Background
James McAden Peebles, Senior was born in 1920 in the Culleoka, Tennessee.
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He attended Columbia Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1938.
Career
He played college football at Vanderbilt University. Peebles earned a Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University in 1942. While there he served as president of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity and was selected to Omicron Delta Kappa.
He excelled in athletics and served as co-captain of the Vanderbilt Commodores football team
Following the Pearl Harbor attack, he volunteered for military service in the United States. Army. Peebles was commissioned a captain and commanded an infantry company.
He was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in combat. Upon returning stateside, he played for the Washington Redskins from 1946 to 1951, both on offense and defense.
After his professional football career, he coached at CMA, among other secondary schools.
Among the coaches he played for were Charlie Hughes, CMA. Ray Morrison and Paul "Bear" Bryant, Vanderbilt and Wallace Wade, Army West All-Stars. Peebles served as an assistant coach for the University of Maryland Terrapins from 1956 to 1957 under head coach Tommy Montana
Membership
After the war, he was a member of the Army Europe All-Star Football Team.
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Purple Heart Purple Heart
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military.The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military.