JAMES PECKHAM: Olympic Wrestling Coach...Philosopher...Giant in Bloomington, MN

Jim Peckham became a Greco-Roman National Champion and Outstanding Wrestler and represented the United States in the 1956 Olympic Games. He went on to coach American athletes in two Olympic Games and seventeen other International Tournaments . Jim was also the first American coach selected to present at the FILA World Coaches Conference. A blue-collar electric lineman, he went on to become an Athletic Director at Emerson College and Head Wrestling Coach at Harvard University.