.0 | 19 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Denver Broncos | 7 | 42 | 6.0 | 14 | 1 |
| 1971 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 9 | 1 |
| 1972 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
| 1973 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 19 | 65 | 3.4 | 14 | 1 |
| 1974 | CFL BC Lions | 4 | 9 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 |
| 1974 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 27 | 1.7 | 7 | 1 |
| 1975 | CFL BC Lions | 24 | 31 | 1.3 | 9 | 0 |
| AFL | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| CFL | 239 | 768 | 3.2 | 23 | 12 | |
| NFL | 27 | 91 | 3.4 | 14 | 2 | |
| Totals | 277 | 909 | 3.3 | 23 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| 1967 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| CFL | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 |
| 1966 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 6 | 243 | 40.5 | 51 |
| CFL | 7 | 297 | 42.4 | 54 | |
| Totals | 7 | 297 | 42.4 | 54 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| CFL | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | AFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1970 | NFL Denver Broncos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1971 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 5 | 1 | -4 | 0 | |||
| 1972 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 11 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1965 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 1966 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1967 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1968 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| 1970 | NFL Denver Broncos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1971 | NFL Philadelphia Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1973 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1974 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| CFL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | |
| NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Totals | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | AFL | New York Jets | 2 | 1 |
| 1965 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 11 | 11 |
| 1966 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 14 | 0 |
| 1967 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 16 |
| 1968 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 0 |
| 1969 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 7 | 2 |
| 1970 | NFL | Denver Broncos | 11 | 9 |
| 1971 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 14 | 10 |
| 1972 | NFL | Philadelphia Eagles | 14 | 7 |
| 1973 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 16 | 0 |
| 1974 | CFL | BC Lions | 3 | 2 |
| 1974 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 13 | 2 |
| 1975 | CFL | BC Lions | 16 | 11 |
Awards
1967 - CFL Most Outstanding Player
Honors
1967 - CFL CFL All-CFL
1967 - CFL CFL West All-Star
