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Dec 30, 1898 Kewanee, Illinois, United States Died on 24 Feb 1970 (aged 71)
American football player and coach, baseball coach, college athletics administrator
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About Don Peden
- Don C.
- Peden (December 30, 1898 – February 23, 1970) was an American football and baseball player and coach.
- He served as the head football coach at Ohio University from 1924 to 1946, compiling a record of 121–46–11.
- Peden's winning percentage of .711 is the highest of any coach in the history of the Ohio Bobcats football program.
- His teams won six Buckeye Athletic Association championships, in 1929, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1936, and 1938. Peden was also the head baseball coach at Ohio from 1924 to 1948, tallying a mark of 250–134 and served as the University's Athletic Director from 1938–1949. The Bobcats' football stadium was renamed in his honor as Peden Stadium following his retirement.
- Peden died at the age of 71 on February 23, 1970 in San Diego, California.
