Hardin-Simmons University

Henry Peacock was an outstanding rebounding and defensive basketball player for the Cowboys. Recruited by Lou Henson, the plan was to red-shirt this junior college transfer his first year, but injuries on the team pressed him into service. Playing in only 14 games his first season, he scored 182 points and had 188 rebounds. In the second season , he led the team in scoring with 395 points and led in rebounding wih 243. In 1965 his field goal percentage ranked him in the top 30 nationally and was named most outstanding athlete at Hardin-Simmons University. Peacock has served as a teacher and coach in Lamesa and Abilene, Texas.