Eulace Peacock (August 27, 1914 - December 13, 1996) was an American track and field athlete in the 1930s. Born in Dothan, Alabama and raised in New Jersey, he became a rival to Jesse Owens in many sprinting competitions. "Peacock won the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) outdoor pentathlon championship six times, in 1934, 1935, 1937, and from 1943 through 1945."[1] After pulling a hamstring muscle, he was unable to compete in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Eulace Peacock died of Alzheimer's disease at age 82 in Yonkers and was interred in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, NY.