Bert Peters

Bert Peters
Personal information
Full name Albert Otto Peters
Date of birth (1908-08-08)8 August 1908
Place of birth St Arnaud, Victoria
Date of death 13 June 1944(1944-06-13) (aged 35)
Place of death over the English Channel
Height/Weight 177 cm / 77 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1930-1931 North Melbourne 17 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1931 season.

Albert Otto Peters (8 August 1908 – 13 June 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Nicknamed "Snow" or "Snowy", for his very fair hair, Peters was born in St Arnaud, Victoria.[2]

Football career

He was one of seven North Melbourne players to make their league debut in the opening round of the 1930 VFL season.[3] By the end of the year he had played 12 games and he added another five in the 1931 season, which would be his last.[4] In each of his 17 appearances for North Melbourne, Peters finished on the losing team. This included a 168-point loss to Richmond at Punt Road Oval.[5] The 199 points conceded by North Melbourne in that game remained a league record until 1969.[6]

Peters spent the rest of his football career in the Mornington Peninsula. He captain-coached Mornington Peninsula Football League club Sorrento from 1938 to 1940 and led them to the finals in each of those years, including the 1940 grand final against victors Somerville-Baxter, contrary to folklore.[7][8][9] Before coming to Sorrento, Peters played for Dromana District in 1937,.[10] Prior clubs were Tooradin and Wonthaggi.

Military service

Peters was working as a teacher in Red Hill, Victoria when he enlisted with the Royal Australian Air Force in 1941.[2][11] He came to England in June 1943 for operational training.[12] His first posting was to the No. 455 Squadron RAAF and then the No. 53 Squadron RAF, which were based in Cornwall.[12]

On 13 June 1944, Peters was a navigator on board the No. 53 Squadron's B-24 Liberator BZ818/C which had been sent to the Bay of Biscay to perform an anti-submarine patrol.[12] The plane was shot down by German submarine U-270, with all crew members killed.[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. 1 2 "World War Two Nominal Roll". Government of Australia. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Geelong v North Melbourne - Sat, 3-May-1930". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Bert Peters - Games Played". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Richmond v North Melbourne - Sat, 9-May-1931". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "AFL Tables - Game Records - Progression of Highest Score". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Football.". Standard (Frankston, Vic. : 1939 - 1949) (Frankston, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 12 April 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "Sorrento's Great Effort.". Frankston and Somerville Standard (Vic. : 1921 - 1939) (Vic.: National Library of Australia). 9 September 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "Somerville's Effortless Premiership.". Standard (Frankston, Vic. : 1939 - 1949) (Frankston, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 6 September 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Peninsula Football Progress.". Frankston and Somerville Standard (Vic. : 1921 - 1939) (Vic.: National Library of Australia). 3 June 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  11. ↑ "Advertising.". Standard (Frankston, Vic. : 1939 - 1949) (Frankston, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 14 June 1945. p. 1. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "P09119.002". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  13. ↑ "Roll of Honour - Albert Otto Peters". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 27 September 2014.

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