| Peter Tossol | |
| Fullname: | Peter Anthony Tossol |
| Birth Date: | 21 November 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Eildon, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Thornton-Eildon |
| Height: | 183 cm |
| Weight: | 80 kg |
| Statsend: | 1984 |
| Years1: | 1982–1984 |
| Club1: | Melbourne |
| Games Goals1: | 17 (20) |
Peter Anthony Tossol (born 21 November 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was also a Victorian Country representative in cricket.[1]
Tossol, a forward, came to Melbourne from Thornton-Eildon.[2] Tossol kicked goals with his first two kicks in league football, on debut against Richmond in 1982.[3] [4] A former Assumption College captain, Tossol made only five senior appearances that season, but did well in the reserves, finishing at the club's leading goal-kicker.[2] [5] After appearing just twice in the VFL in 1983, Tossol played 10 league games in the 1984 season.[6] His 14 goals in 1984 included four against reigning premiers Hawthorn at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[7] He was a member of Melbourne's 1984 reserves premiership team.[2]
Tossol played 229 games in the Ovens & Murray Football League, 211 of them for the Wangaratta Rovers.[8] He was part of three premierships with the Wangaratta Rovers, in 1991 and 1993 and 1994.[8] His other 18 games were with Corowa-Rutherglen, which he coached from 1999 to 2003, then again from 2008 to 2010.[8] [9] This included premierships in 2000 and 2003. He is an inductee in the Ovens & Murray Football League Hall of Fame and is coach of the Corowa-Rutherglen Team of the Century.[10]
Tossol coached Wangaratta Rovers in 2004, then coached Mansfield in the Goulburn Valley Football League from 2005 to 2007.
Elder brother, John, played two games for Melbourne, both in 1981.[11]