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His father, Harry, a bank teller, played semipro football on weekends, an inspiration to young Pete with his intensity.

He played on the Olympic Development Program national team last year, and will suit up in semipro ball for Midlakes United this summer before heading off to play Big Ten soccer for Washington.

He started a personal training business after he was released, got a restaurant job and joined a semipro football team, the Spokane Wolfpack.

The 6-foot-4 musician also worked at an oil field — an experience that, he later reflected, “made a man out of me” — and played semipro football.

The Blue Fox played a lighter schedule than he was used to and had several semipro players working day jobs.