Pete Liske Peter A . Liske ( born May 24 , 1942 ) is a former American football quarterback and later a university athletics administrator . High school and college football careers . Liske played his high school football at Plainfield High School in Plainfield , New Jersey , graduating in the class of 1959 . He was good enough to go on to the powerhouse Penn State Nittany Lions , and was later ( on October 6 , 2000 ) elected to the Plainfield High School Hall of Fame ( as was Vic Washington , another football player , who coincidentally played against Liske in the CFL ' s 56th Grey Cup . ) He played for Penn State from 1961 to 1963 , quarterbacking winning teams each year . In 1961 he saw limited action ( 17 for 32 and 216 yards ) but was a starter in the other years . In 1962 he completed 91 of 162 passes for 1 , 037 yards and 12 touchdowns ( with four interceptions . ) In 1963 he completed 87 of 161 passes for 1 , 117 yards and ten touchdowns ( with five picks . ) NFL and CFL . Liske was drafted by both American Professional Football leagues . The NFL Philadelphia Eagles picked him in the tenth round , 130th overall , and the American Football League New York Titans picked him in the 15th round , 115 overall . He chose the AFL , and played with the newly named New York Jets . He saw limited playing time in 1964 with New York , playing in only four games ( only 18 passes ) . His career took a turn up north , with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League . Canadian teams of this time were still a very viable career option , as they paid comparable money and offered more playing time . Liske played 11 games with Toronto in 1965 . From 1966 to 1968 , he moved to the Calgary Stampeders , where he enjoyed his greatest success as a professional . In 1967 , he threw for 4 , 479 yards , a whopping figure for that era , and 40 touchdowns , the latter breaking Tobin Rote ' s league record of 38 in 1960 for Toronto . His touchdown record would stay in place until Doug Flutie surpassed him in 1993 . He was named an all - star and won the CFL ' s Most Outstanding Player Award . In 1968 , after a season comprising 4 , 333 yards passing and 31 touchdowns ( though with 28 interceptions ) , he led his team to the 56th Grey Cup , losing a close and exciting game to the Ottawa Rough Riders . Liske ' s passing records would eventually be eclipsed by Doug Flutie ' s in a more wide - open era . Liske chose to return to the AFL in 1969 , joining the Denver Broncos and playing seven games with them . In 1970 , now in the NFL , he played 11 games with Denver . He moved on to the Philadelphia Eagles for the 1971 and 1972 seasons , playing 14 games in each season . Unfortunately , he did not enjoy the success he had in the CFL , as none of his teams had a winning season . His combined total American professional record was : 50 games over five seasons , with 396 of 778 passes completed , for 5170 yards and 30 touchdowns with 46 interceptions . Canada beckoned once again , and in 1973 he rejoined the Stampeders . He remained in Calgary until part way through the 1974 season , when he joined the British Columbia Lions . In Calgary for a second time around , he did not enjoy the same success , throwing more interceptions than touchdowns in 1973 and 1974 . In 1975 , his last season , still with the Lions , he completed 152 of 280 passes for 2310 yards and 13 touchdowns with 9 picks . Later life and honors . In 2002 Liske ' s number 14 was added to the Calgary Stampeders ' Wall of Fame . He was a back judge in the NFL from 1983 through 1988 , wearing number 21 . Liske would later go on to become an assistant athletic director at the University of Washington in Seattle . He became the Athletic Director at the University of Idaho in Moscow in 1992 and at the University of Toledo in 1996 . In 2001 he was appointed Director of major gifts for Intercollegiate Athletics , with special emphasis on developing funding for the improvement of athletic facilities at his alma mater , Penn State , where he received his bachelor ' s and master ' s degrees .