[2] Peden was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1979[3] and is considered to have placed second to Lionel Conacher, being named Canada's athlete-of-the-half century in 1950.

[4] Born in Victoria, British Columbia, he was part of the Canadian basketball team, which won the silver medal.

Inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1967 as an All-round Athlete, Peden excelled in track, swimming, tennis, rugby, baseball, basketball, and cycling.

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

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