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 the 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 ODK. He excelled in athletics and served as co-captain of the Vanderbilt Commodores football team.