Career
He played college football at the Brown University and attended Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts. In 1979, he was inducted into the Brown Athletic Hall of Fame. Priestley also was a coach of ice hockey and football at Norwich University.
He was also on the selection committee for the United States men"s national ice hockey team that represented the nation in the 1980 Winter Olympics.
He died at the age of 95 on May 20, 2015.