Richard Fred "Pete" Varney Jr. is an American college baseball coach and a former professional baseball catcher. In 2012, Varney entered his 31st season as head coach of the Brandeis University varsity baseball team. A graduate of Harvard College, he also played a notable role in the 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game, in which Harvard roared back from a 29?13 deficit in the final 42 seconds of play to tie Yale, 29?29. Both teams were undefeated at the time. Born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, Varney attended North Quincy High School and Deerfield Academy before enrolling at Harvard, where he played varsity football as well as baseball. In the 1968 Harvard?Yale game on November 23, tight end Varney caught Frank Champi's pass for the two-point conversion in the final second to earn a tie, and a share of the Ivy League championship, with Yale. Although the famous game ended deadlocked, the furious comeback caused The Harvard Crimson to headline its game story, Harvard Beats Yale 29-29. A standout in baseball, Varney batted .370 over his three varsity seasons, still the third-highest batting average in Crimson baseball history, and was selected a first-team All-American. 

April 10th, 1949 in Roxbury, Boston (Age 75)