Jim Peebles (American football), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American football player
Date of Birth: 27-Aug-1920
Place of Birth: Culleoka, Tennessee, Tennessee, United States
Date of Death: 19-Jul-1997
Profession: American football player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Jim Peebles (American football)
- James McAden Peebles (August 27, 1920 – July 19, 1997) was an American football end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins.
- He played college football at Vanderbilt University. James McAden Peebles, Sr.
- was born in 1920 in Culleoka, Tennessee.
- He attended Columbia Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1938.
- Peebles earned a B.A.
- 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 U.S.
- Army.
- Peebles was commissioned a captain and commanded an infantry company.
- He was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in combat.
- After the war, he was a member of the Army Europe All-Star Football Team. 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 Mont.Peebles was a member of the Presbyterian church, the Vanderbilt alumni association, Promise Keepers, Herbert Griffin American Legion Post #19, Veterans of Foreign Wars, National Football League Players Association and the Columbia Military Academy Alumni Association.
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