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After the Olympic Games, Peden turned professional and took part in numerous six-day races on the short, steep temporary wooden tracks erected in North American hockey stadiums. Between 1931 and 1942 he won a record total of 38 professional six-days. It was a world record which remained unbeaten until 1965 when Rik Van Steenbergen of Belgium equalled his record (in a Six-Day in Toronto) and shortly afterwards set a new record by winning the Quebec City race. Torchy was at track-side in Quebec and was the first to congratulate the new champion. Peden died in 1980, having enjoyed being involved as one of Canada's legendary sports stars in the 1976 Olympic Games celebrations in Montreal.