Peter Christofilakos
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Christofilakos on the far right | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Kicker | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | May 28, 1981 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Springfield, Illinois | ||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Springfield (IL) Sacred Heart-Griffin | ||||||||||
| College: | Illinois | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2004 | ||||||||||
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Peter Harold Christofilakos (born May 28, 1981) is a professional kicker who is currently a member of the Bloomington Edge of the Champions Indoor Football. He attended the University of Illinois and was a soccer team player. He has been a member of the Bloomington Edge since 2006.
High School
Peter played soccer and football at Sacred Heart-Griffin High School. He holds the Central State 8 Conference's record for longest field goals with a 46 yarder. He was a three year starter on the soccer team. His senior year he was named All-state in soccer as well as football. He led the soccer team to the 1999 tournament and was named Most Valuable Player. To this day he still holds the school record in soccer goals with 123.In his senior year he played in the All-Star game for Central Illinois. He was the captain of the North Team. He was a Two-time Adidas soccer All-American. Peter was a member of the Olympic Development Program and was chosen for the soccer national team. At the age of 15 Peter was given an opportunity to play professional soccer in Greece but turned it down to focus on his education.[1]
College
Christofilakos attended the University of Illinois. He was a member of the team from 1999 to 2002. In 2001, Christofilakos only missed one field goal. He decided to skip his senior season and enter the 2003 NFL Draft.[2] In 2003, he was a member of the University of Illinois soccer team and led the American Midwest Conference in scoring with 23 goals.
Pro career
Despite declaring for the NFL draft as a junior, Peter went undrafted. In 2006, Christofilakos was signed by the Bloomington Extreme. He was made 143 field goals for the team.[3] In 2007, he was signed by the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League. In 2011, he was brought back by the Bloomington Extreme.[4] Peter has also been a member of the semi-professional soccer team the Springfield Spirits and has also played for the St. Louis Illusion of the Professional Arena Soccer League[5]
Personal
On June 12, 2010, Peter was named the new head coach of the boys' soccer team at Sacred Heart-Griffin High School. He replaced his former high school coach Sam Tate. In July 2015, Peter was named head coach of the Lincoln Land Community College men's soccer team. He is married to Stephanie Brake, a former basketball player at Robert Morris University.[6]
References
- ↑ "FIGHTINGILLINI.COM - Peter Christofilakos Profile". fightingillini.com. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
- ↑ "Peter Christofilakos, PK, NFL Draft Prospect". Kffl.com. 2003-01-08. Archived from the original on
|archive-url=requires|archive-date=(help). Retrieved 2012-07-07.|archive-url=is malformed: timestamp (help) - ↑ "Team Records". bloomingtonedge.com. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
- ↑ Extreme bringing back christofilakos. (2010, Nov 03). Pantagraph, pp. B.2.
- ↑ "PASL". Arenaleague.com. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
- ↑ Marcia Martinez (12 June 2010). "Former star Christofilakos named SHG boys' soccer head coach". The State Journal-Register. Retrieved 7 July 2012.