Peake (May 15, 1903 – January 15, 1978) was a college football running back for the Virginia Tech Hokies of Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Peake's College Football Hall of Fame coach Andy Gustafson, said he never saw his equal as a punt returner.
Peake was voted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1978, and the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1983, the second year Tech athletes were honored.