Alec Peak Explained

Alec Peak
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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World War Two Nominal Roll. Government of Australia. 6 October 2014.
  2. Web site: Alec Peak - Player Bio. Australian Football. 8 February 2015.
  3. Book: Holmesby, Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 978-1-920910-78-5.
  4. The Argus,"Peak's Medal", 1 September 1937, p. 9
  5. http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/A/Alec_Peak.html AFL Tables: Alec Peak
  6. Web site: Graham Huggins . Official AFL website . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121010071519/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/4648/default.aspx . 10 October 2012 .