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Fullname: | James Alexander Peak[1] |
Birth Date: | 11 November 1916 |
Birth Place: | Armadale, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Canterbury |
Height: | 166 cm |
Weight: | 65 kg |
Statsend: | 1938 |
Years1: | 1938 |
Club1: | St Kilda |
Games Goals1: | 5 (0) |
James Alexander Peak (11 November 1916 – 8 November 1997)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[3]
Peak was the first St Kilda player to win a Gardiner Medal, taking home the seconds best and fairest award in 1937.[4] He was rewarded with senior selection in 1938 but wasn't retained by St Kilda for the 1939 VFL season.[5] He later served St Kilda as a committeeman. As a selector, he helped build the team which could break the club's premiership drought in 1966.[6]