James Douglas Peden (April 18, 1916 – April 11, 2005) was a Canadian

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player who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Peden was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1979http://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

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, he was part of the Canadian basketball team, which won the silver medal. He played five matches including the final. Inducted into the

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in 1967 as an All-round Athlete, Peden excelled in track,

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, and

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. In the 1930s Doug and his older brother Torchy (William) competed in six-day bike races. They teamed to win the

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in 1937. Torchy was inducted into the

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

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. In 1936 he played rugby against the New Zealand

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, 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.

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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 {{Canada-basketball-bio-stub