- Don Peden
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Don Peden Sport(s) Football, baseball Biographical details Born c. 1898 Place of birth Kewanee, Illinois Died February 24, 1970 (aged 71) Playing career Football
1920–1921
Baseball
1921–1922
Illinois
IllinoisPosition(s) Halfback (football) Coaching career (HC unless noted) Football
1924–1946
Baseball
1924–1948
Ohio
OhioHead coaching record Overall 121–46–11 (football)
250–134 (baseball)Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Don C. Peden (c. 1898 – February 24, 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 Intercollegiate 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. The Bobcats' football stadium was renamed in his honor as Peden Stadium following his retirement.[1]
References
- ^ "Peden Stadium and Tower". Ohio University. http://www.ohio.edu/athens/bldgs/stadium.html. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
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Ohio Bobcats head football coaches No coach (1894) • Harvey Deme (1895) • Frank Remsburg (1896) • Warwick Ford (1897) • Peter McLaren (1898) • Fred Sullivan (1899) • Karl Core (1900) • Art C. Jones (1901) • Harold Monosmith (1902) • Fred Sullivan (1903) • Henry Hart (1904) • Joseph Railsback (1905) • Arthur McFarland (1906–1908) • Robert Woods (1909–1910) • Arthur Hinaman (1911–1912) • M. B. Banks (1913–1917) • Frank Gullum (1918–1919) • Russell Finsterwald (1920–1922) • John C. Heldt (1923) • Don Peden (1924–1942) • No team (1943–1944) • Don Peden (1945–1946) • Harold Wise (1947–1948) • Carroll Widdoes (1949–1957) • Bill Hess (1958–1977) • Bob Kappes (1978) • Brian Burke (1979–1984) • Cleve Bryant (1985–1989) • Tom Lichtenberg (1990–1994) • Jim Grobe (1995–2000) • Brian Knorr (2001–2004) • Frank Solich (2005– )
Ohio Bobcats head baseball coaches Israel M. Foster (1892) • No team (1893–1899) • Unknown (1900–1906) • Arthur McFarland (1907) • Unknown (1908) • John P. Corbett (1909) • Unknown (1910–1912) • M. B. Banks (1913–1918) • Frank Gullum (1919) • Russell Finsterwald (1920) • No team (1921) • Russell Finsterwald (1922) • Butch Grover (1923) • Don Peden (1924–1948) • Bob Wren (1949–1972) • Jerry France (1973–1988) • Joe Carbone (1989– )
Categories:- Year of birth uncertain
- 1890s births
- 1970 deaths
- American football halfbacks
- Illinois Fighting Illini baseball players
- Illinois Fighting Illini football players
- Ohio Bobcats athletic directors
- Ohio Bobcats baseball coaches
- Ohio Bobcats football coaches
- People from Kewanee, Illinois
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1920s stubs
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