title: Pete Kugler
text: # Pete Kugler
  
  Peter David Kugler (born August 9, 1959), commonly known as Pete Kugler, is a former American football defensive end who played ten seasons professionally, eight in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers, and two seasons for the Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars of the United States Football League (USFL) in between his time with the 49ers.
  
  Prior to his professional career, he played college football for Penn State University.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Although born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kugler was raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and was a football lineman at Cherry Hill High School East.
  
  Kugler is the son of George F. Kugler Jr., who served as New Jersey Attorney General from 1970 to 1974. His brother Robert B. Kugler is a judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
  
  