![Brothers Torchy and Doug Peden](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Brothers_Torchy_and_Doug_Peden.jpg)
James Douglas Peden (April 18, 1916 – April 11, 2005) was a Canadian
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player who competed at the
1936 Summer Olympics.
Peden was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1979
[http://www.sportshall.ca/accessible/hm_profile.php?i=131] and is considered to have placed second to Lionel Conacher, being named Canada's athlete-of-the-half century in 1950.
Born in
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. The ...
, he was part of the Canadian basketball team, which won the silver medal. He played five matches including the final.
Inducted into the
BC Sports Hall of Fame
The BC Sports Hall of Fame is a museum located in BC Place Stadium, at Gate A, the main entrance to the stadium, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It collects, preserves, studies and interprets materials that relate to British Columbia's spo ...
in 1967 as an All-round
Athlete, Peden excelled in
track,
swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
,
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
,
rugby
Rugby may refer to:
Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
,
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...
,
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
, and
cycling
Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from t ...
.
In the 1930s Doug and his older brother
Torchy (William) competed in six-day bike races. They teamed to win the
Six Days of Buffalo
The Six Days of Buffalo was a six-day racing, six-day cycling event, held in Buffalo, New York. From 1910 to 1948, a total of sixteen editions of the Six Days were held, sometimes two per year.
Originally held at Broadway Auditorium, the events ...
in 1937.
Torchy was inducted into the
BC Sports Hall of Fame
The BC Sports Hall of Fame is a museum located in BC Place Stadium, at Gate A, the main entrance to the stadium, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It collects, preserves, studies and interprets materials that relate to British Columbia's spo ...
for cycling in 1966.
When Peden was 13 he won the provincial under-15 doubles tennis championship, and at 18 the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles for
Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is in length, in width at its widest point, and in total area, while are of land. The island is the largest by ...
.
In 1936 he played rugby against the New Zealand
All Blacks
The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks ( mi, Ĺpango), represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987, ...
, distinguishing himself as the first Canadian to score against them, carrying "only two
Maoris" on his back as he scored the try. Later the same year he played on Canada's Olympic Silver medal winning team.
References
External links
basketball BC profile
1916 births
2005 deaths
Sportspeople from Victoria, British Columbia
Basketball people from British Columbia
Basketball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Canadian men's basketball players
Olympic basketball players of Canada
Olympic medalists in basketball
Olympic silver medalists for Canada
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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