John Peacock (tennis)

FullnameJohn Campbell Peacock

Country(sports) New Zealand

Born(1879-11-02)2 November 1879

Died9 September 1939(1939-09-09) (aged 59)

Wellington, New Zealand

John Peacock

Full name	John Campbell Peacock
Country (sports)	New Zealand
Born	(1879-11-02)2 November 1879
Died	9 September 1939(1939-09-09) (aged 59) Wellington, New Zealand
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1912)
Wimbledon	1R (1924, 1928)

John Campbell Peacock (2 November 1879 – 9 September 1939) was a New Zealand tennis player.^[1]

A solicitor by profession, Peacock was a seven time singles finalist at the New Zealand Championships, winning titles in 1901 and 1910. He later contributed to New Zealand tennis in an administrative capacity and participated in a 1924 Davis Cup tie against Czechoslovakia while serving as vice president of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association.^[2][3]

Peacock died in a car accident in 1939 when his vehicle collided with a steam shovel that was being towed.^[4]